Beautiful ship, good food, great bargain

Item: Norwegian Joy
Rating: 4.7
Author: kfingerl

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

kfingerl

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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16 Night Panama Canal (Los Angeles To Miami)

Sail date: October 11, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall this was a great voyage. After we booked, changes were made to ports we stopped at which was disappointing and the one big excursion was a disaster, but still a great vacation. Such good food in the specialty restaurants

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Was very efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Main dining did not vary menus enough for me, but specialty restaurants were fantastic

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Always something going on

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Great staff who were there to make the voyage as special as they could

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Parts of the ship were very noisy but cleanliness was never a concern

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Buy specialty dining coupons and drink coupons.

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Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Just got on here

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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5

Not many things to doIf you are not active

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

I did not do an excursion but Puerto Vallarta is great for just wandering on the beach

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Mazatlan, Mexico

5 out of 5

Beautiful old city in Mexico be sure to visit the old part of town

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Acapulco, Mexico

4 out of 5

There is much written about safety in Acapulco so we stayed close to the ship

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Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

4 out of 5

Due to road construction our tour bus could not make it to the Myon ruins but we visited Antigua instead that was disappointing

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Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Wow this is beautiful country and the locks are amazing and how they work

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Did not do an excursion but wandered through the town enjoyed ourselves much

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Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Did not get a chance to see any of Miami

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very crowded due to so many leaving and poor transportation options

5 Comments

SL1949 5 years ago

@VioletDaisy no free soda, but there were flavoured water (I liked mango/tropical more than the strawberry kiwi), juices, lemonade, and ice tea dispensers at the buffet and also Observation Lounge

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ocnozzleman 5 years ago

Thank you for this. We are doing the Panama Canal cruise on NCL Joy next year for our honeymoon. Can’t wait!!

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VioletDaisy 5 years ago

Dang, okay thank you.

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terriesanchez 5 years ago

They haven't when we sailed NCL. You had to go to the bar.

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VioletDaisy 5 years ago

Were there soda kiosks on board? Never sailed NCL before but on RC they have freestyle soda dispensers so you don't have to go to the bar everytime you want a soda. Does the Joy have anything similar?

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