Beautiful ship & Outstanding crew

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Norwegian Joy

16 Night Panama Canal (Los Angeles To Miami)

Sail date: October 11, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Beautiful ship ,dedicated crew & good food. Enjoyed entertainment for most part. NCL needs to work on better organized transfer

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Awful time getting from LAX to port -had the NCL transfer -madness-waited 2 1/2 hours for the bus -utter chaos

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining was very good-Cagney’s & Le Bistro were wonderful LaCuccina just ok -I make better Italian food & Ocean Blue terribly disappointing. Loved the Reubens at The Lical -bars were pretty standard but bartenders were very good

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows were entertaining

Children's Programs

No children were with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Outstanding staff who really seemed like they care

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Staff always busy making sure all areas were clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

When looking for seats at the buffet move toward the front -usually found seats. Also enjoy the Observation lounge -grab a drink & light lunch to avoid the crowds

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California Did not visit port

Flew into LAX then to ship

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5
We did the Tequila tour -very informative & relaxed

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

3 out of 5
Did the Baja highlights-ok but would have liked to hear more of history

Mazatlan, Mexico

4 out of 5
Surprisingly good-did the 4 hour walking tour Ana was wonderful

Acapulco, Mexico

5 out of 5
Only thing worthwhile was the cliff divers -would have preferred our original planned stop in Costa Rica instead

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

3 out of 5
Very long ride from port into city -terrible traffic so time in town had to be reduced. Overwhelmingly poor so very pushy street merchants

Panama Canal Transit

4 out of 5
Great to see

Oranjestad, Aruba Did not visit port

Our best stop -did the best of Aruba tour Amin was educational & very personable

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

Left after disembarking

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Again we had purchased transfer to Miami airport -utter chaos trying to get on busses
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