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Norwegian Joy Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
Norwegian Joy

16 Night Panama Canal (Miami To Los Angeles)

Sail date: November 08, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 14816

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The ship, Joy and crew were great, port call cancellations were not, embarkation and dis-embarkation were horrible.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Completely disorganized,

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Specialty resturants were great, 24hr location was good, buffet was beyond bland.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Nice, comfortable, clean, quiet, nice view.

Ship tip

Only worth it with the 5 "free” perks.

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Ports of call

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

2 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

2 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

2 out of 5
Rained out
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Cartagena, Colombia

2 out of 5
Street 'vendors' were some of the most aggressive I've ever met.
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Miami, Florida

2 out of 5

Acapulco, Mexico

2 out of 5

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

2 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

2 out of 5

Mazatlan, Mexico

2 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Completely disorganized.
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4 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise
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bradoregon    5 years ago

The Joy just has had to fix pier issues I have been assured it will be good from here out it has been effecting embarkation and debarkation
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cruiserforlife63    5 years ago

We are going on the Joy on January 5, 2020. Hopefully it is better.
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Cruiserike0322    5 years ago

Sorry, we are going to the Panama Canal in February. Hope we have a better time.
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