Great Panama Canal experience.

Item: Norwegian Joy
Rating: 4.4
Author: jonesen

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

jonesen

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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15 Night Panama Canal - Westbound (Miami To Los Angeles)

Sail date: January 21, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 14776

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Highly recommend this cruise. NCL is a great option for us because it is all inclusive. We ended our cruise with NCL refunding some of our on-board credit because we didn't spend it all. Nice change from usually owing them after...lol

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent, but we were in the Haven so we had priority.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Haven restaurant was amazing, and Cagney's was another favorite.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Lots going on, but not very much in the way of shopping.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Excellent country band. They were called "The Wanted". The stage shows were well done

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Top notch and everyone was very friendly.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Very nice

Ship tip

Take candied ginger with you to help with any motion sickness. The haven bar gave us some and it worked wonders

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Nice facility and easy to get to

Thumbs Up 0

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Amazing trip. They had a reversative from the Panama Canal Authority on board to narrate the trip through.

Thumbs Up 0

Panama City, Panama

4 out of 5

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

5 out of 5

Antigua was amazing

Thumbs Up 0

Acapulco, Mexico

3 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

3 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

3 out of 5

Too short of a stop. 0600 to 1300

Thumbs Up 0

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

But we had Haven priortiy.

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