Not what I expected

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
Norwegian Joy

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

Sail date: February 24, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13312

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Way to many people and Norwegian could not accommodate all of us for the entainment so it was a earlier bed time every nught

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Terrible very unorganized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Excellent variety of foods

The Manhattan Room - Main Dining Room

4 out of 5

Excellent but service was slow and to much foof

The Local Bar & Grill

4 out of 5

Excellent good ate there almost every day

Q Texas Smokehouse

4 out of 5

Excellent food but the band was way up loud

Cagney's Steakhouse

4 out of 5

Excellent food

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Not enough pools for the amount of people on this ship

Entertainment

1 out of 5
As being a first time cruiser with Norwegian we didn’t realize we had to make reservations for all entertainment so as a result we only seen one comedian

Children's Programs

No kids withbys

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Very happy room stewards(Patricia) always meet our needs

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Very nice ship but again to large of a boat for us

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room was very nice not a fan of where the couch was as it was hard to get clothes out of the closet and the mattress on the bed was hard as a rock and not enough blankets

Ship tip

Steakhouse and BBQ specialty dining was excellent and get down early to get a chair on seacdays

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

2 out of 5
Very dirty and too many homeless propke

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5
Very nice went on a ride by side excursion had a great time

Acapulco, Mexico

3 out of 5
Walk through downtown and was okay

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

4 out of 5

Panama City, Panama

4 out of 5
Excellent experience going through the canal

Panama Canal Transit

4 out of 5
Great experience

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
Very beautiful and would definitely return to this port

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5
Great port and would return

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Excellent no trouble whatsoever only wish our glight home would have been earlier than 12 hours after we disembarked
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3 Comments

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Glad you enjoyed your Panama Canal transit.

CruzeFan    1 year ago

Great itinerary. Cruising is definitely not what it was previously. There have been lots of cutbacks on all cruise lines.

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