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Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Norwegian Pearl

Sail date: October 18, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 8074

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

This was our 7th cruise, the 4th  on Norwegian and the second time on the Pearl. It was just perfect in every way. The cruise staff was wonderful to us and the ship was kept clean all the time, from our cabin to all the common areas.

We enjoyed the shows onboard this time.  I am glad they were good as dinner and shows go together.

Loved going through the locks at Panama.  What was so amazing was how little room was left in the lock once the ship was in place.  The Pearl is a Panamax ship meaning it could not be any wider or longer to fit. 

The weather was great the whole time, even though it was at the end of the rainy season there with only minimal rain one day of the trip. All in all I would encourage cruisers to go there and see for themselves.  Mary Oyerly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

other than the shows, we did not do any other activity

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

no children with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
going in to this type of cabin had be a bit concerned I would not like it much but in reality we spent so little time in our cabin that this was not an issue at all. It gave us enough daylight to know it was day or night.

Ship tip

We ate three times at the Garden café the rest of the meals were eaten at specialty restaurants or at the buffet on deck 12

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Cruise Gatun Lake And Panama Canal

5 out of 5
Be sure you are outside on deck to experience this!!

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5
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3 Comments

Kasey0312    8 years ago

Thank you for your review.  We are looking forward to this cruise in 2016, especially going through the locks of the canal.  Agree with your rating of Belize ~ I think a good book on the ship's deck will be a good choice.

MrChocoholic    9 years ago

lesg some are "partial-transit" cruises which turn around and head back to their port of origination (Miami-Canal-Miami for example) and some are full transit (Miami-Canal-San Diego). I liked the Garden Cafe myself, thought the Indian dishes were great although I didn't get why the cream cheese was served on those pieces of cucumber instead of little tubs of just cream cheese. 

lesg    9 years ago

Did you go all the way through the canal? One person told me you don't you just turn around.

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