Great Panama Canal cruise.

Item: Norwegian Pearl
Rating: 4.3
Author: lrheeter

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

lrheeter

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 108

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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14 Night Panama Canal Eastbound (Los Angeles To New Orleans)

Sail date: October 07, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11589

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Was a great bucket list experience. We were not disappointed. Norwegian scored a few points with my wife and I. I'd recommend this trip to any cruiser.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Getting onboard was easy. We boarded without VIP treatment because of our relatively low status on NCL (latitudes: Silver) and it went pretty smooth.Maybe 1/2 hr. Got some water, A little conversation and we were on.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

We ate mostly at the Summer Palace dining room. We loved it. The buffet where we also ate some meals was pretty much like all buffets not good not bad.Pretty good food. Cagneys steak house was the only specialty rest. we ate at . Honestly ,It has a Diner type feel and look to it. Food was great ,atmosphere not so much.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

James F. was our stateroom attendant. Possibly the best ever(42 cruises) . Great personality and hard worker. (room 11589) . Dining was OK. considering it was Freestyle. We didn't get to know our wait staff so it's hard to judge. Entire staff and crew seem very happy and friendly so someone is doing something right. Keep it up.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Very clean ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin and service was top-notch. Had water leak on day 8 and was moved to a Balcony stateroom(,poor us). Smooth move ,1/2 hour later we were enjoying our balcony and free wine and strawberries. Just in time to view the canal from our balcony. Some people are just Lucky.

Ship tip

You can get everywhere from floor 7 . That's important to know.

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Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

Acapulco, Mexico

5 out of 5

Huatulco, Mexico

5 out of 5

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

4 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

This took WAY too long. Not ships fault but Immigration was understaffed and in no hurry to correct that problem. Maybe New Orleans would be interested in calculating how much money could be spent by 2000+ passengers in that hour we spent standing in line. Maybe enough to pay a couple more agents?

1 Comment

GIL155 7 years ago

NCL cruise bonus points are always welcome, and NICE!!! So happy you could check something off your bucket list.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Had a great time. Med staff were fabulous. Ship was adequate. Need more room for card and gaming passengers.

Didn’t Disappoint

PANAMA CANAL TRANSIT - AWESOME!!!