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Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 59

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Pearl

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 01, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11542

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Nice clean ship. Good food. Decent route. Would recommend. Good value. Casino sucks. They've modified the games to make sure you have no chance of winning at all. Don't bother.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Typical....Apparently there is no way to get that amount of people onboard any ship in one day without cattle call lines to get them onboard...

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Best offerings on the lido buffet I've ever seen...Specialty restaurants offer variance but value was hit and miss...Main dining room was typical and OK but the other offerings onboard decrease the pressure there and allow freestyle dining as far as location and time to occur. I really like this. I don't want to eat at the same place the same time every day....

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Didn't participate in many onboard activities. Not our thing so can't comment much except to say they appeared typical and enjoyable to those that participated....

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Only show attended in showroom was a comedian who did a good job. Dennis (guy plying piano and singing) in the main atrium was an embarrassment to music. Decent piano player, but butchers attempts at singing. I found him annoying...

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Best overall staff performance experienced. Bar waiters were the worst of all staff. Too many table cleaners in buffet dining and no glass refiners. What's the deal here?

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Very clean and nice decor. Difficult to navigate at times because of the requirement to walk through venues (casino for example) to traverse between locations.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Great bed. Decent layout. Extremely hard bench on the couch. Balcony too small.

Ship tip

Sign up for specialty dining times and venues as soon as boarded...Skip Cagney's. Decent steak, no better than and ordinary venue in the states. Definitely do Bistro....

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Cozumel has experienced the kind of growth in ship and passenger numbers that has plagued St. Thomas over the years. They struggle to come up with enough different types of excursions to interest and accommodate the vast number

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5
Desperately poor country withdesparate people and a lot of crime, but felt safe at cruise port and on tour. Went on the Gumbalina wildlife tour and loved it....

Harvest Caye, Belize Did not visit port

Ship docks at island away from mainland because of shallow water. Can't get ship near town proper. Didn't want to fool with the tender to get to town proper.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5
Port created to give cruise ships a place to top. OK if one likes water sports and ocean time.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Scattered out throughout the morning so not as crowded as usual. Good job there....
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