Not a bad first cruise

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

EmeritusProf

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

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14 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 04, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5044

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Did not go to Belize city but to some fake cruise terminal in the middle of nowhere. Nice ship Great Canal experience . Ports of call were largely nothing.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

delayed, held in Terminal holidng tank, poor information Wait wait wait wait

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Not a drinker so just food. Buffet was fine , Excellent Indian food. Had fish in the steakhouse very nice.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Pools and hot tubs were crystal clean.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

reminded me of a good College production . Lots of energy

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

The service was first class except some of the staff seemed very limited in thier comprehension of their jobs. but all were nice.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

bring an insulated cofffee cup. its miles from the pool to coffee.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

I was there for 6 days before the cruise.

Thumbs Up 3

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

Im cheating a bit. been there before, did not go ashore.

Thumbs Up 3

Falmouth, Jamaica

4 out of 5

just wandered the old town and had coffee. very nice folks

Thumbs Up 2

Santa Marta, Colombia

2 out of 5

not much to do in town.

Thumbs Up 0

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Did a self tour with a taxi of the fortress. not enough time in Cartagena

Thumbs Up 0

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5

this rating is for the canal tour. did not see the town.

Thumbs Up 1

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

1 out of 5

waste of time

Thumbs Up 0

Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

1 out of 5

waste of time

Thumbs Up 0

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5

waste of time

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

hang up was customs.

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