Disappointing cruise on the Pearl
Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America
14 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (Tampa Roundtrip)
Sail date: November 25, 2018
Ship: Norwegian Pearl
Cabin type: Suite
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 6 years ago
Review summary
Food was disappointing. Summer Place and Cagney’s were the only good meals we had. Garden cafe was awful!! Service was excellent! Every service was nice and friendly.Embarkation
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
La Cucina
Couldn’t eat the pizza packed with a pond of cheese and tons of pepperoni. Disgusting. Gnocchi tasted like paste and chewy or gummy. Left without eating anything.
Teppanyaki
Entertaining but food was horrible!!Our fried rice was greasy with whatever they used garlic butter and the soy sauce overpowered the whole dish. Yuk!!Shrimp was big and filet was tough. Cook was entertaining.
Great Outdoors Bar
Enjoyed this area late evening.
Garden Café/ Kid's Café
Couldn’t eat that food. It was like a cafeteria. Lost appetite after looking at how much people ate. It was grazing. Cattle food. Very dissapointing. Same food everyday.
Magnum's Champagne & Wine Bar
Very nice and cozy bar great bartenders
Topsiders Bar & Grill
I didn’t trust the food after I got sick first night I ate it.
Shaker's Martini & Cocktails Bar
Loved the martini’s. Great bartenders
Sake Bar
It was just okay
Maltings Beer & Whiskey Bar
Good drinks.
Lotus Garden
Another terrible Asian meal. So disappointing as we were looking forward to this restaurant.
Java Café
Bar at night was ok and fun. Coffee was horrible and bartender really didn’t want to make a espresso. Too much work I guess.
Cagney's Steakhouse
Loved our steak cooked to perfection and the shrimp cocktail was to die for. Service was excellent!
Onboard Activities
The Shopping Galleria
Like any shop
Art Gallery and Internet Café
Can’t believe you could not get a few free minutes. We paid almost $7,000 for a cruise and couldn’t get some internet.
Hot Tubs
Always people in it never could use it alone.
Pulse Fitness Center
Nice view and great facility
Pearl Casino
Just okay like any casino
Bridge Viewing Room
Very interesting
Bowling
Not open when we wanted to use it
Entertainment
Spinnaker Lounge
Great band and music was fantastic
Bliss Ultra Lounge & Nightclub
Very cold inside.
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ship tip
Boring long cruise
Ports of call
Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala