14 night panama canal

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
Norwegian Pearl

14 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 09, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8028

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Had a good time but did not enjoy most of the excursions

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Cruise before ours was late for whatever reason so our noon embarkation was late we ended up waiting in line until 3p

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Main dining rooms were ok. We did not go to speciality restaurants. Buffet was too crowded. We enjoyed Sheehan’s, lotus& topsiders

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
We could never find seating in the pool area. It seemed people wold “save” with their towel/book. Fitness center was ok, casino was ok during the day crowed at night

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows were good except repeated 2 shows two times

Children's Programs

Did not travel with kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Great

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Acceptable but it seemed toward the end many people had dry coughs or colds. Some said it was the ventilation.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room was fine, toilet are very tight

Ship tip

Get to pool early, awe enjoyed the spinnaker lounge to read

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida Did not visit port

Arrived lated

George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

Port was closed due to waves

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

2 out of 5
Would not go again. Excursion was ok

Santa Marta, Colombia

2 out of 5
Did a beach break w/lunch was a total waste of time & money. After this excursion we cancelled most other excursions

Cartagena, Colombia

1 out of 5
Did not get off ship

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5
Excursion was informative but was a long bus ride

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

3 out of 5
Did canal excursion was hot & humid again a long bus ride

Harvest Caye, Belize

3 out of 5
Enjoyed pool

Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

1 out of 5
Did not get off ship

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5
Long walk to visit stores etc. mostly jewelry stores

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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