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Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 55

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Norwegian Pearl

14 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 09, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

this was a good cruise for the value. it's not a really fancy ship but is comfortable and clean. we really enjoy the staff's friendliness and cleanliness. we had a good time.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
slow due to weather conditions which delayed their arrival but it was out of their control otherwise all went well.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
we had a good experience with regard to the dining facilities. Food was consistently good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
we didn't use many of the onboard activities but they were there if we chose to use them

Entertainment

4 out of 5
the shows were decent especially the acrobatics show which was amazing.

Children's Programs

we wern't travelling with children so we don't know

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
all the staff that we came into contact with were extremely helpful, happy and it was a pleasure to interact with the staff when necessary. the morale seemed quite high

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
the ship was always clean or was being cleaned daily. The layout was great and we were impressed with the staff constantly picking up and cleaning up after people.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
the cabin size was adequate and clean. we had a comfortable stay for 14 nights

Ship tip

try some of the speciality restaurants they are great

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

4 out of 5
port is very clean but is quite congested during embarkment and disembarkment

George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

weather conditions wouldn't permit

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

4 out of 5
it was pretty good there was a large presence of police near the port

Santa Marta, Colombia

4 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
really enjoyed trip to the old town

Colon, Panama

3 out of 5
it was a typical port for this area. nothing fancy

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

3 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

4 out of 5
beautiful beach and pool and tourist shopping areas. a little to commercialized

Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

4 out of 5
it was a great port to shop

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
it was really easy to walk off with our own luggage
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1 Comment

wkeithgriggs    5 years ago

Love the Pearl!!!

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