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Item: Norwegian Pearl
Rating: 1.8
Author: dwertman323

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

dwertman323

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 64

Overall rating:

1.8 out of 5

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14 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 09, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 5526

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

A good cruise for the price but definitely had a few hiccups along the way!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Lousy ,long lines,hearded like cattle ,picking a time to board was fruitless.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Main,mediocre, Moderno was pretty good and Osheenhans was good although No Guiness...

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

pools mostly Jacuzzis also.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Comedians were excellent Shows were very good.

Children's Programs

no kids with us

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

above average

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

areas were clean ship design was broken up and made port to starboard crossing difficult

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

actually 5526 was Oceanview, Our first time with this type of room it was OK.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

Hard to get on and hard to get off of ship debarking took almost 2 hours.

Thumbs Up 0

George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

weather conditions

Thumbs Up 0

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

4 out of 5

Has improved a lot since our last visit

Thumbs Up 1

Santa Marta, Colombia

3 out of 5

Took a cab tour and saw lot of poverty stopped at a nice beach .Would have helped if cabbie was bilingual.

Thumbs Up 0

Cartagena, Colombia

1 out of 5

This sucked! Was so looking forward to seeing the Walled City but transportation striked ruined this port stop.

Thumbs Up 0

Colon, Panama

4 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

4 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5

Very nice but back in the day we got free food on cruiseline islands

Thumbs Up 1

Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

3 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

My favorite port .We skip by all the immediate tourist stuff and good right to town to hang out on the beach .Most beautiful water on the trip.

Thumbs Up 2

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

sucked....

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