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Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Pearl

11 Night Panama Canal - Partial Transit (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11118

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

It was a cruise of a lifetime for us. We still had a great time. But i think we will try another ship next time. Something newer.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Overall ok, but I with there was more signage getting to ship. Difficult to find.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Buffet excellent!! Cagneys excellent. The Italian restaurant was not good. Mediocre at best. The best bar with the best views of pool area and what's going on is a smoking bar ... what a waste of great view. Smoking should be at the back. All other restaurants were good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
First of all there is no internet Cafe, or coffee Cafe as the pictures say. The ship is nice and will kept, but it's more run down than the pics portray. We were in the pools daily. Our ship was only half full and it was tricky getting chairs.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Performances were all very good. Enjoyed all but the solo piano player.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Can't say enough about how great the staff was

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
They were very clean, but the ship is obviously older.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Absolutely perfect. Would do that again and again.

Ship tip

Check your balance daily. We were charged for wine we didn't order. 4 day ordeal to remove the charges.

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5
Bus tour was nice.

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

3 out of 5
Dunns river falls was great. But there was Sooo many beggers and locals trying to sell you something. That was uncomfortable.

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal) Did not visit port

Stayed on ship

Colon, Panama Did not visit port

Stayed on ship

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica Did not visit port

It was raining

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5
Just amazing. You have to set it. Super clean and fun.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Very nice. Swam with stingrays.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Good, but once off the boat, it was so crazy with congestion.
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