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Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

2.7 out of 5
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Norwegian Pearl

12 Night Panama Canal - Partial Transit (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 21, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8069

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Most probably this is the last time I will cruise with Norwegian...and I am not the only one. Guesses on board were very disappointed. Dirty air louvers tell me the condition of the filter. Taking pictures? I did not want to waste my cellular charge when my mind is made up.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Average

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
First week was worst

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pool, fitness center, running track

Entertainment

1 out of 5
DJ lack variety, most of the time played reggae. Musicians did not play international songs, specially for spanish oriented guesses.

Children's Programs

2 out of 5
Children' programs were canceled without announcing and kids found out when they showed up and ready for the program. You can see the looks of disappointed kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Housekeeping and waiter good

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
This is an old cruise, nothing extraordinary but clean

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Clean and comfortable

Ship tip

Improve food quality, Colon Port of call, poor Entertainment and musical group to play songs in tone with guesses, 40% spanish speaker and no spanish music, Poor DJ with poor portafolio of songs for diverse guesses.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5
Third best overall

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5
Forth best overall

Kralendijk, Bonaire

2 out of 5
nothing to impress

Santa Marta, Colombia

4 out of 5
One of the best, but will cruise to Santa Marta again with another cruise line

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
Another one best, but will cruise to Santa Marta again with another cruise line

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

1 out of 5
No comment

Colon, Panama

1 out of 5
What can you do in two hours with nothing to do and 1hr round trip to the City in pick traffic time.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

4 out of 5
One of the best, but will cruise to Puerto Limon again with another cruise line. Norwegian Pearl did no offer excursion that I cannot arrange myself.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Average and lengthly.
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