Excellent Panama Canal Itinerary

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 75

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Norwegian Pearl

11 Night Panama Canal - Partial Transit (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 02, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11060

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

great cruise and itinerary

Embarkation

1 out of 5
not sure what happened in Miami but previous cruise wasn't finish with their debarq til almost noon. The ship wants to typically blame CBP for those issues.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We are not heavy drinkers so the drink package provided was very good for us. Dining room staff was excellent. We at most breakfast, sea day lunch and most dinners in the dining room. The food was very good. The soups NCL made on the Pearl were really good so ordered those every night.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Went to a comedy show and a Rock Legends show. Both were really great!.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our cabin steward was 5 star, we gave him extra cash at the end. All the bar staff make good drinks. Service in the dining room was top notch.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Older ship that was refurbished a couple of years ago. I would go on it again.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The cabin was a nice size. It seemed to lack some storage space. We eventually found room on the first full sea day to "hide" all of our belongings.

Ship tip

Don't expect a Breakaway/BreakawayPlus class of ship, I still think you will like the ship.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
We stayed 3 nights pre cruise in the Hampton Inn Brickell. Brickell neighborhood is great, easy to walk to places to eat, grocery stores, you name it.

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5
We always enjoy Grand Cayman. Did some shopping and some eating at Guy Harvey's.

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
did a tour of the old Cartagena. The pandhandlers ruin the whole experience. The tour was good.

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
We stayed onboard for the Panama Canal transit. This is really cool to do.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
We had the best tour guide in Costa Rica. If most tour guides were half as good as this man we would not miss a tour. He had the gift of gab. We did an eco tour in the tortuguero area of Costa Rica to see the wild life, sloths, birds, turtles.

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5
If you go here you need to rent a cabana!

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Always the same.....water is clear. We went to eat at La Mission for coconut shrimp and coconut ice cream.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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