Colon Panama port was a waste !

Norwegian Sky Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Norwegian Sky

11 Night Panama Canal: Mexico Costa Rica & Belize (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 13, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Sky

Cabin number: 8054

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Missed Grand Cayman, understandable why tho. Colon, panama and and cartenga, columbia were wasted ports. Would not do this itinerary again or recommend it to anyone. Can not say enough good things about the ship and crew. Out to please. Esp., Argie and Arthur, Beverage manager !!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
long line

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Buffets had lot of foreign dishes , not enough american food. Dining rooms were average Plenty of nights did not have main dish i liked

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
pool and activities around pool. Also the art activities were awesome !

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Would love to see something other than singing and dancing performers

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Went above and beyond to be of help !!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
would of loved to have our port hole window cleaned. Could not see well out of it, dirty. Saw other ships in port cleaning their room windows.

Ship tip

Small ships are great, not as much entertainment, but staff super and out to please !!

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

rough waters, could not tender us

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5
Once you went thru aviary the taxi cab drivers were all OVER you ! To the point we did not even go in town. VERY disappointing port

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
excursion with bus ride and then boat ride to monkey island. LOOOONG bus ride, 2 hours, but worth the boat ride and monkeys

Colon, Panama Did not visit port

drove thru it on way from Panama Canal excusion and did not look very desirable

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
took a taxi to Cuhita beach and saw tons of monkey in trail behind beach Also saw a sloth up close.

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5
went to beach and pool. had a great time

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
did a catamaran excursion with snorkeling a reef and then beach. WIsh we had more time snorkeling time. But the Fury was outstanding!!

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
one hour and 45 minuted from ship to catch bus for Miami airport, Very crowded and disorganized
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3 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your details. Glad you mostly enjoyed your cruise.