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Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Norwegian Star

14 Night Panama Canal Westbound (Los Angeles To Miami)

Sail date: April 08, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 10097

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Human error caused ship’s steering to transfer from bridge to engine room. Causing pool water to overflow into library causing electrical short with smoke and shorted elevators in that area. Disappointed with disembarkation in tender ports. It was not a smooth transaction. Bottle necked at stairways as they were calling group numbers before tour customers disembarked. Horrible. When complained I was told that the ship only had 6 employees to handle 2000 plus people doing tours

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Good. Easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Very good. Enjoyed all

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Comedians were good. Magician was awful

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Great cabin steward

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
We went cheap for the first time ever and got what we paid for. Small, dark cave. Kept clean but it was a feeling of being night time 24/7

Ship tip

Tours and not good in certain ports. Better off getting together with another couple and paying an independent taxi driver to take u around. Some tours specially in Costa Rica we were given 5 minutes at a church because the ship wanted us back early

Ports of call

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5
We love this port

Acapulco, Mexico Did not visit port

Security d

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

1 out of 5
Dirty arid poor country. Not impressed

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Have always loved CR

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
Beautiful walled city.

George Town, Grand Cayman

2 out of 5
Not impressed

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

Could not get off boat on time

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Terrible. We were supposed to disembark by 9:30 to catch our flight. Did not disembark till 11:30 and our flight was boardingby the time we got to gate. Unable to have lunch. Bad for a diabetic man
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2 Comments

dlorimer    6 years ago

For first time we are going budget. Three of us in inside cabin on Star in August, hopefully better than ‘small dark cave’! But hey, we’re only sleeping and showering there! Will miss waking up to the view

TracyTraveler    6 years ago

When and where did you sail? Will be onboard 6/24. TIA

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