My husband and i have just returned from a panama canal cruise... it was fantastic..We loved the Norwegian pearl..good size ship...great staff.. good entertainment...and great itineraryWe could do nothing but relax on our sea days and when we hit the ports we were ready to explore...the canal was an amazing sight to see, both in engineering and surprises when reaching the lagoons in between the locks..The weather was great.. a little to hot at times, but that was out of our control.Columbia was not as we had thought and a pleasant carriage rise showed us the beautiful architecture and buildings. Guatemala was quaint and laid back.. and Acapulco was impressive in parts..The ports of mexico were all different and great to explore on our off road Jeep driving trip.I would thoroughly recommend this trip to anyone..the age range on the ship was over 65 on our trip !!! so we felt a little like naughty children at timesbut it was a truly great holiday