Norwegian Panama Canal & Central America Cruise Reviews

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Who checks the food? Who hires the talent? Why this port?

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Bliss

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dorybook
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Traveled with Norweijan 4 times prior to this cruise. First 2 were amazing! Second 2 did not deliver. This was the 3rd strike. Except for Margaritaville, the food was awful. Cagney's was the worst. Length of time at some sit down restaurants was ridiculous. I had low expectations for the buffet, but they fell short anyway. Dried out proteins. Flavorless everything else. Ran out of foods the first ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


Norwegian - The RyanAir Of The Seas?

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Bliss

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RobertX2
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We recently returned from a cruise on board the Norwegian Bliss. We had been on Norwegian once before about 9 years ago, and were shocked at how downhill they have gone. We have cruised with many other cruise lines in the last several years and there are some things that Norwegian do to exploit their customers that differ from other cruise lines. I believe these are things somebody considering a ...
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Sail Date: November 2019


Panama Canal Daytime Transit was Overnight

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Bliss

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WoodsieORL
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

I booked a cabin facing forwards at the front of the ship underneath the captain's bridge to give me the best possible view of the canal. The cabin was quite spacious with plenty of storage space, and perfectly adequate for my needs. Considering the number of passengers embarkation went quite smoothly. I used all the dining areas with the exception of the speciality ones. The self service ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Oceanview with Large Picture Window


Service and experience poor

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Bliss

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Dcollar
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We choose this cruise because of a previous extremely incredible cruise experience. This cruise aboard the Bliss was unsatisfactory. We had very few servers and experiences that met our previous expectations. Too many people with stomach flus and respiratory flus. Dining rooms and buffet never changed food options/menus the entire 3 weeks. It was monotonous. Food was ordinary even in ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


Not the experience I expected.

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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carrollm5
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

I'm a smoker and the accommodations for smokers were the least accommodating I've experienced on a Norweigan ship. A small space, about 7' x 15' with chairs in two rows facing each other. In between the chairs were umbrella stands, very small 12'' x 12'' tables and lots of the kind of ashtrays you see outside office buildings. With so many chair legs, umbrella stands, tables and ashtrays it was ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Inside Stateroom


16 Panama October 2019 Los Angeles to Miami

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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LilyCharles
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Wanted to see if a Travel with Alan cruise was for us; first time on Norweigan cruise. Amazing reading the reviews - our experience was unlike others. We waited 2 hours at the airport for NCL bus - arrived at ship 25 minutes before sailing. Not a good beginning - we would have gone home then if we could have gotten our money back. We thought the food in the restaurants was great, Garden Cafe ...
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Sail Date: October 2019


What has happened to NCL?

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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SueandJD
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

We choose this cruise for it's itinerary. We have sailed on NCL 5 times and considered it "our cruise line". Opted for airport to and from ship transfers, 1st mistake. Waited 4 hours in airport and got on board in time for lifeboat drill! Coming home was worse. Late getting off boat due to "new" system. Line for buses would match Disney World or beat. Missed our plane. Our balcony cabin ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


Bait and Switch

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ElliesMimi
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

Booked this cruise because of it stopping in Costa Rica. Less than a week before the cruise they canceled CR for another (the fourth) stop in Mexico, Acapulco. I tried to find out why and everyone I asked said they had no idea. I would have understood if it was weather or a volcano but nothing. When you pay all that money and they eliminate an entire country for no reason, you feel cheated. ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Concierge Villa Suite with Balcony


Was very disappointed

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Jade

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Sharon8450
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

First of all, the employees were awesome and the onboard entertainment was very good; otherwise, we were very disappointed. Our room was an inside room on the 10th floor. There were loud noises from the ship all night long. We never got a good nights sleep. The noises were NOT from other rooms, it was definitely from the ship. The food was also disappointing. We had 1 evening it was okay. ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Inside


Not impressed

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Bliss

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Talonstorm
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We picked this cruise because it traversed the Panama canal and had ports of call we had not been to. We were very disappointed in NCL. The crew ranged from outright hostility to complete indifference. The menu was not varied enough for such a lengthy cruise, and the food only mediocre at best. And they up charge for everything. This has not been my experience in other lines (Royal Caribbean, ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Family Inside Stateroom


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