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Good Time - but not a luxury cruise

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

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BWCW3885
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

My husband and I chose this cruise because of the itinerary. Although we have cruised about 20 times (about 6 with NCL - we are latitudes silver because two of our cruises were from the 80's before they had a loyalty program), there were numerous ports on this cruise we had not seen before. And it's a great time of year to get out of the winter for three weeks. We got a good deal on the ...
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Sail Date: January 2020

Cabin Type: Balcony


Just so-so

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

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beachcomberbill
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

PART I : PORTS OF CALL We wanted to leave the cold northeast for the month. This itinerary seemed to fit the bill. We’re Platinum level members. This was our eighth cruise with NCL. We chose to fly from NYC where we live to SF in order to get the air travel over at the beginning. The air was included in the cost of the cruise, so I guess you can’t complain too much about “free”. However ...
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Sail Date: January 2020


Second time is not a charm

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

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BerkshireBob
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We had done the Panama Canal cruise a couple of years ago from New Orleans to Seattle, this time we opted for San Francisco to New York. The canal itself is still fascinating, but most of the other ports leave much to be desired. We had done several of the excursions before and the don't seem to ever change. We were actually more interested in three seeks of warmth and that was the best part. ...
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Sail Date: January 2020

Cabin Type: Mini-Suite with Balcony

Traveled with children


Disappointed

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

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KathnBri
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

The Panama Canal transit was something I rely wanted to do and as a bonus this cruise sailed from San Francisco. We booked with a 2 night stay there before we sailed and that was well worth it. Embarkation was quick and the luggage was soon delivered to the cabin. It is probably the smallest cabin we have had compared to other cruise companies though we look on it as just somewhere to sleep. ...
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Sail Date: January 2020


Sailing under the Golden Gate and through the Panama Canal were the highlights

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

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herdingdogmom
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this cruise because it left from our home port and did a full transit of the Panama Canal. Both were highlights of the cruise and fantastic. We loved taking a taxi to the port and fortunately had been warned by the CC roll call that the pier information was incorrect. I contacted NCL 3 times the month before sailing asking them to correct the edocs, but it was never done. We expected ...
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Sail Date: October 2017

Cabin Type: Mini-Suite with Balcony


Alaska Repositioning Cruise

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Sun

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Sadowski
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

This was a bucket list item. Itinerary was amazing. Taking the repositioning cruise allowed for more time at ports and extra glaciers. Captain did “donuts” with the ship so no matter where you wer on the boat you had a wonderful view. The cabin Stewart was so helpful and cabin was always cleaned to perfection. Bar staff were very helpful as well. The ship is a little older and had not been ...
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Sail Date: May 2017

Cabin Type: Balcony


Great Staff, but...

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Pride of America

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Sabrena619
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

We took the cruise out of San Francisco where the ship had been in dry dock for 5 weeks. We expected everything to be refreshed and new. Unfortunately, the dry dock repairs were not completed. This created a one-day delay in the sail date. We didn't mind that so much since NCL provided hotel accommodations for an additional day in San Francisco. It gave us an opportunity to visit the Academy ...
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Sail Date: March 2016

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony


Norwegian Sun - Great Crew, So-So Food

Review for a Mexican Riviera Cruise on Norwegian Sun

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malteaser
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

We decided to take a cruise to the Mexican Rivera on the Norwegian Sun when they offered a sale in Mid-Sept. We purchased our inside cabin for $499 per person plus tax/fees...a great deal for 11 nights. We also enjoyed the fact that since we live in the San Francisco Bay Area, we would not have to fly to meet the ship..a big plus. We sailed previously on NCL in 1990 on the former Seaward in the ...
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Sail Date: October 2010

Cabin Type: Inside


Pretty good, but....

Review for a Mexican Riviera Cruise on Norwegian Sun

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Godello
First Time Cruiser • Age 80s

What follows is a review of the Norwegian Sun on its Oct. 24-Nov.4th voyage from San Francisco to the Mexican Riviera. I must admit that after I read the reviews on this site dated Oct. 8th that I had some misgivings about having selected this cruise. Fortunately, I found a lot to like, tho we had a couple of significant perturbations. We had two adjacent cabins booked, one of them for my ...
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Sail Date: October 2010

Cabin Type: Oceanview Picture Window


NCL FreeStyle Cruising - No Thanks!

Review for a Mexican Riviera Cruise on Norwegian Sun

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sforwt
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

We chose this cruise since it departed from San Francisco and would save us airfare to Los Angeles or San Diego. We arrived at Pier 35 and found the embarkation process to be quick and efficient. After boarding the ship we waited in the Great Outdoor cafe for our cabin to be ready and enjoyed a lite lunch. Cabins were ready at about 2:00pm. We were pleased with the size of the cabin and ...
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Sail Date: October 2009

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Inside


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