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Norwegian Cruise Line 10 day Panama Cruise, the cruise starts and ends in Miami. 2016

I only have time to do 7 days of the 10 day cruise. The ports are as follows:

day 1 Miami

day 2 ocean

day 3 ocean

day 4 Aruba

day 5 ocean

day 6 Columbia

day 7 Panama Canal and Colon

day 8 costa rica I think

day 9 ocean

day 10 ocean

day 11 Miami

Of course I want to do the canal that is the whole point of the cruise.

As I see it there are two ways to do this:

A. Fly to Aruba with my luggage and board on day 4. The ship docks in Aruba from like 9am to 5pm so there is plenty of time to board. Return on the ship to Miami.

B. Board in Miami, get off in Panama after the canal trip, there is port in Colon for 3 hours. Fly from Panama City back home.

I can think of the following problems/questions:

1. will the cruise line allow me to board on day 4?

2. will the cruise line allow me to leave on day 7 in panama?

3. will flying out of Panama be a problem since I did not fly into Panama? And/or would I need to get my passport stamped on the Boat to show how I entered the country?

4. I assuming I would have to pay full fair for the 10 day trip, confirm or comment otherwise.

Please mention anything I may have forgotten.

I spent a few days in the Progresso area a couple of years ago (not part of a cruise).

Progresso is pretty much a slum. You can get relatively inexpensive food, drink and a massage from vendors staked out at the end of the pier. Beaches are not so good. Off beach, security would be a concern for females.