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Yup, especially sea days. On port days its tougher to get to 15 drinks/day on average - - -at least for us. Especially when we may be getting back on ship between 6-9pm.

Good to know. I thought we had to have our wine/champagne in carry on only while boarding.

We primarily cruise for itinerary. I still like how i can get a whole cost for cruise with NCL. Im not surprised at all of the cutbacks as im sure ncl is trying to improve their balance sheet and get a hold of the debt they had to create because of forced government shutdowns and health policies. As long as we can get to where we are going and have food and drink and our own room/bath, we are good.

Sounds like you learned a lot from this sub par experience. Having a vacation get cancelled last minute is no fun and a big let down. I went with ncl air for our upcoming cruise as it is considered an international flight. Not sure what we will do if weather effects our initial departure. We couldnt have booked better flights ourselves and if we did we would have been a lot more money. We do not have high expectations, but being cautiously optimistic and realistic all the while trying to have all the details worked out. Hopefully we will finally be back on a ship after 3 years of not being able to. For hawaii there are many great domestic options to get there and back if booked enough in advance. Booking ncl air is a great hedge in case you cant find anything better and want to stay in your budget. It seems problems with POA have been posted here and on youtube for quite some time covering personal issues as its a US flagged ship. Best of luck on your next cruise and hopefully you get reimbursed for your troubles.

If they are moved indoors that is better than being lined up military style, breast to back on promenade deck for a half hour right after getting on the ship from clearing health and safety standards.

Yes same issue here. I called and they said my account was still paid in full. i went from owing 82$ to now 361$ today even though my account has been paid in full for quite some time. lol. still makes me nervous being 31 days out from sailing and ncl booked our airfare.

Fantastic to know!

did you know of may cruisers who just took a taxi to and from the old city? Last time we visited cartegena there was a water taxi from port to the old city but that is no longer offered. we want to do our own thing and afraid HOPO tour would limit our time in places.

Oh boy, that looks like fun. LOL.

wow. it seems like getting a better than life bargain on a cruise ship is going away. I couldnt believe the cost of the brazilian steakhouse moderno chiarascurra.. it has doubled per person since our last cruise.

I can only see flights in email notin account or app. we got our flights about 70 days to sail date. We made our request for 2 day flight deviation when we booked last July. We are very happy with the flights they picked for us!

How often does the tide move in and out? Ive seen pictures of the area around french square and the cinta costera road that loops out and its pretty fascinating. Hopefully they get more done at the terminal and embarking goes smooth for the circumstances.

it looks like the jewel feb 4th may be first sail date out of there by ncl. its a 9 day. Atleast when I type in panama canal panama city at embarking port.

We took the free flight promotion on our upcoming cruise out of panama city and are happy with our flights provided we can get out of our home town without delay. we knew going in we may get bad flights or red eye flights. We are thankful for what we got as the flights they assigned to us would have been very expensive if we bought on our own. We have a two hour layover coming and going back. hopefully that is enough. Ncl did not let us do a 2 day deviation for a Mediterranean cruise we booked in 2025 which we are uneasy about. They said its too early. BUT, once again, we know the risk of getting bad flights with this promo and would never chose this promo for domestic flights within us or canada. even though we did use this promo to get to seward for an upcoming alaskan cruise. We know the risk and are willing to take it to go to extraordinary places.

Ok. So I presume no one replying on this thread has yet to embark a cruise at this port?

We got our flights about a week ago. Very happy with flights they gave us. Just hoping there is no bad weather leaving st Louis feb 20 lol. At least we are going down 2 days early.

Going back in time for this thread lol.

yes i have. cruise line info is dated oct 17 2022. I didnt know if anything changed but anything i can find from colombia states what you just said.

Im just inquiring. It looks like those unvaccinated or those who can complete their vaccination before embarking on a cruise are still required to get tested. Has this been the experience of anyone? Just curios.

Hopefully hotels and taxi drivers in area will have an idea as well. It sounds like on day of embarkation we will need to take a taxi to flamenco island and look for signs/instructions to board a bus to pier. I guess they have check in facilities that are operational inside the main building.

Just had to put some positivity out there and thank Norwegian for awesome flights for our upcoming panama cruise out of panama city! I booked longed ago and kept my fingers crossed. Ironically i was looking at the same flights a few nights before we received our flight confirmation as i was getting jitters because there were some bad flights out there with long layovers and good flights with higher prices. I could not have done better purchasing on my own nor would I want to pay what some of the airfare is going for per person for this trip for some of the better flights. It is nice NCL has connections with airlines to make things work out. Looking forward to finally being on a cruise ship again late February and spending some time in panama city!

Its great the port is docking ships. when I booked my cruise I took a chance to whether it would be operational or not. hopefully the check in procedures online for ncl will help ease check in at the pier.

we had the cruise line book us for transport from port to airport. we get off the jewel in colon.

what day are you sailing? just curious. we are leaving on feb 22 for armador.

It should be interesting late feb when we board the Jewel. LOL.