The Ports were beautiful
Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean
7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)
Sail date: July 06, 2008
Ship: Norwegian Gem
Cabin type: Suite
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 15 years ago
Review summary
We don't cruise for the food. So we were surprised that we did not even like the food. We never met our room steward and the crew was busy talking among themselves so there were few smiles or hellos for passengers. The buffet area was like a zoo and grill out by the pools never had fresh food. They would get down to 1 burger no buns and would have nothing going to replenish the grill. This was at lunchtime. Just was not organized. Sometimes the breakfast buffet would be open at 6:00am sometimes 6:30 didn't matter what day but you could not figure out their schedules. We has reservations at Cagney's Steakhouse at 5:30 and they weren't ready until close to 6:00 . Ship was new and seemed clean.Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ports of call
Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy
Pros: The Ports
Cons: The ship
Recommends Norwegian Gem? No.
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