Average to poor cruise.

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 02, 2014

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5066

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

The Disney tour was too short and time to get there and back was very long as well. The off boarding process for the trip to the Cay was very long and troublesome with many never actually getting to the island. Nassau was a nice time. 

 

The buffets were not well managed, lines were long and confusing and I personally witnessed several arguments between passengers and dining staff. Example is food was served as a convience by the pool, but had to travel hafe way to the rear of the ship to get non-alcholic drinks to go with lunch. Food was good and thanks for the wonderful specialty resturants. Le Bistro is the finest French resturant I have been to.

 

Overall I would rate the cruise fair to poor.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Buffet food was good logistics to get food very poor.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin staff were terrific. Cabin was ideally situated to get to all venues.

Ship tip

Don't take this cruise!

Ports of call

New York, New York

3 out of 5
Off boarding at the end was ridiculous. Instead of being able to pick up car service at terminal had to drag luggage across street to wait on public corner. Not a nice experience.

Port Canaveral, Florida

1 out of 5
Crew was not knowledgeable of off boarding venues and thus was a long and stressful time getting to busses followed by a long bus ride to and from destination

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5
Tendering process was long and many passengers were never able to get to island.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Good time.
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