The Gem is a Pretty Ship!

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 23, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 8074

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

This is the fourth cruise we have taken with Norwegian, and the Gem has been the prettiest.  The food in the Garden Café was excellent compared to other Norwegian Cruise Ships and as usual the service is impeccable.  Every need we had was met swiftly and with a smile.  On the down side...as with EVERY Norwegian Cruise we have taken, the desserts are not up to par.  The cakes that have whipped cream are good, but everything else tastes like paste.  Thank goodness for cookies!  But they do have excellent ice cream!!! (not the stuff in the machine, but the hand dipped variety).  The ship is due for an upgrade as the rooms and carpets are getting dated....and our room steward was a pain in the neck.  He kept knocking on the door and disregarded our DO NOT DISTURB sign several times.  Also the Art department is a rip off.  I won a free work of art, but I had to pay $35 to ship it home.....I asked to walk off the ship with it and was told no....so I guess I didn't win anything...LOL.   All in all, it was a good relaxing getaway and we came home content. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
everyone in the garden cafe!!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

New York, New York

3 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

3 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
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