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Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
Norwegian Gem

10 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 10, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10120

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

I have been on the Norwegian Gem 2 previous times before this cruise and have always had a great experience with the whole trip, this time it was close to terrible. There were so many issues from start to finish which include stateroom/balcony cleanliness, staff, shops, casino, arcade and overall standards. We could not believe that this was the same ship or even company. The whole experience has made me not want to travel with Norwegian anymore. There was a continuous line at the guest services desk all the time with passenger complaints and the staff handling these issues looked and acted like they could care less. The woman that handling my complaint just stood there listening with a blank expression on her face shaking her head like she was a robot. I was very disappointed in this trip.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Too small and not up to the standard of cleanliness that I am use to with Norwegian

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

jleslie48    8 years ago

I find it suspicious that you say in your write up that you were happy with the gem the first two times but on the this third trip the only listed complaint is room was too small.   I guarantee the room sizes are exactly the same as the other two times on this ship.  

cbavedas    9 years ago

I believe a lot of the staff will be different. Many that we spoke with said they have an 8 month contract and were leaving to go home for 4 months.

cbavedas    9 years ago

When did you go? We just returned, (10/20-10/30) and staff was exceptional! no problems what-so-ever! it was going into dry dock once our trip was over. We had an Awesome time celebrating our 20th Anniversary

dolphin1275    9 years ago

After reading this review I'm concerned that I shouldn't have booked this cruise for the Christmas holidays .

luves2cruise    9 years ago

what a disappointment! Hopefully after this dry dock the ship and staff will be rejuvenated!

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