Partial to the Gem

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

10 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 13, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11022

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Always have a great time aboard, overall great cruise, but they can improve some things.  Let me start out by saying I hate people that complain about everything, and there were some people, who complained about everything.  Listen, it's  not the Ritz Carlton, so don't expect it to be.  We stayed in cabin 11022 mini suite, cabin steward was awesome as usual. itinerary was great, don't under estimate tortola, probably the nicest destination on cruise.   The local people were the nicest and the island is aesthetically the best.   

           The main dining rooms are a joke, horrific food and worst service, we stayed and dined mostly at specialty restaurants where the food and service were both excellent.  We did the buffet a couple of nights not great.  The buffet for breakfast was great if you ate at the great outdoors(hidden Gem  on this ship).

          Like I said we are partial to this boat, food and service in MDR need to be improved, but we had a great time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
pay for the specialty restaurants you will not be disappointed

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Owen was great, took care of my wife when she was sick.

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5
dont underestimate this island, locals were very friendly and the island is beautiful!!!!
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2 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

stobin    8 years ago

Can you tell me if they outfitted the ship for the NCL IConcierge phone app? It was in dry dock last month and I was wondering if this was done.

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