Cruise - Older Demographic
Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
10 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)
Sail date: November 23, 2015
Ship: Norwegian Gem
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: 5506
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 8 years ago
Review summary
The cruise ship was recently renovated and was always kept thoroughly clean. The food, both in the common dining halls and especially in the specialty restaurants, was always very good and complimented by positive service. The excursions were well organized by the ship and logistics were always easy - we also lucked out and the two snorkeling experiences were fantastic, as we saw many sea turtles, sting rays, and even one barracuda.
However, there were two items that prevented this from being a 5 star review.
1) The cruise directors were clearly targeting the senior and family demographic on the ship, but seemed to have left out the young adult demographic. I went with my girlfriend and we made a few comments that the planned activities never seemed to be very interactive for 20-30's crowd.
2) The weather was poor for almost all but 2 days. While this was not the ship's fault, the outside activities that were cancelled left huge gaps in the day with not much to do. Simple planning for back-up activities inside would have made a huge difference.
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Ports of call
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
3 Comments
JusMe 8 years ago
On the transatlantic cruise I did on RCI they did a flash mob dance (guest and part of the dance group) one night on the Royal Promenade, that was fun to watch.
For a younger Demographic try a 3 or 4 night cruise and maybe try Carnival..... but cruising tends to be more middle age and mature.
hayden0433 8 years ago
We were thinking the same thing abiut additional times - we even commented it would be fun for the people on vacation to become actors in a small show, as it would be funny to watch and would be an activity to build up to throughout the cruise.
jleslie48 8 years ago
for the life of me I cannot understand why their isn't a matinee and a midnight movie in that great theater of theirs. How much fun would it be to see the rocky horror picture show at midnight on that stage.