fine cruise except for the dinning

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

10 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 02, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9079

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

One of the main thing you look forward to on a cruse is the dinning. The main complementary restaurants were very slow to serve waiting sometimes 45 min. before your order is taken, Dinner always took at least 2 hours. The portions were on the small side and the quality was way below the standard you expect. The menu also had 3 meals that had a charge, never say this before,seems to me you already payed for the meals and now they want you to pay again.

The specialty restaurant also have change with  a la carte menu however the quality was far superior to the complementary restaurant. All the other aspects of the cruise were what you would expect.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
slow service and low quality

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
all the staff were doing a fine job just needed more help staff was not the problem it is Norwegian line policy

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was always clean and done in a timely manner

Ship tip

Specialty restaurant prices are going up every cruise pulse adding a fee for meals in the complementary restaurants. This looks like the complementary restaurants are going away and what you will be left with is the buffet line

Ports of call

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Take the local bus to the beach for $2
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1 Comment

misssuzier    8 years ago

One person mentioned that the menu is similar but they did put ala carte options there also but this person pointed out that if he wants a specialty dining and wife or travel partner doesn't then you can have the best of both worlds ... Just a thought

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