Dissapointing

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

10 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 23, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 5529

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

From start to finish, other than the weather being decent and beautiful islands and meeting great people on board, very dissapointing. First they lost my boyfriends' bag until ,after many times going to guest relations, and checking with housekeeping until nearly 11pm on the first night. Then having a room directly under the casino and complaining to guest services and them telling me the ship was filled to capacity and they could not offer me a different location. Dinner is the main dining rooms, except for the poor excuse for a Thanksgiving Dinner, were adequate but nothing phenominal (sometimes the food was better at the buffets). Had a bad dinner experience at the Majenta and complained at guest service again. They sent Michael from the Majenta and he promised to make up for it if we came back. Went back next evening and he gave us an excellent server and a bottle of wine.... finally some recourse.... but not making up for the overall experience. Poor food choices, limited entertainment after 10 pm and in case of inclement weather, guest relations attitude as if you are bothering them.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Cabin was clean and steward was attentive. Other than finding a bottle of vodka in closet (obviously was left by past passenger) and the constant noise from the casino directly above us, the cabin was adequate size and comfort level as expected.

Ship tip

Not a party ship by any means! If you plan to actually stay up past 11 pm unless you make arraignments with other guests, dont expect the lounges and bars to be open! Entertainment on pool deck is sparse to say the least, and if it rains, do not expect it to me moved somewhere else or rescheduled.

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
Best kept secret.. taxi ride to vendor market, downtown shops and Coconuts Bar/ grill....$8.00.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

1 out of 5
unless you do a excursion with your limited time on island... stay on ship.... nothing to see here folks!
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1 Comment

dawnro    8 years ago

You sound like a terrible traveler. Thanksgiving meals do not have multi cultural importance. Cabin placement under the casino certainly sucks, but either you chose it or you rolled the dice with a cheap cabin and got stuck. Either way, you should have done your home work. Vitching and moaning about a horrible trip, THAT YOU WERE IN THE CARIBBEAN for. If that that doesn't smack smack of an entitled, ugly tourist- I don't know what does.

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