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Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

6 Night Canada & New England (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 29, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9017

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

My husband, daughter and I traveled to Canada and Maine from NYC on the Norweigen Gem.  The cruise was awesome.  We have been on 17 cruises with other cruise lines but never thru Norweigen until now.  The food was spectacular.  We enjoyed the buffet as well as the anytime dining.  The shows were first rate.  I loved the variety of music and dancing by the performers.  The special guest performers were extremely good too.  

If I had one complaint it would be all of the fee required restuarants on board.  I feel like cruising is pushing these types of restuarants on board and when families cruise the think everything is inclusive.  My family won't be paying between $25 and $30 per person to eat when other food is offered and included in the price.

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Need a larger area to host trivia games. The Atrium was nice but crowded especially when the photographers were set up.

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

Saint John, New Brunswick

5 out of 5

Portland, Maine

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

chillman141    8 years ago

Actually I got the room without the food or drinpak packages, they ran a special and I cancelled my reservation, cost $100 then got a new reservation for the same price with the packages. Later got a $100 on board credit for $100,_so broke even with no additional costs for the packages, except for the gratuity charges, which I would have paid if I bought drinks and meals separately.

ctcushing    8 years ago

Chillman. They simply upped the price to include these things years ago.

chillman141    8 years ago

Got the specialty restaurants and drink package free, added 18% gratuities, with our room, an inside cabin. Couldn't afford these any other way.

peekcruiser    8 years ago

We never paid for food. The OSheehans, Orchid Garden, Grand Pacific and Magenta were nice when we wanted to sit down. And the menus were sufficient. I don't even know what I missed in the paid restaurants. The Great Outdoors night time cookie runs were the best.

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