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Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 09, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11136

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

everything you do cots money ..edible food nothing to speak of. Rooms clean and well taken care off.watch out for the bathtubs and the balconies. You can locked out.pre tipping policy make the service in the dinning rooms very unmotivated.  Service slow and poor.  Great pillows.  That not a good enough reason to go on NCL cash cow vacation 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

don't book for any reason

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5
Cash cow too hot

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
It was so hot just hang around the ship unless you want to spend a lot off money
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3 Comments

jleslie48    8 years ago

With NCL the cruise is a loss leader and they make their money during the cruise, and at that near as I can tell is from the gambling.  When I booked I got the alcohol drink package and the specialty dining package for free.   That meant I had a hotel room, all food/fine dining all drinks and tons of entertainment for $180 (make that $210 with mandatory tipping)  a night for two.  You can't beat that anywhere that nice for twice the price.   I don't know where your cash went after that other than gambling.   Oh wait, in the dining room I left $2 a meal on the table.  Everybody in the dining room new my name. Your in a mini-suite, stop being cheap. 

 

 

daviebutcher    8 years ago

I was on the gem last week...had a blast....only complaint was the 200 bucks for a week's Internet pkg that was so slow it made dial up look fast ...

jchrist    8 years ago

.. bathtubs and the balonies?? Huh?

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