Just ok.....

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

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

7 Night Canada & New England (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 17, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9556

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Norwegian Gem had an older crowd of people. The décor was first class and the service was great for dinner, room steward and guest services. I did not like that the majority of the shore excursions were sold out before we got on board. Most were sold out before the excursion meeting they held on Sunday. We purchased the specialty restaurant package but all specialty restaurants were sold out on the first day unless you wanted to eat after 9 pm. The specialty restaurants we did eat in were wonderful though. The dinner menu selection was really no selection at all we were not impressed with the menu in Grand Pacific. There were not a lot of selections for both dinner and dessert. We were going to book a Hawaiian cruise but decided to try another cruise line.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Specialty restaurants were wonderful. Dinner and menu selection in Grand Pacific was just ok

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our light bulb burnt out in our bathroom we called they sent someone right away then followed up to see if the work was completed, Excellent service!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The Gem was a beautiful ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Room was a little smaller then we were used too, shower was bigger though. We were disappointed that the adjoining balcony to our family could not be opened. We have taken a few Carnival cruises were our balconies could be opened so we could sit out there with our family.

Ship tip

Book excursions and reservations at the specialty restaurants before your cruise. We have never come across this before, on our other cruises we have always booked our excursions on board.

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

Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5

Newport, Rhode Island

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

aprilt27    8 years ago

Haven and Penthouse Suite both get first dibs.

chillman141    8 years ago

Should have booked your dinner reservations 90 days out, pick your time. We had 9 of us all dinners at six in specialty restaurants at same table. Suggest do research first.

rachelwyatt    8 years ago

Sorry I meant 90 days in advance

rachelwyatt    8 years ago

Yeah they let you do reservations 60 days prior online..even earlier for Haven like us. I'm sorry you had a bad experience I love NCL and if you're going to Hawaii you really should go on the NCL Pride of America ..it is amazing!!!!!

stewart1    8 years ago

I understand this is why I book way in advance also when you do Haven suite you get first dibs on everything!

aprilt27    8 years ago

This is why we always book our excursions way beforehand through the cruise line. To make sure we get one.

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