Not too good!

Item: Norwegian Gem
Rating: 1
Author: Disguisted

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to North America

Disguisted

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

1 out of 5

Verified Review

New York, USA to San Juan, Puerto Rico

Sail date: October 15, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10534

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

I understand people get sick, but did every passenger onboard have to suffer in 2016 because of the mishaps of one passenger?!!? We lost an entire island because of this incident! And to make matters worse, we went to one of the worst islands in the carribean where there's hardly anything to do! TV's never worked correctly throughout the cruise and went completely off almost two days before the end of the cruise! My bathroom in my balcony cabin had a foul odor that was never gotten rid of! I guess the best part of the cruise was having someone else make my bed! I had a great steward!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

My bathroom stunk throughout! I was told in 2015 that the Gem was going to be completely refurbished! Well there were only a few minor changes that I notice and nothing new about the cabins!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

New York, New York

3 out of 5

I live here.......

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St John's, British Virgin Isles

5 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

16 Comments

tia1216 7 years ago

Wow!

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stewart1 7 years ago

Things happen always remember it could be U!

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ladyluck120 7 years ago

I was just on a cruise and there was 2 airlift emergencies and one emergency got off in Florida and a ambulance was waiting for him. the 2 airlifts...one was related from a serious fall and the other was a elderly lady had pneumonia. so sad

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7 years ago

We've been on a ship during an airlift emergency. Hope the OP never needs one. The last thought on anyone's mind should be how it ruined their vacation. Selfish, ME generation cruisers. Too many 16th place trophies on the mantle.

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newfie60 7 years ago

Been on 40 cruises in ten years. Tragically had a crew member jump over board on one. We got home 10 hours late but who cares. Shame on you. A person gets air lifted and you are upset you missed an island. That's what is hard with cruises. You have 4000 people on a boat and get a couple complainers

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themojitolady 8 years ago

I was on that cruise. Hope you or a family member never experience having to be air lifted. So insensitive, damn!

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mimi311 8 years ago

Just looked into it, it was a 76 year old man suffering from appendicitis...

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mimi311 8 years ago

I was on the ship during the medical emergency. Not sure of all the details but someone was airlifted by the coast guard. It happened on the second sea day I believe, we just past Bermuda and was told we would have to stop in PR so coast guard could airlift. They scrapped that plan and turned around to meet them near Bermuda. Coast Guard did a successful rescue (thank God) which was very intense to watch. The next day (third sea day) we were told we'd be going to Tortola in replace of Antigua. Although the i was looking forward to Antigua, I'm grateful the patient was airlifted safely and we didn't lose a whole island.

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

Ah ok. Sigh.

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batch123 8 years ago

^^^^ If that's the case ^^^^, which is what I suspected, the op clearly is a clueless, classless, entitled, self absorbed, selfish dolt.

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jchrist 8 years ago

Kknorr I just read a review where it went to a different island because someone had to be airlifted.. mishap of a passenger OP, REALLY?? I hope you never have a "mishap" and have to be airlifted... I mean after all you wouldn't want to be selfish, get hurt and unintentionally piss other passengers off due to a "mishap"... SMH.

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

I'm curious what sailing this was, as there are no other recent reviews mentioning anything similar. Of course the OP has no cruises listed in their profile.

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kipperthefish 8 years ago

Take a breath......now can you give us details.

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ladyluck120 8 years ago

what was the mishap of the passenger? Death?

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batch123 8 years ago

?????????????????????????????

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banaford 8 years ago

I have no clue what you are talking about. If someone would either die or you get an island, as a human most people would say I will miss an island if the other choice is someone dies. Funny how the cruise contract only guarantees food and accommodations, not ports.

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