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Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

11 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 27, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8528

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

my floor - 8 smelled bad. toilet didn't flush two separate times during the cruise... (the whole floor) got my daughter on "last minute" 5 days before we left, they made me buy a whole other room when my room could hold 3 people... AND they took my ultimate beverage package away, cause the inside room I had to pay $2800 for didn't come with it! WTF Norwegian!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
VERY Easy embarkation in NY..... painless

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Restaurants and such were fine... no complaints.... at all

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Did the shows at nite... they were fine.... didn't watch any movies, didn't care for the big screen being inside the ship.... sat by the pool and watched the pool activities... always fun. Spinniker bingo and deal or no deal was fun. Went to Bliss Adult Karaoke one nite to watch, that was funny.... basketball shoot out... was young kids.... that was fun.... parents not so much! Not the NBA people!

Entertainment

4 out of 5
They were all just fine..... Magician, not exactly David Cooperfield or Criss Angel or David Blaine... but I thought he was FUNNY... the tricks were good. The shows were all great..... no complaints... they were entertaining

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
THEY ALL WORK SO HARD..... however, the night we ate in Cagney's, one of the senior officer's came over to apologize for our food being late.... we didn't complain to anyone about it, not sure why she was annoyed about it.... 2x that happened.... we were enjoying just talking and waiting there was not rush on our end to get the food to us....

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
WASHY WASHY.... HAPPY ALL THE TIME.... need I say more!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Totally fine.... it's only for sleeping and showering anyway....

Ship tip

book in the middle of the ship.... I was forward, which was nice for the shows in the Stardust, but eating on the back of the boat.... was a longggggggggg walk, but... fine! lol

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5
My home town, not gonna bash!

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
Bought me a Crown of Light here.....

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
Beach was ok, island is poor.... very sad!

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5
sat and drank and Wifi.... people were great.... didn't bother you like other islands!

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5

Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
........long............... but what can you do...............
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7 Comments

lmedic1992    6 years ago

We have sailed on the gem twice four ppl one inside and one ocean view and got the drink package every time

lauria903    6 years ago

I was on the Gem last Aug. They had the same problem. They kept reminding people not to put nothing but toilet paper...and to watch what their children are putting down...unfortunately people Don't follow the rules! !!

mepcnp    6 years ago

Was is a guaranteed stateroom? The UBP is not offered with a guaranteed cabin. You can still get it with a reg inside. I am booked in an inside in November on the Gem and it was an option to choose for me. You need to question these things because sometimes they make mistakes.

esm54687    6 years ago

Your original stateroom may have held 3 people but the muster station (life boat) assigned for that stateroom was probably at max capacity....... so another stateroom assigned to a muster station with room was assigned.

CruiseMistress1    6 years ago

Depending on the category the cabin is in is if you qualify for any of the the "free" options. Lowest u get one option - next tier two options ect.

cluppi915    6 years ago

WOW. I thought they all had the UBP available as a free option. Were you able to select another instead?

Lopaka    6 years ago

Hey, it was YOUR choice to add your daughter at the last minute. No one held a gun to your head to change your reservation.

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