Good Cruise but food was terrible and bland

Item: Norwegian Gem
Rating: 4.5
Author: thawhoward

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

thawhoward

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

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7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 15, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11020

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

So my only issue with this cruise was the food. It was really bland and not good as far as we were concerned. I will most likely not cruise this line again because of the issue. I expect everything to be at least good but the food was really quite bad.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Terrific

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Food was bland and boring. I found this was not as good as my last Carnival Cruise.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We really didnt participate in any onboard activity other than Bingo and Deal No Deal which was lots of fund.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

We really enjoyed the ship entertainment

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

The service and staff were wonderful and they took excellent care of us during the whole cruise.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

We really liked the ship and the layout. We were on Deck 11 which was perfect and hand picked this firm.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

This cabin was perfect in terms of size and comfort.

Ship tip

None to give

Thumbs up

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

When we arrived we spent a night extra in New York and went out to Broadway and went to a play. It was great and highly recommend to go and see "Anastasia"

Thumbs Up 6

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Went to Disneyworld and it was very expensive for several hours but I would do it again. They were so busy at the park we could only get on one ride but we still had a great time.

Thumbs Up 7

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5

This was so much fun...and would highly recommend to go onshore for this day....

Thumbs Up 1

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

We did some shopping and had lunch...

Thumbs Up 8

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Great...

1 Comment

BillTeg 5 years ago

There are a multitude of restaurants on board. Can you be more specific? Personally I have cruised NCL and the Gem in the past and have had very good food, some days better than others, but I have never been on a cruise where I would quit a cruise line over the food.

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Wonderful Bahamas cruise, our family loved it.

It sucked, go with a different cruise line