Good Mexican cruise

Item: Norwegian Gem
Rating: 3.9
Author: Acer147

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Mexico

Acer147

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 108

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 20, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 10167

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

My wife and I enjoyed the cruise the people and the staff. I was pleasantly surprised how friendly the Mexican people were even when we were telling them "no gracias" they seemed to take no for an answer and even went out of their way to help me find my way around

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Seemed a lot of hurry up and wait

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Not being especially picky I enjoyed every meal I had on the ship not the best but very good

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Trivia, bingo, deal or no deal, shuffleboard, hot tubs, walking track, casino, shows

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Pretty good but always seemed late and short shows

Children's Programs

No child

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Everyone we met we helpful engaging and a joy to be around

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Rooms were clean maintained and ship seemed clean

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin is next to a storage room every morning expect to be woken up with banging and scraping from as early as 3:30 am

Ship tip

Really decide each day want you want to do if you don't you will.almost always be in the wrong area of the ship

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Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Not many close attractions the uss Iowa is cool and so is the queen mary but pretty well everything else is a long taxi or uber away I would next time book a hotel near the attractions I want to do then save the long ride to the port on embarkation day

Thumbs Up 2

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5

Went on the pirate ship can not recommend this enough had a blast crew were entertaining and friendly and seem to genuinely care that you have a great time

Thumbs Up 6

Mazatlan, Mexico

4 out of 5

Nice town did a bus tour then had a open air taxi take us to beach where they have outdoor playatas had fish lunch on the beach no one around and great food

Thumbs Up 1

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5

The glass bottom boats are fun and great pictures wife was tired of walking by this time so didn't get to see much of cabo

Thumbs Up 1

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Again a lot of hurry up and wait but got off fairly quickly and made my plane connection with time to spare

Traveler Photos

2 Comments

Acer147 5 years ago

The room is nice enough and they are correct about the art but they get move it out at about 4:30 am on dollies so it's pretty noisy and it happened at least 3 nights I remember I am a pretty deep sleeper and it woke me up so I don't know maybe earplugs my wife and I still enjoyed the cruise just wanted to let people know so they are forewarned

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Wilsons0605 5 years ago

Thanks for the review. I was sad to hear that the cabin was noisy. We are currently set to be in that same room, 10167, on the Gem in May. We chose that room because it wasn’t adjoining another cabin. We were told that art was stored next door and it wasn’t used very often at night. If you have any other insights on that room and/or photos, I would greatly appreciate you sharing. Thanks so much!

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