Best cruise ever

Item: Norwegian Gem
Rating: 4.7
Author: deltrain

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

deltrain

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 105

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

Verified Review

13 Night Southern Caribbean (Boston Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 08, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9026

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

This was a great cruise. Six islands in six days. Love leaving from Boston.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Spent about 45 minutes in line to embark

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Overall the food was very good. We ate at all the restaurants and buffets.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Lots of activities. We really enjoyed the wave pool for adults only. Fitness center really nice too.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Entertainment was great every night.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All staff were very attentive, happy and informative.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship is very well maintained and spotless. We thought buffet had wasted space using large booths instead of more tables and chairs.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Overall comfort was fine. There was plenty of room for our clothes. Very clean. Bed was very comfortable.

Ports of call

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

We did shopping sightseeing and beach excursion. Shopping was too long and every jewelry store wanted to sell to you. Sightseeing was great we have beautiful photos from top of the island. Beach was great beautiful water and beach.

Thumbs Up 0

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

We did sightseeing and beach. We have the most beautiful photos from top of island and beach was great.

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Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

We went to Harrison’s caves. It was a tram ride that went down 160 feet. It was a lot of fun.

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Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

We took catamaran to the Pitons which was great. We got very beautiful photos. Then we were taken to a lagoon to swim.

Thumbs Up 2

Basseterre, St. Kitts

2 out of 5

I went on a zip lining excursion from Norwegian. After the practice run something went wrong and after 2 hours trip was cancelled because they couldn’t fix the problem. I was very disappointed.

Thumbs Up 0

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

This is a beautiful island. We went to East Bay Beach. It was very nice.

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