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Item: Norwegian Gem
Rating: 4
Author: uc763447389220

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 66

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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11 Night Southern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 02, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The cruise started with bad weather the first two days, something expected sailing out of New York in the winter months. When we got down past Florida the weather was perfect! We had a very nice time. I would recommend this cruise!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship was four hours late getting into port due to the weather. It was a long wait...

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food was good, most wait staff were excellent especially Stephen and Joshua in the dining room. "Washy Washy" was the highlight of the meals eaten at the buffet.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Used the fitness center, very clean. Did not rock climb, it was windy most days. Would have liked more chairs on deck 7.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

All shows were great!

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Most staff were good! Some staff did slack off until their boss showed up.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin was clean and comfortable. Could hear noise behind our wall, it sounded like carts moving. This did wake us on a night or two.

Ports of call

New York, New York

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Rented a UTV (not with the ship) drove around the island which is a desert.

Thumbs Up 0

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Booked a private land and snorkel tour not affiliated with the ship. We had a great time!

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Castries, St. Lucia

4 out of 5

Booked the Segway, Safari, Beach tour. If you don't mind doing a segway tour with 24 inexperienced (and not very good) people you will enjoy this. Don't bother to snorkel at the beach, nothing to see. We enjoyed this tour because the tour leader "Sammy" was great.

Thumbs Up 0

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

We booked the Rail & Sail excursion. Very enjoyable and the drinks were flowing!

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

We did not book a tour here as we were at this island numerous times. We decided to shop this time. Our arrival time was 7:00am. Most shops were not opened upon arrival, all opened by 9:00am. We had a nice day.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very good

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