Excellent Experience on the Ship.

Item: Norwegian Gem
Rating: 4
Author: npdf1

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

npdf1

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Greek Isles (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 18, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11048

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Terrible Embarkation. Great Ship Experience. In the future I would avoid the Greek Ports, the costs of souvenirs was double than Italy/Montenegro & Croatia. For a senior citizen, to much climbing steps and mountains not disclosed in the excursion details.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Terrible. NCL provided us with a pier address for embarkation. Upon arrival, no ship, no NCL representative or sign directed us to board a bust to another pier location. There was chaos and the fault lies with NCL.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Decent. The best was Cagney's Steak House

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Not used.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Good

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

We had one waiter Farook who took care of us like VIP's.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Avoid the excursion to Mykonos, a lot of walking up mountains and steps not disclosed.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

TRIESTE (VENICE), ITALY

1 out of 5

NCL has to disclose that departure is from Venice when in reality in costs hundreds of dollars to travel to Trieste to start the cruise. When I was in Venice I noticed there was a French luxury ship docketed there. I suppose NCL decided to use Trieste due to lower docking costs that has a financial impact on their passengers.

Thumbs Up 2

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5

Corfu, Greece

4 out of 5

A great shopping area near the port.

Thumbs Up 0

Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5

The OPA excursion was costly and OKAY. The breaking of the plates was fund, but the meal had a lot to be desired.

Thumbs Up 0

Mykonos, Greece