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Item: Norwegian Gem
Rating: 4.9
Author: AnitaM56

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Transatlantic

AnitaM56

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 56

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

14 Night Transatlantic Westbound (Barcelona To New York)

Sail date: December 08, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 8118

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This cruise was great ejoyed the shipped the six straight days at sea. Loved going to Spain and Portugal. Didn't mind missing the Azores, loved the replacent of Madeira.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy embarkation

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The buffet was good, the speciality dinning was great and main dining room was ok.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The stage shows were ok was disappointed that they only had one show with the singers and dancers.

Children's Programs

Didn't go with children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Service was good everywhere. The bar staff in the Spinnaker was on top of all service.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

They did a great job with the bigger rooms with the dry dock.New carpets,new furniture.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

It was very clean and the size is perfect for us.

Ship tip

Spend a lot of your time in the Spinnaker.

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Stayed the night before. Beautiful to walk around.

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Valencia, Spain

5 out of 5

We went to the aquarium. It was great!

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Cartagena, Spain

5 out of 5

Went to the horse farm. It was one of the best excursions we've been on.

Thumbs Up 1

Granada, Spain

5 out of 5

We went to magdala. It was good except they should warn people there are a lot of hills to climb.

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Cadiz (Seville), Spain

5 out of 5

Went to the white village. Again they should let people know they have to walk up a steep street.

Thumbs Up 0

Lisbon, Portugal

3 out of 5

It rained all day, they closed the village we were suppose to visit.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy

6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Ship2Shora 1 year ago

Dream cruise🎇

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Great itinerary. Appreciate your feedback. Glad you thoroughly enjoyed your cruise.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Closed the village because of rain?

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pilotvova 1 year ago

Gem was our very first cruise back in 2015. We fell in love with it and NCL and haven’t miss a single vacation . We hope you had great time as we did and enjoyed the best ship NCL has. It’s the people that make it so special.

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