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wonderful cruise except Venice visit

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Norwegian Gem

9 Night Greek Isles: Santorini Mykonos & Croatia (Trieste To Athens)

Sail date: May 22, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9103

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

great cruise but disappointing last minute notification of no cruise ship visit to Venice and poor bus visit arrangement.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Venice visit all but cancelled 2 days before sailing

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
food excellent disappointed in specialty dining service

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
time spent ashore, no sea days. very active cruise

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

only saw a few well-behaved children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
all but specialty dining was excellent

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
clean and beautiful

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
excellent

Ship tip

don't plan on good visit ti Venice. Some tendering disapointing

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Ports of call

TRIESTE (VENICE), ITALY

4 out of 5

Venice, Italy

2 out of 5
poor transportation arrangements to Venice for short visit
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Rijeka, Croatia

5 out of 5

Split, Croatia

5 out of 5

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

4 out of 5
poor tender arrangement
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Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5
just disembarked and arranged private short tour
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing
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Itspeace4me    1 year ago

Thank you for the review.
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Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing
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javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your experience
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cdavid46    1 year ago

Good review! Have been to most of the same ports in days gone by and loved each of them. Sorry about your Venice tendering issue.
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