Impressive staffs but declined food qualities, even at specialty dinings, way overpriced spa and excersions

Item: Norwegian Gem
Rating: 3.6
Author: kinmankan

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

kinmankan

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Canada & New England (Quebec City To Boston)

Sail date: October 11, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin number: 8625

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 days ago

Review summary

Impressive staffs but declined food qualities, even at specialty dinings, way overpriced spa treatment activities and excursions

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Restaurants were clean although crowded spacing. Declined food quality from previous cruses. Soups were very salty, cannot drink.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Spa charges were greatly over-prized

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Only 2 production shows compared to Boardway type shows in previous cruises. Other nights only comedy talk shows from same person ...

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Great services overall, very sincere and polite staffs

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Dizzy ship layouts with limiting direction guidance.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Very good

Ship tip

Improve on show and food quality

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

4 out of 5

Sydney, Nova Scotia

4 out of 5

Halifax, Nova Scotia

4 out of 5

Portland, Maine

4 out of 5

Bar Harbor, Maine

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Line waited too long outside the ship

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