10 day Norwegian Jade Cruise

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 61

Review summary

We loved the cruise. Although we'd done the Mediterranean before this held some new ports for us. It also had the best and quickest life jacket drill we'd ever experienced. The food was probably the worst we'd had on a cruise ship. All the white fish was mushy and the desserts were too sweet. The food was standard. That said it still was good enough to have us filling our plates and I don't know how my pants would be fitting now if the desserts were better. They had a great selection of fruits and vegetables and all was fresh. At the more formal dining rooms the service was excellent as well as the number of menu choices. My biggest problem with cruise ships now is the specialty restaurants you have to pay to eat at and the number of them. Has the food gotten worse at the free restaurants so you'll want to pay for something better? We went on the cruise ship believing there would be washing machines as there were last time. Nope. We had to pay to have our washing done, not that we didn't hand wash and continually had wet clothes hanging in the shower. If I'd have known we'd have brought more clothes because having clothes laundered is spendy. The best part for our children was the kids club they have which was truly amazing. The kids were begging to stay and wanted to go back to it as soon as they left. They had so much fun and the club had better hours than the last time we cruised with Norwegian. The kids learned circus skills and put on a show for the adults. The staff were the ones that really made it so wonderful for the kids and us. It was our last experiences with the Norwegian Kids Club that influenced us to choose this cruise over another cruise line.

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Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

Izmir, Turkey