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Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 59

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Jade

Greek Isles & Turkey from Venice

Sail date: August 29, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11104

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

We were excited to take our first Norwegian Cruise out of Venice after cruising on Princess, Carnival and Royal Caribbean. The staff on the ship were great...we had lost luggage issues and the staff took right over and track our bags. The offered us complimentary laundry services too. The bags arrived in our second port of call.

Our biggest negative on the cruise was the feeling we were being nickel and dime'd. Room service was an upcharge of $7.95 and they brought a tiny carafe of coffee (enough for two cups)., We did it once and never ordered again. Also, the food in the main dining rooms was average at best. We believe the reason for this was to force you to go to specialty dining (another upcharge).

I would rather pay more for a cruise than to be charged for everything once on board!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Very average in the main dining rooms. Specialty restaurants were very good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Excellent service from the crew in the Spinnaker Lounge!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very comfortable and spacious. Large bathroom for a cruise ship.

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

3 out of 5
So crowded....and someone skimmed my credit card info and stole $614.00!

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5
Our favorite!

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

3 out of 5
Athens is dirty.....historically impressive but get to the Acropolis as early as possible. Very crowded.

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5

Split, Croatia

5 out of 5
2nd favorite port on the trip. Locals are very friendly!
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