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Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Jade

7 Night Western Caribbean (Houston Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 16, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5522

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Enjoyed the outstanding entertainment, especially, Thurs. night show, equal to best Vegas review. Cripton and Renata, and David Naster were superior as were the acrobats.

Layout of ship continuously confusing to two very bright people-needs much better signage, explicit directions to parts of ship. Much frustration getting to and from dining and events.

Very clean, excellent service staff-very cooperative. Women at front desk had too many language barriers, however, and at times were snobbish.

Major complaint-We felt as if we were attending one sales pitch after another. In all our travels we have not had such an experience. We've traveled on such ships as Holland America and the Stellar Solarace.

On the Norwegian there were extra charges every time we turned around and someone looking to sell us one more thing. 

The excursions were quite expensive and other options to travel the ports of call very limited. Belize City offered nothing of interest and we hired a cab to drive us around the city and to the so called "beach." We had seen the ruins at Cozumel and were looking for a different experience in Belize.

Honduras was lovely but the cab we hired hustled us to a crowded beach with bad service. 

We saw no information that really assisted us in creating our own trips and were not prepared to buy the cruise packages.

The activities, as a whole, were fun, especially the ball room dancing, Glenn Miller band and the guitarist.

Massage therapist, Mihaela, was excellent.

 

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Design frustrating, getting about complicated. Very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
A little tight. Ok generally

Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

1 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5
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Deathbytwins    8 years ago

We planned our excursions months in advance, taking only 1 w NCL. Honduras & Belize are very poor so private beaches are better than public. I just Googled excursions & found many in those countries. We also never once had anyone try to sell us anything on the ship, but we didn't go to the shops. It was crowded after shows but that's hard to avoid just like at any event anywhere.

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