Nice ship - OK cruise

Item: Norwegian Jade
Rating: 3.8
Author: dottyd

Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

dottyd

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

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10 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 01, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall it was a good cruise. Nice size ship but some evidence of age such as faded old carpeting in various areas. Disappointed with quality of food and selections. Appeared that they only offer items such as escargo, filet, veal, lamb (except for curry one night, lobster in pay restaurants as these type things were not in the main restaurants. Had better food on Carnival cruises.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Fast entry - slow room availability, good reunion with luggage

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Great production numbers. Entertainment on ship was frequent and good.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Room steward was very good. Our room was well tended

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Older ship well maintained. Staff were attentive.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Nice cabin - good size room steward kept it clean and tidy.

Ship tip

Don't expect quality food such as Escargo unless you are prepared to pay extra for it.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

We went to St. John for the day. That was nice

Thumbs Up 3

Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5

The cruise to the beach with Steel Drum band was nice. Beach was quite desolate. They need to provide more inside seating as the ride is very windy and we had to stand.

Thumbs Up 3

Bridgetown, Barbados

3 out of 5

No excursion just a nice walk. Been there many times.

Thumbs Up 2

Castries, St. Lucia

4 out of 5

Pretty island - rainy day.

Thumbs Up 0

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

Not in good condition - They are still recovering from storms. Main street was dingy - broken buildings everywhere with some evidence of repair.