Wonderful first cruise

Item: Norwegian Jade
Rating: 4.5
Author: vonpaint

Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

vonpaint

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 22, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Met some wonderful folks. Loved the washy-washy girls! A wonderful getaway!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Buffet was always great! Main dining was slow with service...

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

fitness center was great, pools nice, loved just walking the deck after meals. lots of people playing cards. Was able to watch NCAA tournament!

Entertainment

3 out of 5

The aerial performers were fabulous! Comedian a little edgy. Magician was good. The regular dancers really gave their all but not a wow. There were several different entertainers at the bars, Dave was the best by far.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

The only poor service was in the Grand Pacific dining room where it took 3 hours for a meal with no refills on water and waiters were standing around in groups doing nothing. Also the excursion staff were not very helpful to new cruisers who had no idea what excursions to try.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Walked to both forts on our own. Amazing structures.

Thumbs Up 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Went to st john and snorkeled!

Thumbs Up 4

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Took a taxi tour that included Romney Manor (I went to see gardens). Our driver (Roosevelt) clearly loved his island and was very informative. He took his time and got us back to our ship exactly on time.

Thumbs Up 3

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

Went to the Boatworks beach. The snorkeling was accessible from the beach if you had your own gear. Saw Stingray and turtles. Would probably go to public side of beach next time.

Thumbs Up 1

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

Excursion on catamaran to swim and view Pitons. wonderful crew.

Thumbs Up 1

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Went to beach from water taxi. Lots of shopping and beach.

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Much quicker than we expected. We carried our luggage and the hotel shuttle was there as promised. We were in our rental car by 9:30 at the airport.

3 Comments

CruiselineMich 4 years ago

Wonderful review with lots of great info! I'm so glad you enjoyed your first cruise. FYI "washy-washy girls" is something Norwegian must do. They have people signing to have people wash their hands! Here's a youtube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHqGSeOwtj0

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Mermaidstyle 4 years ago

Thanks for the tip on wait times for meals.

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Mike787 5 years ago

👍

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