Enjoyed the ship, but ports were mixed

Item: Norwegian Jade
Rating: 4.4
Author: kendosnags

Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

kendosnags

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

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Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

7 Night Southeast Asia (Hong Kong To Singapore)

Sail date: January 30, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11136

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Enjoyed the ship and abundance of restaurants and bars, cabin was good too. So so excursions but was disappointed with first NCL cruise

Embarkation

4 out of 5

A little slow and disorganised but could have been worse

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Particularly good, especially the speciality restaurants

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

A little more would be good, did a number of the quizzes, scavenger hunts, etc but not a lot to our liking

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Ok, but nothing special

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

No problems at all

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Very clean and conscious of the corona virus. Ship design took a little getting used to but no problem

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Nice size, comfortable, quiet and well cleaned

Ports of call

Hong Kong

5 out of 5

No excursions taken, must visit Victoria Peak

Thumbs Up 4

Hong Gai (Hanoi), Vietnam

3 out of 5

Did Halong Bay, scruffy boat but worth doing. Not a lot else there

Thumbs Up 2

Da Nang, Vietnam

3 out of 5

Ok, but somewhat rushed excursion

Thumbs Up 2

Nha Trang, Vietnam

5 out of 5

Opted out of excursion, got cable car to Vin Pearl, great day

Thumbs Up 2

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

4 out of 5

Visited Saigon on excursion, again not enough time in each place and another market we didn’t enjoy. Independence Palace interesting but needed more time there.

Thumbs Up 2

Singapore

5 out of 5

Close to attractions, we’ll worth just getting transfer to airport to dump bags and MRT back to Marina Bay. So much cheaper than the Jade excursion

Thumbs Up 2

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

No issues

3 Comments

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