Worst food in my 11 cruises

Item: Norwegian Jade
Rating: 3.9
Author: floridamangoste

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

floridamangoste

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

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19 Night Turkey Egypt Jordan & Israel (Athens To Dubai)

Sail date: November 13, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The good parts - the ship, the entertainment, the ports of call. The bad part - the food was like a diner on the water. This line has a million gimmicks to get your money and everyone I spoke to paid a different price for similar cabins.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Meat was always totally overcooked. Meals in main dining rooms repeated too often and nothing to write home about.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Service rather slow in the main dining rooms. Otherwise, very good.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Only bad thing was no chair to watch tv- just a stool that had no back support.

Ship tip

Don't expect the chefs and cooks to know what they are doing.

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Ports of call

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

4 out of 5

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Haifa, Israel

5 out of 5

y -sea of Galilee & Golan Hts

Thumbs Up 1

Ashdod, Israel

5 out of 5

y - Dead Sea and Masada

Thumbs Up 1

Port Said, Egypt

5 out of 5

Suez Canal Transit

3 out of 5

Safaga (Luxor), Egypt

5 out of 5

y- two all day ones (Valley of Kings and Luxor/Karnak temples. Museum cut short because ship cleared late

Thumbs Up 1

Aqaba (Petra), Jordan

5 out of 5

y- unfortunately tour guise did not give out the info brochure of Petra until AFTER we left. It showed there were 2 great areas just another half mile past the theater. There would have been time to do this ONLY by opting for the o/w or r/t camel or scooter ride to/from the parking area (at extra cost which I certainly would have done).

Thumbs Up 1

Salalah, Oman

4 out of 5

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Muscat, Oman

2 out of 5

boring forts and museums made up most of the shore excursion.

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Fujairah, U.A.E.

1 out of 5

boring forts and museums made up most of the tour and the 35 minute shopping stop only offered produce to buy and the bathroom was a half mile out in a field.

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Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

5 out of 5

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Dubai, U.A.E.

5 out of 5

on my own - went to Burj Khalifa, saw the aquarium for free in the mall thru a huge picture window; went to Green Planet (exotic birds galore - highly recommend this).

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

3 Comments

legallorelei 1 year ago

Did you book the Dead Sea and Masada excursion through NCL? Was it the 11 1/2 hour trip? How long was the bus ride?

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WhippetMum 1 year ago

Thanks for your feedback

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javawoody 1 year ago

Great itinerary thanks for sharing

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