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Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Norwegian Jade

7 Night Greek Isles (Athens Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 30, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9064

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The weather was very hot and humid, dripping wet with sweat everyday but we still had an amazing time. Our cruise was very comfortable and relaxing after long hot days in port.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Our time to arrive was 11:30 am and we were on the ship by 12:15, very organized and a nice airconditioned tent for us to wait in

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
All of our meals were excellent quality and very good

Tankards Beer & Whiskey Bar

5 out of 5

Best bar service on the ship, Fernado and Butz were a great team

La Cucina

5 out of 5

The best service on the entire ship and amazing food

Alizar

5 out of 5

Excellent food and service

Cagney's Steakhouse

3 out of 5

This was our third and most likely our last time at Cagney's. All three times our service has been slow, unorganized and forgotten about!The food has always been great but the noise level of each Cagney's we have been too and the poor service will keep us from trying them again

Magnum's Champagne & Wine Bar

5 out of 5

Best bar service team on the ship! Butz and Fernando!

The Great Outdoors

5 out of 5

Best place to be for sailaway!

Teppanyaki

4 out of 5

Always a fun show but the menu is always the same, so it can be boring the food

O'Sheehan's Bar & Grill

3 out of 5

Ok, service and food, but our orders were wrong twice

Le Bistro

5 out of 5

We have never tried Le Bistro before and we had a wonderful meal and service so we were glad we had tried it

Jasmine Garden

3 out of 5

We loved the Jasmine Garden on The Epic (maybe it was called something else but it was the same menu) but on The Jade we tried them twice and both times it was ok

Grand Pacific

5 out of 5

Again excellent food and service

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool area was nice, crowded and chair hogs which no one was enforcing the posted policy about holding chairs

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Loved Blazing Boots and really enjoyed music in the Wine and Whisky bar nightly

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Almost everyone we encountered was friendly and helpful, guest services not so much but they seemed to have a line all day long of unhappy people so maybe they were tired! Cagney's service was poor, slow and forgetful. La Cucina service was top notch!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The cleanest ship I have been on before, even the public restrooms were constantly clean and odor free

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
A little tight but we were fine, nice bathroom, plenty of storage space and quiet location

Ship tip

I always travel with those battery operated tea lights to use as a night light in the bathrooms

Ports of call

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5
Stayed two days before at Hotel Attalos, great hotel with a nice breakfast and amazing views of The Acropolis from our room and the rooftop bar

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5
Our NCL tour guide was very good and we really enjoyed our tour

Istanbul, Turkey

5 out of 5
Again our NCL tour guide was excellent and we got to see and do alot

Mykonos, Greece

4 out of 5
Another NCL tour, nice and good tour guide.

Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5
Excellent NCL tour guide with great history knowledge and showed a great deal of pride in his home island

Santorini, Greece

4 out of 5
Crowded and we were the only ship in port this day! Our NCL tour was a tender boat to the old port to get a bus and tour the island, little wine tasting and than dropped off to return whenever we wanted to on the chair lift

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
NCL airport transfer, fast and efficient.
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7 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

natelorip    1 year ago

Thanks for the detailed review. Glad you had a great time.

bubbles60    1 year ago

Sounds wonderful. Ncl always does a great job.

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

IzzyW    1 year ago

Thank you for the review. We are on the same cruise in 3 weeks.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Awesome itinerary. Appreciate your detailed and informative review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Thank you for sharing your experience.

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