Nice get-a-way crsise

Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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3.7 out of 5

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Norwegian Jade

14 Night Caribbean: Curacao Aruba & Barbados (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 8586

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

Nice get-a-way in winter months. Norwegian does a good job when it comes to service, the food was pretty good, entertainment was fair to good (based on other NCL cruises), ship was nicely updated. Only four hot tubs on deck, always full of kids and old folks. They did not stop at their own island in Bahamas and only compensated passenger's $40 for that. Expect higher mandatory tips then on other lines at $20/day per person or more for better cabins. Cruise director is not a native English speaker. Overall a good experience.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

not enough outlets, so we brought our own extension cords.

Ship tip

older ship recently "updated".

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5

A USA stop with great museums and familiar everything. Not too many homeless, etc. around.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas Did not visit port

Our ship would have tendered into this small island, but decided not to stop at all. Overall disappointing to float by where we would have stopped.

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

3 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

3 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5

Loved George Washington house, and St. Nicholas Abby (sugar cane plantation, historic home, rum distillery, & steam train).

St. George's, Grenada

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

we had to tender in, more complicated to get off and on, but nice port. Loved the Turtle Farm.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

"optional face recognition" system was down, so everyone stood for 45 min waiting to get off.

6 Comments

Gwbigdog 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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natelorip 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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javawoody 10 months ago

Glad you had a good experience

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Niavlys 10 months ago

Thank you for sharing your views

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JimOhio 10 months ago

Thanks for the review. We will be on the Jade in 31 days so it's nice to hear positives with not so many negatives.

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cruising2004 10 months ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise!

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