Norwegian Jade Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Waiters did not want to clean the tables and when they did the food was brushed into the chairs. the Spa had Black mole in the shower stalls and hot tub water never got hot

The ship needs to be refurbished. The Hawaiian theme of the ship does not fit this itinerary. Ship has some good things but just average.

Overall average. Nothing spectacular about food or staff. Good price for itinerary.

Wasn't too impressed when I first boarded the ship with the size of the room and the food but after meeting the staff I realized this was a great ship! Got over the size of the room but do wish the food was a little better.

NCL Jade was a friendly and extremely well run ship. We would be happy to journey on her again (though we also like to experience other ships).

A wonderful, fun, relaxing way to celebrate our 42nd anniversary

This JADE is an older ship but very well maintained. This cruise had a very diverse group of fellow passengers. This made cruising more exciting. Staff: Restaurant staff looked tired and over-worked. With free style cruising you dont get same waiter every day, so they dont have this desire to make your experience great. The impression you get from them is more of an I rather be polishing my spoons and plates, than be with you. We have done lot of cruises and this staff attitude was little shocking. I dont want anyone to get me wrong. They were courteous; there is a thin line between gold standard of service and just taking care of the passenger. I would give them 3-out of -5 on Room Steward, and Restaurant Staff. The bar staff and Casino was great (of course ship makes more money here, so had A+ staff here). Entertainment: Very good. Dont miss the last show They got quality performers. Ports: Mediterranean Cruise (Greece, Turkey, and Egypt) Excellent. We were lucky when we reached Greece. It was calm during our stay. Craziness started 2 days after we left. Turkey is very beautiful. Egypt: Lovely. Best port I have visited. There is lot of poverty and people in the streets begging for money and tons of vendors trying to pushing their goods on you but still very friendly and memorable. The overnight excursion was the best thing we did. The hotel they use (Mena House) is gorgeous place. Remember to take lot of $1 bills. Tips and vendors - $1 goes long way in Egypt. Tour Guides: Some of them were working hard to make us buy goods from their favorite vendors and store. They were pushing goods on us. (Esp. in Turkey). At times we were wondering who is pushier Vendors OR Tour guides. NCL seriously need to look into this! Overall Very good Cruise!

The ship is clean but I have missed the animal towel made by room cleaning crew before, this was our third cruise with NCL, they did'nt have it this time.

Clean, friendly staff, excellent entertainment, great ports of call.

The ship was clean, the crew was friendly, this was the best intertainment I've attended on a ship. The excursions where excellent.

We were on the Jade two years ago. Like the size--not too big.

good cruise with great staff and good food

After a four year hiatus, we choose to take the Norwegian Jade cruise from Venice. We chose NCL as we’d cruised once before with them so knew what we’d get and this cruise as it departed from Venice and had an interesting, varied itinerary a little off the ‘beat and track’ such as Split in Croatia and Ephesus in Turkey.

As we’d done before on prior cruise, we’d arrived in Venice a few days beforehand so had created a little mini-break holiday really getting to explore the city and area first. If you can find the time then you won’t be disappointed having at least a whole day in Venice, ideally 2 or 3.

As the Jade is one of NCL’s ‘Jewel class ships, we found our way around easily having been on the Gem last cruise. We did feel that the passengers on this cruise had fewer youngsters and teens than a prior cruise from Barcelona, but that may be just the dates we cruised.

The food and services on board were just as we’d experienced before on the Gem, so we were happy with the quality and overall value that NCL provides. That said, we did have one waiter one evening in the main dining room who was very curt and sloppy. Otherwise, we had great service from all other NCL crew, considering their workload in the dining areas their front of house team really work hard to serve.

The stops at Dubrovnik and Split in Croatia were real eye-openers. In the summer weather, what we saw of these cities and the surrounding Croatian countryside and coast was glorious. They’re very much on our ‘go-back-again’ list.

If you take a tour to Ephesus then you’ll most likely get some hawkers selling sweets and souvenirs as soon as you arrive before entering the archaeological site. Try to resist buying then as you’ll then be burdened with carrying it all the rest of you tour and especially that when you leave the site, you’re at another location where there’s a mini market area with plenty of stalls and more hawkers selling same merchandise for less!

When you disembark in Venice, if you have a late evening flight, then take advantage of a luggage service offered there. For about €15 you can leave your luggage right there, get water bus into central Venice for the day and then head to the airport where they will have already transported your cases to their pick up facility just outside the terminal.

lThe Jade was smaller than the other NCL ships I've been on. My cabin steward was a lovely woman who tried to meet my every need. The food was bad news, good news. The bad news was that the food was not satisfying and not worthy of a cruise ship. The good news is that I didn't gain as much weight as on my previous cruises.

We just returned from the Mediterranean itinerary (June 2012) and left from Venice on a back to back cruise (15 day cruise). Out of all the other cruises we have taken this by far had the best food. (We have been on a few Carnival cruises, Princess Cruise and Royal Caribbean cruise lines) For example, the fresh pineapple tasted just like Hawaii, the meats ...my husband loved his steak! The shopping on the ship was less than desirable for me as an AVID cruise ship shopper. Mostly items you can find in typical mall and some jewelry lines from large city malls only. If this is your first time to Italy and Mediterranean and you love to shop, pay attention!...IF you see something you like, get it for you won't likely find it (at least I haven't and I live in Las Vegas) in the states. For example, my husband purchased a Byzantine jewelry piece for me and I have spent hours online and went to the local major casino's and found non it's equal...not even close. I enjoy a good negotiation for prices and believe me, don't expect much if any during your journey. I don't know if it's previous cruisers who ruined it for everyone else or what the case but, never hurts to try. ;-) I have to wonder if the water is that incredibly smooth during this time of year. It was ASTOUNDING...never seen water so incredibly smooth. Best description was picture the most luscious smooth silk you have ever seen, now drape it on your bed with a hint of ripple and no joke, that is how beautiful the water was. Later in the trip it was slightly choppy looking but appeared mostly from the wind. Only for a couple hours one evening was the first time we ever felt any sway like feeling, other than that you never knew you were on a ship so to speak. If you have kids (my sister brought her "tween" daughter) and they loved the pool. Interestingly enough, we don't have kids and really didn't see very many. In fact, tho the ship was full of people I often wondered where in the world they were! As far as smoking goes, as an American I am not used to being around it and was a bit concerned when I found out they do allow it on this ship in certain areas. Turns out there is only 2 places to smoke, the casino and on deck 12 on the port side. (PLEASE SEE COMMENT ON STATEROOM QUALITY: A MUST!)

It seems the buisness plan is to cheapen the Maibn dining to get you to pay for other options. The cabins were the smallest my wife and I have experienced out of six other cruises. The shows were rather like high school performances.

The ship was clean, the crew friendly & helpful. The stateroom was comfortably spacious including the balconyNumerous places to eat good food. Nice pool area.Great mix of travelers. .

The ship was big, but not too big. It was beautiful in decor and so clean.

The ship was in good condition. I was in a mini suite. I actually put the coffee table on the balcony to make more space in the room. The port calls were nice and the ship got us there on time. Disappointed in the food in the buffets.

The Norwegian Jade is excellent. It is clean, easy to get around on and has lots to do.