Norwegian Jade Cruise Reviews - Reviews

The ship was clean and easy to get around on. We were isolated for 2 days with the virus and did not get any compenstion for room service charges or medical concerns.

The ship is wonderful. Clean and well cared for and most of the staff is excellent. The ship shows were entertaining for the most part and changed daily.

It was very relaxing

We had a cruise on the Norwegian Jade in late January, 2010. The ships ports of call were wonderful. We started out from Barcelona (Spain), then we visited Civitavecchia (Italy), Pireus (Greece), Izmir (Turkey), Alexandria (Egypt), and Valetta (Malta), and we finally returned to Barcelona. The ship was very attractive and well-maintained. The food was adequate, but far from excellent. However, the musical shows were outstanding. They were some of the best weve seen on cruise ships. But the cruise itself was marred by some unknown sickness that the ship apparently was carrying. By the ships own admission, it had some 2% (of reported cases) of its passengers on the cruise prior to ours getting sick with vomiting and diarrhea. However, Norwegian Cruise Line did not notify any of us until we checked in for boarding the ship in Barcelona. At that time, it handed us an announcement that passengers in the last cruise experienced some intestinal viral infection that caused fever, diarrhea, vomiting and/or intestinal pain or discomfort with the implication that these passengers got sick while visiting the ports of call. To combat this unknown sickness, the ships crew expended extra efforts to keep the ship cleaner by disinfecting everywhere. In fact, boarding the ship was not from 1 p.m. as announced in the literature; it was delayed three hours until late afternoon so that the cabins presumably could be further disinfected. Passengers had to disinfect their hands at every public gatheringthe shows, restaurants, and buffet lines. In the buffet lines, the crew served everything, including glasses of water and unopened boxes of cereals! Nevertheless, many people still got sick on our cruise. When we got to Egypt, the Egyptian authorities delayed anyone from disembarking the ship for over five hours! They apparently were checking the health records of the ship and were determining whether or not to quarantine the ship! But by the time we were able to disembark, half the first day was irretrievably gone. That created a lot of chaos, extra expense and hardship among the passengers to rearrange their schedules to visit Cairo and the pyramids and sphinx, switching or canceling the tours to accommodate this unforeseen change. Norwegian Cruise Line should have been more upfront with its passengers regarding this uncontrolled noxious viral intestinal illness aboard the ship. But for this unknown sickness on the ship, we would rate the cruise at least a very good! Also, though we don't recommend this ship (in its present condition), we've had good experience with NCL in some of its other ships.

The cruise was great. I would advise trying all of the resturants, although I thought the Tex Mex was horrible. Went on excursions at all of the ports, thought Turkey was the best and the trip to the pyramids, with all of the pesky vendors, was by far the worst excursion I have ever been on. Seeing the pyramids and all of the trash around Egypt, ruined the image I had of how beautiful they would be.

I would recommend it because of the value for a 12 day cruise. We had an ocean stateroom and got a very good price from . My personal opinion is NCL is good over all but the excursions are very disappointing. If you are going on this cruise, I would recommend to book your excursions outside of NCL. I had tried to reflect the issues to the excursions desk and I was being ignored. I would definitely travel again with NCL because the value it brings but definitely not the excursion (except for Turkey)

Very large, lots to do. Freestyle cruising gives you freedom to eat when and where you like at 10 different restaurants. Also gives you freedom to pay cover charges of anywhere from $10 to $25 per person at six of them for very average food. Staff was generally helpful but inconsistent. Service was equally inconsistent as were the Shore Excursions.

The ship design, staterooms and decor was all fine. We had a fine cruise from this standpoint.

This was my third cruise with Norwegian, first time on the Jade though, but best ship Ive been on so far! The stateroom was bigger than any Ive seen before. Very comfortable and place for everything. We were welcomed with a bottle of chilled wine, giant chocolate covered strawberries, and a luxurious bathrobe courtesy of ! Thank you! We felt like royalty when we arrived in our stateroom and for the entire 12 day cruise. The ship has every amenity you could possibly want and the largest duty free store Ive ever seen! The shows were great even when we were experiencing some pretty rough seas and it was very dangerous the acrobats said the show must go on and they gave us an excellent performance! The Eastern Mediterranean was everything Ive ever wanted to see. It was a dream come true to ride a camel in front of the pyramids in Egypt! I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasnt dreaming! We spent two days taking in the sights in Caro where we had the best, most knowledgeable guide ever and she stayed with us the whole two days! We stayed in a 5 star hotel (I would gladly give it 10 stars!) right below the pyramids! It was beautiful. We had a couple of delays, one in Greece and the other in Egypt due to the officials clearing our ship taking longer than normal, but our guides for our excursions made sure we saw everything we were suppose to see and then some! I would recommend booking excursions through they are much cheaper and much more personalized! On our Caro trip for 2 days there were only 5 of us so we were able to do more and learn more. I could go on forever about what an awesome this cruise was, but instead Ill just recommend you experience it for yourself. Bon Voyage!

Good Ship , not very big but very pretty , a lot of activities on board that suit any kinds of people , the entreteining was great , the musicians on board were the best.You can have excelent time hearing to them. The nigth activities at the Spinnakers Louge were great to , very fun. The food was just ok. very recomendable for young or old people you would have a lot of fun.

It's a good size ship. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Very clean ship. Didn't like the stench of cigarrette smell in the casino and while walking through some cabin halls. Food was not that great.

The smoking was impossible for me and I had to be on benadryl except when off the ship. This meant headaches, weepy eyes and sinuses. Could not walk my daily miles because of smokers; could not read quietly because of noise; even the library was somewhere that people went to chat quietly OR crowded with people noisily signing up for something or other. Spa was excellent -- but had to pay $20 for a quiet place. Cabin staff best -- most helpful and kept things very clean. Had to use cafeteria because of smoking on dining room floor so it was pretty noisy. Children's activities seemed great -- would have taken twin grandsons on this very tour except can't handle smoking. Staff not very helpful about off shore information. Library very limited selection and books are locked away except for a few hours a day.

Nice ship with Hawaiian decoration. Very professional staff, clean, excellent service, new show every day including comedy, Flamenco, Broadway and Opera.

The ship was great and our mini suite was perfect. Food was fair. Ports of Call were great! Did the overnight to Cairo. Wonderful! Coming into Malta's harbour was the most beautiful we have ever seen.

After a previous cruise with NCL Dream in 2007 Dec , when we encountered a clash with another liner and a narrow escape, 2009 NCL Jade was relaxing and wonderful. The staff was courteous and the amenities were great.

A great cruise experience by A Cruiser from San Francisco Destination: Greece-Egypt-Turkey Sailing date: 2009-10-21 Pros:Stateroom size is excellant (full view window was not available) Cons:Specialty restatrant reservations were hard to get Ship facilities excellent; staff very friendly; information available was generally very good. All instructions were clear. Shore excursions were relatively expensive, but services were good. Food menu was very good and varied. Excellent tendering (ship-to-shore) service. Excellent Stardust auditorium. Some of the shows are good.

I traveled as a single and found that the NCL Jade staff made little effort to engage its single passengers. Mostly, I chatted with couples I met while dining. I met a few single people on the ship, but not during organized singles activities. The ship was newish and clean, but the Hawaiian decor was jarring on a cruise to Norway. I had my cabin made up into one large bed which was very confortable. The food was varied and ample but average in quality. (I never ate in specialty restaurants, where it might have been better.) The service was adequate, put not particularly attentive or friendly. Most often the ship felt overcrowded and noisy. A babble of voices in many languages and piped in music was everywhere. Maybe some cruisers enjoy such an atmosphere, but I do not. I rarely found a quiet spot to read or use my laptop. I limited use of the ship's wifi, did not drink alcohol, and chose excusions carefully, because costs were much higher than I expected.

Warning: Please note that tours on this boat are aproxmently 30% more than comparible tours on Royal Caribean. This can quickly offset any savings you get on the cabin. In my case it would have been more than 1,000. I am positive RCL is making a reasonable profit on their tours

It was clean with excellent services

We had a wonderful cruise with calm sailing in the Mediterranean. Service was excellent - everybody was helpful and friendly. Wide variety in the free dining areas and not long queues. Free drinks could have been more varied - not just iced tea. Ports of call and excursions were very good - maybe could leave out Egypt, as the travelling time to Cairo was so long and Egypt was disgustingly dirty and a health hazard! Could have had theme music for the different ports of call or theme dinners eg Greek food and music in Greece. Enterntainment fair, but sometimes very loud. Crew show excellent! All in all had a very special holiday for our 40th wedding anniversary. They went out of their way to make us feel very special. Can recommend this ship and ports of call (Istanbul and Greek Islands)