Good Experience, Worth The Price We Paid, Better Than Expected

Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Norwegian Jewel

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 18, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 8072

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

This was our fifth cruise, but our first on Norwegian. We were pleased with the experience. The food was a good quality. We tried two of the Specialty restaurants, Cagney's (absolutely delicious) and Le Bistro (good). Overall we enjoyed the entire experience, but there is a lack of customer service/interaction with the servers in the restaurants. This left so much to be desired. The servers are basic waiters who are not able to make recommendations nor are they familiar with the menu. Mostly you will only be greeted with "Are you ready to order?". This was disappointing having been accustomed to being attended to in abundance on our previous cruises on a different cruise line. With that being said, we paid less than half for this 7 night vacation than we did on previous 7 nights on another cruise line. So, overall, we were very pleased with the value and the quality of the food. We also enjoyed the Unlimited Beverage Package as a special promotion and this was so enjoyable and such a money saver. The cocktails were well prepared and not watered down. The variety of cocktails was impressive. We would definitely consider Norwegian again. If Norwegian was able to train their servers to be intuitive, amiable and customer oriented, they would have a golden product. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
This cabin with a lifeboat for a view should not be labeled as an Ocean View.

Ports of call

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

Mazatlan, Mexico

1 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

3 out of 5
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6 Comments

brianandsherri    9 years ago

our first cruise in 2o years. We are excited and feel like true first timers. 4 days.

letsgo4473    9 years ago

Were going on our second cruise with NCL we love freestyle cruisin, I agree with all you. Excellent price for a quality cruise

carmenphillips    9 years ago

Thank you for the review. We are booked on the Jewel in 93 days. It's my second cruise,but first time for everyone else. I hope they love it!

dimitria    9 years ago

Great info thanks everyone. First cruise we leave in 9 days

budhakitty    9 years ago

We loved the Jewel. It's what made us fall in love with Norwegian. We built great relationships with the staff. Plus, we've had more fun on that cruise than any cruise to date!

CaKevin    9 years ago

Thanks for the input. We also have done several cruises with other lines and this will be our first with NCL on the jewel. 😃

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