Dis-Satisfaction Of Voyage

Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
Verified Review
Norwegian Jewel

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 09, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11632

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

My family and I a party of 20+ were all aboard the vessel to celebrate a few very special occasions and were unable to do are planned events due to the change in the itinerary. We adjusted our plans and were prepared for the (1) change in our original itinerary but had no idea that we would only be going as far as Puerto Vallarta. {My husband and I were celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary and also we were celebrating (3) teens all graduating from High School this year and my grandson graduating from Elementary}. We have been planning this family event to celebrate our Anniversary for quite some time, and this planned event aboard the Jewel with the lack of the opportunity to see Mazatlán and Cabo San Lucas celebrating with our family was very disappointing.  Being that we had planned this event for months due to scheduling for this large group the dates for the occasion was ideal. We just feel that we could have made other arrangements to accommodate our celebratory events had we imagined that we would be stuck for 2 days due to maintenance somewhere much longer than what we wanted to be. In addition to me not being able to sail to the (2) destinations that we were scheduled and pre booked for. My stateroom heat did not work (on the coldest night at sea Sat 10/15), I had to request additional blankets to attempt to stay warm) and lastly the toilets were not operable (on several occasions the toilet just would not flush). We were also aware that a fire occurred aboard the ship and we were not advised of this at all. At this time based on the dis-satisfaction and disappointment of our planned voyage with NCL we would like to request a full refund for our entire party or at min 66% of the total invoice for each stateroom booked (technically we only went 1/3 of our booked trip).
The following are a list with all the Names and State rooms for each person in our party aboard the Cruise

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Don't make the bed up so that you can not pull the covers up.

Ship tip

Be prepared for changes in your travel plans.

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

3 out of 5
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2 Comments

bking51    8 years ago

I can see that many had events and dream to be fulfilled ! Please have everyone involved write Corporate COO or CEO. If they get 2500 letters something will happen. Make sure it has a name and registered. It will be given to Customer relations if not formalized. NCL is also Oceania and Regency so it does not need the bad press all over social media. The cruise line now has major stock holders from Malaysia and Singapore (Star holding company) Also some major investor from Europe. So the board is interested in bad decisions that hurt public opinion . I worked for SCOMI my last 5yrs before retiring. In Malaysia and many places around the world. OOps I own stock in NCL for many years. Started cruising with them in 1981 Southward when they only had four vessels. The Captain of our first fantastic trip just passed away. The Captain of our last trip in May on the Pearl to Alaska told us. There are many long time employees who care about all on board having a trip to remember

banaford    8 years ago

Cruiseline will not see this complaint. This is just a place where people ask questions about cruising. You need to send your complaint to the cruiseline. Shipmate is in no way connected to cruiselines.

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