Chaotic, most disorganized and worst cruise i have ever done.

Item: Norwegian Jewel
Rating: 2
Author: doth

Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

doth

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

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10 Night Asia: Singapore Philippines & Vietnam (Bangkok To Manila)

Sail date: November 20, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin number: 9667

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

I have been on NCL cruise and I think this one is the worst I have ever done. We spent a lot of $$$ for the shore excursions and did not have enough time to do or had to cancel because of always delayed disembarkation..ex. we docked at 7:00 am and we did not disembarked till 1:00pm. Our tour guide has been waiting for us sine 8:00am. late disembarkation and early return to the ship was the cause for missing most of our paid excursions

Embarkation

1 out of 5

terrible, a lot of wasted time, haoti and onfusing

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

theyre ok

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

fitness enter

Entertainment

not interested, i have seen the show before

Children's Programs

did not use, no kids with us

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

friendly

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

okay

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

just fine, nothing spectacular

Ship tip

be prepared for a very long delayed disembarkation which caused us to miss most of our shore excursions. have plenty of patience, ours almost ran out due to inconsistence instruction on what gangway to disembark,

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Ports of call

Laem Chabang (Bangkok), Thailand

1 out of 5

not enough time given due to long delayed disembarkation and early return to the ship

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Phu My (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam

1 out of 5

again, not enough time

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Singapore

1 out of 5

not enough time

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Muara, Brunei

1 out of 5

not enough time

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Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Did not visit port

by the time we could disembark, its time to return to the ship in an hour

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Puerto Princesa, Philippines

1 out of 5

disembarked really late and return early to the ship. we paid for the excursion but did not experience the tour.

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Boracay, Philippines

1 out of 5

took long to disembark

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Manila, Philippines Did not visit port

we had enough of the delayed disembarkation.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

terrible, exhausting and will never cruise again on NL Jewel

8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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Sogmoore 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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javawoody 11 months ago

Sounds like problems with port authorities or customs

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bubbles60 11 months ago

Great itinerary. Sometimes, the issues getting on and off the ship are related to the port, not the ship. The Jewel class ships are a great size. Sorry you were not pleased

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cruising2004 11 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

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karlgrgurich 11 months ago

Sorry you missed so many ports. That would be very disappointing.

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1960cruiser 11 months ago

You didn't say why you were late getting to or late getting off ship. Was it weather, customs, cruise line, ect. Was that the only issue? I was on the Jewel in Oct and had a great time even though due to weather, we missed 2 ports, but I would rather miss a port than sail through a typhoon.

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