Ruins all other Cruises!!

Item: Norwegian Joy
Rating: 4.5
Author: Cuellarcruise

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review

Cuellarcruise

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

5 Night Pacific Coastal (Vancouver To Los Angeles)

Sail date: October 06, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10708

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The ports were not as important to us as the ship and the fact that we specifically booked the Haven. So we wanted to enjoy the experience and it was well worth it. To go from Carnival to the Haven on NCL is a game changer. We will definitely sail with NCL again and Haven as well.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

With Haven the embarkation was extremely fast.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Complimentary and Specialty restaurants were all great.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

The VR experiences were awesome, the speedway was so much fun. Fitness Center was ok.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Stand up comedy was hilarious!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff goes above and beyond to make sure we had a great cruise.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Room service 2 times a day and everything seemed pretty clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

This room exceeded our expectations. We will sail Haven everytime now! The room was spacious and very comfortable. Great views from the windows and balcony.

Ship tip

My recommendation, if you have the time to save for it book a Haven!! The best cruise experience you will ever have! Take time to plan for all of the on board attractions, book early so as to not miss out on everything this ship has to offer.

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Ports of call

San Francisco, California

5 out of 5

Our excursion was cancelled due to the fires, however we did a self guided tour of San Fran and it was awesome.

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Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5

Victoria was cancelled

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Ive only been on 2 cruises but this one definitely beats out Carnival!

7 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thanks, sounds great

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nmb926 5 years ago

Isnt the Haven about $4000 pp?

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jenlburt 5 years ago

Haven & NCL is the way to go!!

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Cuellarcruise 5 years ago

It really makes the cruise experience much better. If you get a chance to upgrade, do it!

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critter48658 5 years ago

Going from Carnival to any cruise is quite an upgrade. Lol. You can have fun on Carnival but it is definitely a lower end cruise line. Going on the Joy in Feb. Thanks for the haven tip.

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Ship2Shora 5 years ago

We're doing the coastal from LA to Vancouver on the Joy in April..we booked an inside, but will look out for Haven deals after reading your review:)

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