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Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Norwegian Joy

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 15, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

First time going out of LAX. Very relaxing cruise. Plenty of room in our mini suite w Balcony.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We got to the port around 1:45 so lines were not too bad.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
My only complaint is no straws, so if you plan on any frozen drinks I’d pack some straws. I managed to drink them😀 just would have been better with a straw. We ate at cagneys, ocean blue and Q all were delicious.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We got passes to Vibe and enjoyed it very much. We also spent time at the adult pool. Some say in other reviews that it was small, seemed perfect to us

Entertainment

We could not get into any shows as they were sold out

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was great.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very easy to get around

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was spacious we loved the shower in the bathroom

Ports of call

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

3 out of 5
I know it happens in Mexico but just too many people asking you to buy something every 3feet!! Went to lunch at Cabo Wabo, not bad.

Mazatlan, Mexico Did not visit port

Didn’t get off the ship

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Did not visit port

Very pretty. We took a cab downtown and walked around

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Terrible!!! CBP was an hour late in clearing the ship. Then it got too congested so the stopped us from getting off the ship. Estimated to be off at 8:00am, we got off at 9:45.stood in another huge line at customs. Caught a cab at 10:15 and got to the airport at 11:05 ( flight at 11:50) we bought transfers through NCL but would have missed our flight if we took the transfer

Traveler Photos

Vibe beach club The Vibe Q Restaurant
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3 Comments

cindylk06    4 years ago

We cruise in March and have chosen the exact 3 specialty restaurants. Glad to hear they were good!

mauricegardner    4 years ago

Thanks for the review. Someone else reviewed the mini suite and said it was small compared to Royal. We sail on the Joy in January!

nmb926    4 years ago

Good review ! So excited to be sailing her next week!!

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