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Item: Norwegian Joy
Rating: 4.4
Author: KellyMo319

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Mexico

KellyMo319

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 82

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 01, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Great trip with just a few bumps. Feel lucky to have been able to enjoy our cruise. So people have had their dream cruise cancelled now.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Waited in line outside in the cold for 4 hours. No explanation, no NCL staff to provide direction, only 3 portable toilets for 4000 people.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The specialty restaurants were good but didn’t WOW us at all.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

There were many things to do onboard. The weather wasn’t good. Too cold for water activities.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Footloose was great!

Children's Programs

No children this trip.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our room steward Marie was excellent.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

With the COVID-19 looming, the crew was doing an exceptional job of keeping the ship sanitized.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Spacious balcony cabin with large bathroom and ample storage.

Ship tip

Bring your walking shoes, this ship is huge!

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Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

2 out of 5

Just stood in line outside for 4 hours in this industrial area.

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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

Glass blowing and El Arces very nice excursion

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Mazatlan, Mexico

5 out of 5

Bar hopping great fun, awesome guides!

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5

Shopping, tiles and tequila! Shopping was bad but the rest was great!

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

No problems with disembarkation!

Traveler Photos

3 Comments

cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thanks for the review.

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cruiserrick 4 years ago

We just did this cruise also. I agree on the comments Japanese steak house was awesome though since it was my birthday chef did great job entertaining us and food was great and even got small birthday cake We were also happy we got to take our cruise even though other cruises were canceled. It was our first NCL cruise 🚢

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Great review, great attitude

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