The wort cruise I have ever taken.

Item: Norwegian Joy
Rating: 3.4
Author: gillhillman1

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

gillhillman1

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

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10 Night Canada & New England (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 12, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5908

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Never again. The ship is very large and one has to be young to enjoy it. It should not be used for a cruise that is going to be for the over 50's. The average age on board, according to NCL was 64.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

No order nothing but mad house.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

The main dinning rooms were really quite good, but the specialty restaurants were an absolute waste of money and I got food poisoning at the French restaurant on the next to last night aboard.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

I do not do any of the climbing and it was too cold for the pool. I enjoyed the inside games.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Very poor. I have traveled so much and seen such good entertainment this was a let down.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

No problems here.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

The ship was very clean but I now know that a large ship is not for me.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Very clean and beds comfortable. It took us three times to get the beds into twins. By the way they lost my luggage I had to search the ship and found it in a closet with our room number in large print attached.

Ship tip

It is a ship for the under 40's.

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Ports of call

New York, New York

1 out of 5

Boston, Massachusetts

3 out of 5

Portland, Maine

5 out of 5

Saint John, New Brunswick

5 out of 5

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

Sydney, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Here again no organization. No one to tell us where our bus was parked. A mad house.

12 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 2 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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RamblingWaves 2 years ago

We are 58 and 65 and we did just fine. You make the cruise what you want. New York seems to have bad reviews. I think it's the port and the people there not NCL

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julieinaz 2 years ago

I have a feeling I will enjoy my cruise on the NCL Joy very much.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Yep, interesting

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MountainMama08 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

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byhisgrace 2 years ago

Thanks for your review

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RoynKaren 2 years ago

thanks for your review

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javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate the review

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kellspatt 2 years ago

Funniest review I’ve ever read🤣

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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CruzeFan 2 years ago

Thanks for the review. Try Holland America next time.

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RetiredRay 2 years ago

How does one find a closet on a ship with a bag in it? The bags come up an elevator from crew only spaces and are placed in front of a passenger door.

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