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Item: Norwegian Joy
Rating: 4.3
Author: tlcerv

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Mexico

tlcerv

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 05, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9946

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall a fun cruise. I liked this ship much better than the NCL Sky ship. Clean, big and lots to do. I never felt like I was over crowded with people other than the first day of boarding.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

This was not such a great experience but it didn't spoil my trip

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Specialty restaurants were top notch. The Manhattan dining room food was great but service was not.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

If you couldn't find something to do on this ship then you don't know how to have fun. Never a dull moment

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The Elements show was the best!

Children's Programs

No kids with us

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Service was good other than the Manhattan dining. The room service the last day was a little confusing. I ordered hot breakfast for my husband and I and when room service came he said no hot breakfast on the last day. I get that but there were 2 people marked on the sheet for two how breakfasts and cinnamon rolls and coffee. He came with coffee and one cinnamon roll. Clearly my husband and I didn't want to share one little roll. Not realizing that my husband already gave the guy a $5 tip as we always make sure we tip above and beyond.So in the end we paid the $4.95 room service charge and $5 tip for one cinnamon roll and coffee. lol I think you need to post somewhere that hot breakfast will not be available on last day so we could have planned accordingly.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very clean and a beautiful ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our cabin guy Ging was great and always kept it clean.

Ship tip

Tip tip tip. The staff seem to work their butts off and deserve more tips.

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Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

1 out of 5

Getting on the ship took forever.

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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

3 out of 5

Tender ports are no fun and I feel like we never had enough time at the ports without worrying about getting back on in time.

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

This was a relaxing beach day but still could have used more time.

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Mazatlan, Mexico

3 out of 5

Not enough time at port

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Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5

Good shopping.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

This went very smooth for us. No problems what so ever.

5 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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enjoyurdaysmile 1 year ago

The reason people have to be back at the ship at a certain time because the ship has to leave at a certain time. We've taken excursions through the ship to the Disney parks and if the bus leaves at 5:00 to go back to the port you have to be back at the bus at least before 5:00 everything is timed

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enjoyurdaysmile 1 year ago

The Norwegian Sky and the Norwegian Sun or sister ships and they're not big. And I took the sun in 2015 and we had a great time. It's all of what you make it

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed and informative review. Didn’t know that about room service. Glad you mostly enjoyed your cruise.

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