Bad weather cruise

Item: Norwegian Joy
Rating: 4.4
Author: kareokeJack

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Bermuda

kareokeJack

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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7 Night Bermuda (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 04, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13196

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Though being negative about some areas hoping they will or would improve, we had a great time. It rained 4 days out of 7 which isn't anyone's fault but it does effect your vacation, concentrating people on the ships inside venues. If your a karaoke buff get to The Cavern line early, it's done 10:30 to 11:30 pm most night with 2 nights 9:30 to 11:30 pm. And it's the only place that karaoke is done at. Book your cruise and enjoy..

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Great, walked right through at our scheduled time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The expected quality was delivered at all venues.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Too many people for the room sizes used for activities, i.e. the Cavern, Beatles show & kareoke done there, packed out SRO. Swimming pools are too few & too small.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Footloose was great. DJs ok. Other bands ok.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Though being understaffed they all performed great, hard workers and polite. Saw my room steward 3 times buy our room was always clean. No mire towel animals at night, again understaffed.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Poor retro fitting in 2019 from the Asian market to the American market. The ship was clean and had the typical NCL layout but rooms were too small and getting last minute reservations is virtually impossible.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great room. Good forward vision off the balcony but blocked reward view due to ship design, but we didn't care.

Ship tip

It's crowded if it's full. It would have been perfect during covid when the ships were only 50% full. But realistically NCL would go out of business at that rate. So just be ready for full ship.

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