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Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Bermuda

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

2.7 out of 5
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Norwegian Joy

7 Night Bermuda (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 18, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 15152

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I’ve crushed w/NCL many times and this cruise by far was my least favorable. This cruise was not worth what I paid.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Some pier staff were nice, a majority were irritable and seemed annoyed

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The speacialty restaurants were great of course. The nugget was ok. Seemed like they were serving a lot of the same thing every day. We were never hungry though.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Pool was great, when you could find space to get in. There were waaaay too many people on this cruise. If you wanted to get in the pool or one of the jacuzzi’s, you had to wake up around 5am and get there early or bypass the island and go while a majority of passengers were exploring Bermuda.

Entertainment

Didn’t attend

Children's Programs

Didn’t utilize

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
My room steward was perhaps the best part of this trip. Eric was amazing. He was kind, patient, and attentive. For the most part, all other staff were great however, I felt many staff were overwhelmed even disorganized at times due to the mass number of passengers. I felt rushed during dinner and couldn’t get strait answers regarding events from some of the crew. This resulted in my family missing the feature shows.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
There was a serious stench of sewage permeating my floor! Additionally my room shower flooded with each shower. I reported the shower issue w/out resolve. Despite taking quick showers and turning off the water while we bathed, the bathroom floor accumulated a substantial amount of water after a short period of time. My 5 y/o was afraid to shower at all and we had to utilize our towels to absorb the water.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
The room was clean but small! Especially for a family of 4 who couldn’t really participate in too many onboard activities d/t ship overcrowding. We couldn’t wait to get off this ship!

Ship tip

Cruise during off season? Or just fly to your destination and stay at an all inclusive resort.

Ports of call

New York, New York

2 out of 5

Royal Naval Dockyard, West End, Bermuda

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Customs took forever to clear us. Staff weren’t clear about where to line up to get off. The whole process was a little disorganized.
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8 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

water227    1 year ago

I'm sorry to hear your cruise was lackluster. There is nothing worse than spending our hard-earned money for such a letdown. I'm with you, Catwomen.... Hoping our 1st time on this ship is not like this. And, hopefully, peeps won't bash you for what you experienced. I wrote a bad review on another cruise and was bashed, ridiculous. Hope your next cruise goes better.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Every once in a while a cruise feels like a lemon when you know what it could be. Sorry this was one of those.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the feedback

catwoman7667    1 year ago

Hoping this cruise gets better by the time i go on it i experience a bad cruise like ur explaing but on carnival sunshine back in 2017. I hoping my first time on Norwegian is not like this.

Carnivalfoodie    1 year ago

Thank you 🙏

BeeKimball    1 year ago

Thank you for the review, I'm sorry you had a bad experience.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise. Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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