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So so transatlantic ( we have done many) - partly due to weather ( nothing NCL can do about), but largely due to choices NCL made

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Norwegian Joy

11 Night Transatlantic (Southampton To Miami)

Sail date: February 13, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9306

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Nice, stable ship ( although we don’t mind motion). Our feeling is that NCL in general is cutting everywhere - not going unnoticed also by fellow passengers ( case in point: no onboard band). An 11 day non-stop xatlantic is unusual ( and in my humble opinion not a smart move to maximize revenue), but no real daytime entertainment such as enrichment talks is unheard of. Also, if NCL wants to attract Central European passengers: Southampton is a pain to get to. We will avoid.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fast as we were late ( due to major train problems)

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining rooms largely very good, although selections seem trimmed down considerably; buffet good, but also trimmed, Texas restaurant needs major revamp

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Gym too small - pools very small for a ship that size. Couldn’t check outdoors activities too much due to weather

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Theater Entertainment was partially great, some other evening entertainment soso Daytime entertainment mediocre to non- existent

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff saved the cruise for NCL

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Clean ship- considering we were coming out of dry dock ( expecting an almost new ship…): well… I.e. the balcony door in our first cabin did not close… and it was ice- cold

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Everything good ( after we changed cabin due to constant knocking noise)

Ship tip

Nice areas to enjoy sea days ( ie observation room), specially on bad weather days, of which we had many

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

2 out of 5
A painful port to get to from central EU - first and likely last time we will consider it- this was amplified by major train delays from London that day
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Miami, Florida

4 out of 5
Largely well organized cruise port, but…
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Disembarkation

2 out of 5
… major delays to get off the ship and at immigration
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9 Comments

franken1     9 months ago

Thank you for the review. We’re going to have to find the observation room!
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javawoody     9 months ago

Thanks for the review
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IzzyW     9 months ago

We also try to avoid Southampton.
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NavasotaCruiser     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience with us.
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Ruby13     9 months ago

Thank you for sharing
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Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing
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karlgrgurich     9 months ago

Appreciate your insight
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pjweth     9 months ago

But what??
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HeavySeas     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing
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