Relaxing and enjoyable cruise

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

nancysn

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

10 Night Caribbean: Dominican Republic & Grand Turk (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 18, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 18100

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

We travel in August due to families school schedules, this was the worst with children misbehaving. Blocking staircases, lying on floors by the doorways. Security wasn't a lot of help, traveling with older people made it difficult when navigating from elevators to the entrance of anything. I did go to security and guest services, not sure why the parents didn't intervene in the observation lounge jumping on the couches and running around was not fun to watch or be bumped into when walking with a cup of coffee.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

excellent, we boarded earlier than expected

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food was good but not as good as it was in the past.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

over crowded and in smaller venues

Entertainment

1 out of 5

In order to save money the ship has eliminated to many of the shows

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

they loved the staff

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

We were in the Haven and Made was the butler, one of the best I have ever experienced

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The update on the ship was good

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

excellent

Ship tip

patience, understanding and make the best of all bad weather

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Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

we live there so it was not visited

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

arrived late so not much to do, it rained so zip lining was interesting with the bugs, bring bug spray

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

beautiful beachs

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

shopping and beach

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

didnt get off the ship as I have been here before

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Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

wish we had longer to enjoy the port and lazy river, did the waterfalls it was amazing

Thumbs Up 1

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

excellent

6 Comments

MTcruisers 3 months ago

Well that’s disappointing about entertainment, we have a 15 days cruise coming up and I was hoping for some good shows

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Gwbigdog 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 3 months ago

Glad you had a relaxing cruise. Thank you for your review.

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cluppi915 3 months ago

Unfortunately we had similar experiences on the Joy with kids. We too were in the not peaceful Haven with kids running around the lounge and Courtyard. Swimming in the adult only hot tubs. At one point there were more kids in the Haven hot tubs than there were in the kiddie pool. When we spoke to the crew, we were told there is nothing they could do. Yet, when we spoke to NCL Corporate we were told the crew is empowered to handle all such incidents. Not sure who outright lied to us, Corporate or the crew just not wanting confrontation If were not for having future cruise credit. We would not sail NCL again, and, have 2 additional cruises booked on other lines

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AuntPinkie 3 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry the children were running amok. Sadly, this seems to be increasing. Glad you still managed to enjoy your cruise.

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TiffyTaffy 3 months ago

Thank you for the review!

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