Horrible Food, Not a great cruise

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Pearl

9 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 14, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I would not recommend this cruise line at all. They charge for everything

Embarkation

3 out of 5
No issues but it could have been better organized. Lines were an hour long at noon. Rooms were not ready until 1pm, had to hang out in an extremely crowded restaurant.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
We did not like the food. My husband got food poisoning on the ship on Day 6. They charged for fruit juice, this was ridiculous. Orange juice only available at breakfast. Cheap cheap cheap--- they had flavored water after breakfast. Not great.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Lots of activities, no issues with this. however there is a scam. 1. They have a $5,000 bingo competition but if bingo is not called after a certain time they do not give not the price. Bingo cards are $50 per package at the minimum 2. The Deal-no Deal, no one ever wins a the $2000 prize but they charge $25 a card The ship made at least $60,000 on just Bingo card sales and Deal-no-deal card sales and did not give out the main prizes Many customers were really upset it was a scame

Entertainment

3 out of 5
No complaints

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Staff was ok, not too friendly

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ship was newly renovated. We did like the ship furnishings

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
We liked it

Ship tip

Honestly the food is not great, this was our main issue, 9 days on a ship where food was so - so was a torture

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5
Lovely -- loved this city

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5
Nice little town, really in the middle of no where.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Clean, wonderful town.

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5
It was ok, best fish on the entire trip. Famous for red snapper

Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

3 out of 5
Ship parked at container port. Boring

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
Loved it-- they best city. Must visit again

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Long lines through immigration
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3 Comments

deladypilot    6 years ago

We have cruised with them several times and I don't find them to be different than any other cruise line as far as extra charges. great thing is, I almost always get off the ship with a near 0 balance

lkjohn2    6 years ago

Bingo wasn't a scam that's how most Bingo halls are ran by me

montanaman    6 years ago

One thing I have enjoyed on Norwegian is that there are several free dinning venues beyond the main dinning rooms. IMHO deal and or no deal are a form of gambling and as with most gambling there is no guarantee of payout.

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