Will never cruise with Norwegian again, Carnival all the way.

Item: Norwegian Pearl
Rating: 2
Author: lasmith1074

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

lasmith1074

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

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4 Night Bahamas (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 06, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I was very disappointed in Norwegian. I have been on several Carnival cruises and they were amazing. Probably won't be sailing with Norwegian again.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Wasn't terrible but some of the workers were very rude.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The food wasn't fantastic but okay, ate way better on Carnival.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

We were bored because everything was geared towards the Trailer Park Boy fans which I had no clue was going on, should've been told when I booked.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Nothing to do bc it was a fan cruise that no one told me about. Music was mediocre except for "the piano bar man" he was a lot of fun.

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Guest services was terrible, our room steward, X, was awesome though.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

It was clean but not near as pretty and fun as other ships Ive been on.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Extremely small, bed was terrible... we kept falling through the crack where it was two twins and wrong cabin, was supposed to be on 8th deck.

Ship tip

Make sure its not a "fan" trip and don't expect much.

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

Miami port has been the best so far, Ive been to several.

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Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas Did not visit port

Someone died on the ship and we went to Freeport for a few hours I am assuming to drop the body off.

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

After being lied to and not getting our luggage picked up it was somewhat of a hassle to disembark.

3 Comments

Rkelly21 5 years ago

Good thing you weren't on my April 28,2019 from NYC to Amsterdam. MASSIVE Norovirus outbreak and nobody seemed to know what to do. Confined to cabin. No updates and finally kicked off the ship in Belgium with a very sick wife and no remuneration at the time. Now found out both of us are on the "No Sail List" on all their ships for life. Gee, what a loss. Back to my favorite for 40 years and that's Princess.

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debml 5 years ago

Why, do you say that? Tell us what was not to your liking on NCL.

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bobshericruise 5 years ago

Details would be helpful

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