Good, not great!

Item: Norwegian Pearl
Rating: 3.7
Author: cruiser32403

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

cruiser32403

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Canada & New England (Boston Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 25, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9525

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

This was not a great cruise, due to poor organization on board the ship. However, even the worst cruises I have been on are pleasant. This one rates pretty low, but was still enjoyable. Nice crew, nice ship, decent food. If you do your research, you cAn do better, if you don’t, and you can live with lines, you will still enjoy this ship.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Unpleasant.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Main Restaurants - Good Specialty Restaurants- Really Good Buffet - OK

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Passable

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Excellent crew, nice people

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Expect to wait in line getting on and off the ship. Expensive ecursions get cut short because of this. You will also wait in lint to eat. Poor organization.

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Ports of call

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

5 out of 5

Saw on our own. Few excursions, the one we wanted sold out. Not too interesting.

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Sydney, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

Seemed nice, we started late because of a SLOW disembarkation, were on a bus for a long time, got a rushed tour, and a long ride home. Tour was not worth the considerable cost.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

3 out of 5

Waited to disembark, after an hour in line, we gave the tour tickets back to the excursion desk. The city was nice without the tour. We also lost our “cruise excursion credit” because they would not apply it to another excursion.

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Portland, Maine

4 out of 5

We did do a wonderful, but poorly organized sightseeing/sailing tour.

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Bar Harbor, Maine

3 out of 5

Great port. The park is very crowded.

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