French Polynesia is Wonderful, Norwegian Cruises are NOT !!

Item: Norwegian Spirit
Rating: 3.6
Author: usteinberg

Norwegian Spirit Cruise Review to South Pacific

usteinberg

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 62

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

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7 Night South Pacific (Papeete Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 07, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Spirit

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10510

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

The French Polynesian islands are the closest thing to paradise I have ever imagined. We had a great time despite Norwegian not because of Norwegian. All you saw and heard at guest services was many, many people complaining for one reason or another. Most of the complaints were regarding the scheduling of air travel through Norwegian. I would and will do the trip to French Polynesia again,...BUT NOT THROUGH NORWEGIAN CRUISES !!!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Embarqation was OK, had to literally walk a mile to the ship if you did not get transfers through Norwegian

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The restaurant food was excellent, the buffet so-so......Drinks at the bars were served in small plastic cups with LOTS of ice.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

For whatever reason there was only a couple of feet of water in the pools

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

The service and staff were generally very good and helpful

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Generally, the ship was clean although my travel partner found some fake eyelashes left behind by the previous traveler in our cabin

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The room was ALOT smaller than we have had on previous cruises....

Ship tip

Small cramped room with a shortage of storage....pack light !!

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Ports of call

Papeete, Tahiti

4 out of 5

Huahine, French Polynesia

4 out of 5

Raiatea, French Polynesia

4 out of 5

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

4 out of 5

Moorea, French Polynesia

5 out of 5

French Polynesia is so beautiful,....However four of the nine excursions we had planned were cancelled by Norwegian. PLUS our itinerary was to spend an over night in Moorea (Which is beautiful) changed to one day and a day at sea !!! SO WRONG with no explanation from Norwegian !!

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

4 Comments

AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your ports of call!

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

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javawoody 2 years ago

Great itinerary, since the refurbishment the spirit is my favorite ship

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WhippetMum 2 years ago

Sorry your Norwegian cruise was disappointing.

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