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Sailing Date(s): Jun 2013, Jul 2013, Aug 2013, Sep 2013, May 2014, Jun 2014, More Dates


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	Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 18 - 29 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Inside Crew and staff are so friendly! by A Traveler from boston Sailing date: May 2011 Pros: Freestyle, Great shows, great food. Cons: None!!!! The Norweigan Gem is the best... they have the best crew and staff.. they are top notch.. the food and shows are excellent aswell. this was our second cruis with norwegian and now i wouldn't cruise with anyone else!!! The entire ship was sooo clean and spotless we were soo impresed! Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality our stateroom steward was excellent! he took the time everymorning to say hello and ask us how our day was!! i cant say enough!!! Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities the Gem dancers are great! Read this user's port of call reviews: King's Wharf, Bermuda Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: King's Wharf, Bermuda Tobacco bay had awesome snorkeling my wife and i saw soo many colorfull fish.. Blue orange, and all types... 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Inside Clean Ship, Nice staff, good trip. by HD from Queens, NY Sailing date: Apr 2011 Pros: Clean, friendly, good facilities, well maintained ship Cons: choice of food in off hours they have about 5 restaurants that you have to pay extra to eat at, they call it freestyle cruising but we found it very hard and tiring to keep up with the scheduled hours of available food buffets,.. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Nassau, Bahamas; Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas; Port Canaveral, Florida Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Nassau, Bahamas don't go on the city tours.. we thought it was a wast of time! Don't Miss: people think there are a lot of "great" deals at the markets but not so great... and you get more tired than anyting... Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas great BBQ done by NCL... Don't Miss: BBQ! Port Canaveral, Florida unless it's the off season and a known light day for the park, going to the Universal studios parks is a little crazy because time is very limited.. we were lucky it was a very light Monday and we got to see almost all of the park, it was nice 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Balcony Freestyle is the way to go! by Roy L. from Philadelphia PA Sailing date: Apr 2011 Pros: The crew was awesome. Cons: At some point over the past couple years - NCL switched from Coke to Pepsi :( It sounds petty perhaps but for someone who doesn't drink booze, but really enjoys his soda, being stuck for 7 days on a ship who has switched to Pepsi was a bit of a shock. I suppose if that's the worst thing I have to complain about, it was a great cruise. From the captain down' the crew were awesome. Food and facilities were great as well. The entertainment was wonderful. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/young children Stateroom Type: Inside Awesome Trip! by Pam D from Minnesota Sailing date: Mar 2011 Pros: Food Cons: weather This was a very big ship. Our first time on NCL. I would love to try their other ships. Ship Details: Ship Quality The last day many of the activities were in the spinnekaer lounge. With so many people using the facilities on that level they got pretty gross. Dining/Food This was our first time "freestyle" cruising. It was nice to have the different restaurants there, but it can get expensive. The two we tried were the Tepenayaki and Caseys steakhouse. Both were excellent! Much needed change from the buffet line. Overall food and service was awesome. Stateroom Quality Nice but pretty small. Ship Staff Quality Very friendly Entertainment & Activities So many activities to choose from Read this user's port of call reviews: Nassau, Bahamas; Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas; Port Canaveral, Florida Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Nassau, Bahamas The city is a bit run down but fun shopping. Bring cash and change so you can barter the price. Don't Miss: The Atlantis resort. Expensive but nice. Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas First real full day of SUN!! Loved it. Don't Miss: Ocean Port Canaveral, Florida This was miserable because it was pouring rain cold We had purchased the island of adventure excursion. This was a good value for the money. We did many of the rides with out lines because of the rain. There were some attractions that were closed due to weather. Don't Miss: Harry Potter!!!! 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 18 - 29 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Balcony Very good time by Chris L from Brighton, MI Sailing date: Sep 2010 Pros: Destinations Cons: One day of bad weather We really had a good time on the Dubrovnik, Athens, Izmir, Nafplion trip. Good amount of time in port, nice crew. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Dubrovnik, Croatia; Izmir, Turkey; Piraeus (Athens), Greece; Nafplion (Nauplion), Greece Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Dubrovnik, Croatia Head to the maritime museum to get up on the city walls for free. We went on the croatia rivera tour and it was great. Izmir, Turkey If you want to get to Ephesus, which was very interesting, we took a guided excursion for this one. It's about an hour away from Izmir, so it'd be tough to get to on your own. We were taken to a Turkish rug making school. But be warned to salesman were VERY pushy. Piraeus (Athens), Greece We didn't need an paid excursion for this. We just walked to the train station (1 euro per person) and took it in to the city then used the simple map that we got from the ship to circle around and see the acropolis and all the little sites along the way. Long day of walking but a ton of fun. There were a ton of cab drivers trying to get us to spend the whole day with them when we got off the boat. Nafplion (Nauplion), Greece If you head southeast from the marina, there is a path that will either take you up to a structure at the top of a cliff or you can go to a nice pebble beach. 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/older children Stateroom Type: Suite Loved this cruise by A Traveler from Phoenix, AZ Sailing date: Aug 2010 Pros: KRKA National Park in Croatia Cons: The crowds on Mykonos and Santorini I really loved this ship. There was always maintenance going on to keep it in tip-top shape; the food was excellent; the cabins were well laid out; the crew was awesome; the whole hand-sanitizer thing was really great. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Corfu, Greece; Iraklion (Heraklion), Crete; Mykonos, Greece; Santorini, Greece; Split, Croatia Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Corfu, Greece Toured the "new" castle and had a few beers. Nice stop but nothing exciting. Iraklion (Heraklion), Crete Seemed like this was just a final shopping opportunity. Nothing much here to speak of. Mykonos, Greece Crowded - more shopping but beautiful, once again. Lots of places to eat and drink right on the water. Santorini, Greece The Island itself was beautiful. Skip the winery tour - not worth the money. The cable car line was awful - a full hour from start to finish. But the scenery itself was breathtaking. Don't Miss: Greek festival, from what I heard from those who went. Split, Croatia Loved the KRKA National Park excursion. It was such a lovely place. I'm not a shopper so I was really pleased at this outdoor activity. Don't Miss: Only did KRKA and it was great. 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Balcony Overall a great vacation experience by Karen C. from Neptune City, NJ Sailing date: Mar 2010 Pros: The abundance of activites for all age groups and types, the amenities Cons: Stirrup Cay, NCL double charged us on our credit cards for our on board expenses The Gem is beautiful. Loved our stateroom- pretty, immaculate, thermostat, balcony Ship Details: Ship Quality Cleanliness is paramount here- easy access to everything, decor is upscale. Dining/Food Specialty restaurants for a nominal fee, the most $25. offer better quality of food, more experienced service- the best option for the included restaurants would in our opinion, the garden cafe and the buffets as the food is always being cooked up continuously and there is a broad varienty, but very casual. Love the free style option. Stateroom Quality We loved our room. Period! Ship Staff Quality Our butler was great, our room was always cleaned and stocked, we had to ask for nothing! Entertainment & Activities Everyday, there is a packet full of the next days activities, we could barely keep up. Entertainment was great, plentiful, we discovered that we love art auctions, something that we had never done before, and we took great day trips. Athol Island and Ron Jons surf school. 3 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Singles/friends Stateroom Type: Oceanview What a cruise!!!!!!!! by Susan P from Providence Rhode Island Sailing date: Jan 2010 Pros: the specialty resturants, the pools, the hot tubs , the food selection Cons: the disorginization of walk off debarkation. Great ship, many resturants, helpfull staff, fantastic jewelry buys. Extremly clean. The specialty resturants are great offering a variety on the menu. Spacious hot tubs 4 of them. The pool side lounges are wonderful to strech out and sun or just read a book. Can't wait to go again. The Gem is truly a Gem. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: An average cruise experience by Carol C from NYC, NY Sailing date: May 2013 Pros: Staff was extremely friendly and got their work done well, and ship was clean. Cons: Food taste and options, not much of water facilities for kids. This was my thrid time taking the NCL cruise, the ship was maintained well, very clean and neat, all the staff was very nice and very hard working especially staff at Magetta restaurant and the guy who cleaned my room. However, I am quite disappointed about the lack of facilities for my two sons (3 years old and 1.5 years old). The ship only has one very small kiddie pool, and was always packed, with only 3/4 kids in the pool already made it difficult to move around. I have experienced better options from Royal Carribean cruise ship. Besides, this time I have experienced the worse food options and taste compared to NCL Dawn and NCL Spirit, not sure if this is due to budget cut. Overall, I won't highly recommend this ship expecially to the family with kids. Ship Details: Ship Quality The size of the buffet restaurant is small making it very crowded during normal meal time, always need to look for seat, which is not what I will expect from a vacation. The ship was maintained well, clean and neat all the time. Dining/Food Taste of food was average, very limited food choices/varities. Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Not enough facilities for kids. Children's Programs We participated once the children's program, staff was extremely friendly and nice with the kids, but again, the place was very small. 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 18 - 29 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Oceanview great boat, average locations by marisa a from philadelphia pa Sailing date: May 2012 Pros: the boat was very fun, lots of entertainment, restaurants, large pool deck Cons: cape canaveral florida was a hole to vist. you pay for a bus because the ship is docked in the middle of no where, and once we got off the boat, we werent in much better shape. but of a run down area, not much good shopping, even the beaches were pretty empty. it was a waste of an excursion! the boat was beautiful, our room was nice, it was clean, well kept, great service. however the destinations were not what we anticipated. cape caneveral namely. the ship is docked in the middle of nowhere and so you have to pay to take a bus or cab somehwere else. we took the bus to downtown, and it was awful. very depressing. not many shops or restaurants or people. even the beaches were deserted, all run down hotels...etc. the private island was great, but get off early or you wont have anywhere to sit. nassau was alright, but after you walk around downtown, theres only paradise island which is all owned by the hotel. even going onto the beach costs money. the casino is gross and worn down, we walked around the city instead and tons of touristy shops near the boat. boat was great though, we had some great meals, comedian was a bit "G" and lame to us, but overall a good cruise, just not as nice as some destinations we have visited on other cruises. Ship Details: Ship Quality large, lots to do Dining/Food dining room and buffets were both good, steak restaurant which was $50 extra was decent, not amazing Stateroom Quality clean, well kept, good attention to detail Ship Staff Quality excellent service, everyone is overly friendly and helpful Entertainment & Activities better shows and comedian needed 2 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful?
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