Norwegian Joy Cruise Reviews

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A Mostly Pleasant Time on the Norwegian Joy
"It was mostly a good time but I'm not sure if I would go back given other ships have been better.FOOD: The food was good, better than average but nothing to rave about...."Read More
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Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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Honest.Reviewer
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We chose Norwegian Joy because we'd been on another NCL cruise and enjoyed the experience. As Midwesterners, we wanted to escape the end of winter, so booked in md-March. The "Free at Sea" benefits made it attractive and affordable. We felt we did great research--on Cruise Critic and other sites--and thought we could deal with the consistent negative comments about the crowding, bottlenecks, ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Mid-ship Balcony Stateroom


NCL Not Like It Used To Be

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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akta1
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

8TH CRUISEWITH NCL, 25TH CRUISE IN TOTAL EMBARKATION: Time scheduled but easy enough went well and took about 1 hour in total DEBARKATION: Not so good, you choose a time and color tag, they called our color, they herded us out of the ship through the main dining room. They actually put chairs up and had us weave through the middle like a maze. very poorly done. took about 1 hour not bad ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


NCL should stand for Needless Charges Line.

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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Darburro.
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I booked this cruise about 5 months ago to celebrate my wife’s birthday. I bought it on a supposed “sale”. When things were done, the sale price was inflated by almost $ 1000. I bought a balcony cabin with the drinks package ( they then upcharge you on that to include tips - you have no option to decline that charge, so that pads the bill) and it does not cover all tips or taxes. They also threw ...
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Sail Date: February 2024


Half the service twice the gratuities

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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foyspa
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

This was our 2nd time on the Joy the first time in Haven this time balcony plus. Which is bigger bathroom. Overall the ship was clean after the 3 week drydock. Due to weather and rough seas we spent most of our time inside. The activities were very limited and usually basic bean bag toss, language lessons and trivia in the atrium. Then there were the usual art, bingo, and other extra charge games. ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Mid-ship Mini-Suite with Balcony


11 Days at Sea, Right Out of Dry Dock

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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pirokp
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

My wife and I sailed a Transatlantic cruise after the Joy came out of a 3-week dry dock. We have sailed 30-35 times, mostly on Celebrity and Azamara. Last NCL sailing was 2016. This specific crossing was 60% of capacity. The ship was clean and well maintained. Crew is ever present. The only location showing a bit of on-going construction was the area of the 24 newly-installed cabins where a ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Family Mini-Suite with Balcony


Amazing Service on a Great Cruise

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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Matt.B.73
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

We really enjoyed our time onboard. Super friendly everywhere we went and even though the ship was over capacity (we sailed with around 4400 passengers), we never had slow service in venues. Consistently excellent. We had a standard balcony cabin. Room was modern, clean, good balcony space, comfortable bed, good size shower, lots of storage space, and good tv options for quiet times. The ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


Is NCL slipping?

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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bfree32
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Pre-Christmas Family Cruise. My wife and I are in our 50's, 3 adult children and a fiance' in their 20s. Our family has always enjoyed cruising. RCCL was our favorite line when the kids were young, NCL has been our favorite in recent years. (although the two of us loved Celebrity on a recent cruise without kids) Overall, our recent cruise accomplished exactly what we were looking for.....a week ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


THE JOY WAS FINE

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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alphabaker
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Big ship. Alot of people. Dont know who though thought of doing alot of the interior colors dark brown. Miss the light pastels of a Caribbean ship. Of course, everything is getting expensive. We liked the Manhattan dining room and had great waiters. The buffet was terrific as well especially the salad bar. The shows were excellent - Mr and Mrs Fefekov was one not to miss - acrobatic, dance, ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


Incredible first cruise!!

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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Wisconsin family of 3
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

We have always been against cruising; we don't enjoy being stuck in one place; get bored at all-inclusives and prefer road trips where we can go where the wind takes us. We fell into this because the itinerary was great with only 2 sea days and the price was so low. We went in with no expectations. Our son doesn't even like planes or boats but got excited due to the ship having laser tag and ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Mid-ship Balcony Stateroom

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Great if you know what to expect

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Joy

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Cruisingtheworld123
6-10 Cruises • Age 20s

This cruise for the money was awesome for a 10 day cruise in a balcony room we spent $3,200 this included drinks, gratuities, 3 specialty meals, & limited Wifi. There are "hidden" fees of $20 per person per day for a room clean but we were aware of this before hand and factored it into our budget. With that being said the trip to me felt well worth the money. The entertainment that was onboard was ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


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