Returned from a 9 night cruise on the Norwegian Gem .I'm a 57 year old business owner and biker who enjoys cruising . This was the 28th voyage and the 10th on NCL that my wife and I have taken. We're platinum members and NCL gives us some decent Perks.

Getting to the port was not a problem for us as we live on Long Island ,we take the LIRR to penn station ,than grab a cab to the pier ,This is by far the least expensive way around 60.00 each way for both of us ,We've learned to travel lighter and have one large and 2 carry-on between both of us . Since we have platinum status there were no long lines to wait on ,we were on the ship in about 20 minutes.[thank you NCL]

We pretty well know what to expect,and what we should expect from the cruise line as we have cruised on most of the popular lines ,Holland,Carnival,NCL,Cunard,Royal Caribbean,and Celebrity. We booked a Mini-suite ,which is adequate ,not spacious,Had a nice flat screen interactive TV ,cold refrig. plenty of draws and storage space ,the room was clean and the bathroom had enough room and shelves for both of us . Read more