Norwegian Gem Review

Had a great week

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Norwegian Gem
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jasonbig68
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

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Sail Date: Aug 2013
Cabin: Inside

My wife and I booked this cruise that fit our only week we could go and have someone drop us off at the port. We are happy we took this cruise. We compared this cruise to our only other cruise we took. (On Carnival Pride a year ago)

I'll start with the food....We enjoyed the food overall. We had breakfast in the Garden Cafe every morning. Wife loved her eggs Benedict almost every morning. I would enjoy random things and was happy. We did not find anything to complain about at the Garden Cafe. Your best option for breakfast we think. Now for the other places we eat at. BLUE LAGOON=amazing. Loved everything we received from there. Found our favorite desserts there as well. Brownie with Ice Cream and Pound Cake with Strawberries.(These desserts save NCL in my wife's eyes, she wished the brownie was an everyday option in Magenta or Grand) We would go to the Blue Lagoon if we were not happy with dinner or lunch at another location. (Wings are amazing, fish and chips, Tomato soup w/ the Grilled Cheese) GRAND PACIFIC was okay, wife and I found MAGENTA which had a similar menu to be just as a good and the male didn't have to have pants on. We also had better service in Magenta. Food is pretty good overall, no complaints in both locations.

We were celebrating our first year of marriage on the boat. On that day we booked a pay dinner at MODERNO CHURRASCARIA. Food is very good and thought it was worth the $20 per person. Only complaint was the openness to it. Random people not eating in Moderno could walk or run by. So, we really couldn't enjoy a romantic dinner there. Had a lot of kids run by us in bathing suits. We booked this before we got on the boat, if we knew it was open like it was, we would of booked at another location. We also revived the best service from the Manager of Moderno then our own server. Server had the "I hate my job look to her". We also received a free a free cake from the ship for our first year, which was really good.

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ROOMWe had an inside room on the 10th floor towards the back. Loved it, last time we had a balcony and we were afraid we would hate it. Nope, we will probably book inside from now on or one with a window. We figured out we are only in our room to sleep and shower. If we plan to stay in our room the whole week, we will book a balcony. Loved the room and it was very clean, no complaints at all. Augillo was amazing as well.

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