Norwegian Gem Review

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Norwegian Gem...Save your money / time and go elsewhere!!

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volpone1a
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Mar 2009
Cabin: Mid-Ship Inside

We sailed on the Gem between 14 and 21 March 2009. As we had sailed on Carnival twice before and had assumed that NCL was an "upper level" cruise line we were excited about our cruise. I did, however, read a bunch of negative reviews about this ship and was a bit apprehensive about our sailing but my DW suggested we make the most of it. Before I get into the negatives, let me highlight the very few positive highlights of our NCL experience.

There is currently a photo special that they are running called the "Photo Frenzy" which costs $89.99 and includes all photos taken by ship photographers. This is a great deal as one 5"x7" costs around $25!!! My wife and I got around thirty-five 8"x10"s and six 5"x7"s with this special which you can purchase at any time of your cruise. Not bad at all.

The port times are longer with NCL than with other cruise lines. That is nice. It would have been great if we had nicer weather (it was rainy, windy and cold) but that is out of NCL's purview.

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