Norwegian Gem Review

DO NOT SAIL NORWEGIAN IF YOU ARE BRINGING THE KIDS!

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fourofakind
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Apr 2016

So this was my 3rd Norwegian cruise and I was expecting to have a great vacation with the kids just like the prior two...but NOT! Norwegian has made some terrible changes and this will be my last cruise with them.

To start with- the kids club. This has been what my kids have loved on past cruises but unfortunately Norwegian has all but done away with it. They tell you on the website all about this great kids program they have but what they fail to mention is that most of your kids will never get to experience it! That's right Norwegian, in all their infinite wisdom, has decided to limit the kids club to the first 20 kids that show up, um, really??? There are 1,000 kids on this boat and you will only accept 20??? Yes, you read that right only 20! They spout off some nonsense about fire code and the safety of the kids blah blah blah. That is code for we don't want to hire any counselors but we can't quite do away with the program entirely. Terrible just terrible! I paid a lot of money for this cruise and my kids were very disappointed.

Dining was just OK nothing special. They also did away with the chocolate night which I always looked forward to. Boo.

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