Did Norwegian Gem 8 years ago out of NYC and loved it.

Chose this one due to perfect date for us and locations and prior NCL experience.

BIGGEST COMPLAINT-Norwegian booked the entire Ship ESCAPE to a corporation, so they offered our ship, another ship or a refund. Seems like everyone took our ship. SO CROWEDED! This made all of the following just nuts: embarkation/disembarkation--wait times for regular restaurants and buffets--seating everywhere was an issue (decks and entertainment)--forget about taking elevators unless you like emulating sardines-(only two banks of elevators. none Mid-ship). This also caused the Noodle House to have waits up to 1 1/2 hours. Really NCL...only about 30 seats???? GOOD NEWS--Friend told us about upgrading to VIBE private deck so paid $99 per person for the whole week to have very private area with chairs, hot tubs and bar. COMPLAINT TWO--Kudos for making casino area non-smoking but how about changing rug, a fresh coat of paint and cleaning the machines/fixtures to actually reflect it? Stunk like stale smoke! Especially bad since it is an 'open' casino that you have to pass through to get to places. Read more