Norwegian Gem Review
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This was the our first cruise ever, we did choose NCL according to reviews on these pages and Eastern Med from Venice because of its interesting ports.
Already on port of Venice we were informed that route will be changed because there were expected to be a general strike in Athens on our scheduled visit day. So we did head first to Dubrovnik, then to Santorini instead of Athens, then Izmir and last to Athens. Santorini was really nice extra but for Athens we did have absolutely too little time only from 7 am to 12.30 pm. There we could have spent much more time especially when we were having next day at sea.
We liked this ship : it is big, well run and clean. There were a lot of Europeans on this cruise, but it was very much a US ship. Mainly middle aged with some families and pretty much balanced in terms of male/female. It was very relaxing.
Cabin Review
Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony
Our mini-suite on mid ship was spacious and modern, with a good sized bathroom with bath and proper shower, excellent bed, TV, desk, mini bar and quite spacious balcony etc. Cabin was quiet only on balcony noise from neighbours was sometimes disturbing.