My GEM Review

Just got back from the GEM (March 18th). Overall the staff was excellent and the ship was very clean. I stayed in an Interior cabin and my parents stayed in a balcony. First time on NCL having cruised on RCI twice and Carnival once. We drove the NYC and parked at the port and paid $245 for parking (ouch!) but itworth the convenience instead of the stress of flying.

Room: So my sister and I were staying in the inside room.... It was small but it was what we expected having cruised on RCI and Carnival before. There is shampoo and body wash available inside the shower. I liked the shower b/c it had a sliding door and not a curtain like on RCI. What annoyed me on the first day was that there was only 1 towel in the room after we checked in. I called 3 times throughout the day to get more towels. After 6 hours I was so angry that I called Steve the Hotel Director at 8888 (Thx Cruise critic NCL Board for this tip) and I got the towels right away. The room steward got mad at me for complaining saying that he was bringing us towels in the night b/c it was turnaround day and there was not enough towels or something. I told him there are 2 people in the room and there is 1 towel what do you expect me to do??? I never encountered a room steward like that! After that he made sure to bring us extra towels. Read more