Canada & New England Norwegian Gem Canada & New England Cruise Reviews

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The Great Outdoors.  Has a nice size bar and buffet.  Best of all, it's own soft-serve ice machine.
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The new bridge on the Gatun Locks, Caribbean side!
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Exclusive breakfast option for penthouse, whole grain toast with fresh avocado and an egg to order!
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Panama Canal Joy!
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NCL needs to update cruising

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2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

I love to cruise, have always gone on NCL, they leave out of Boston, which is great, but my complaints are always the same: cabins too small, bad poop odor in halls. Breakfast ends too early, all day breakfast not available. Music, singers, theater shows, MC's, games, singers, DJ's, and band around pool, way TOO LOUD!!! It drove us out of many activities. Movies in atrium would have been fun ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


NCL TOOK MY MONEY AND RAN

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mramos13
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

I chose this cruise because it departed close to home and is an easy drive to the port . Once at the port and rounded like cattle and every one boarded . As the day went on I figure i would take a shower . The drain in my mini suit backed up and flooded my bathroom with all kinds of waste coming up from the floor drain . it took almost four hours for the plumber to even get there to look at it. ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Mini-Suite with Balcony


Easy to follow new diet

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BTCAC
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We live just outside Boston and this was a 13 day round trip cruise from Boston which was perfect. I had recently been put on a restricted sodium diet and did worry about how that would work out over a 13 day cruise. I need not have worried as I had a woman meet with me every night to preorder my meal for the next night at whatever dining room we planned to eat. Including the specialty ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Mini-Suite with Balcony


Garden villa 14500

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DavidDiCologero
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Start to finish this cruise was AMAZING!! The cabin, restaurants, ports, entertainment and especially the staff. We cannot thank Benny our butler and Giann our concierge enough for making this cruise so special.The ship was spotless any hour of the day. The bar staff went out of their way to accommodate us. We traveled with a person using a scooter and he had no issues navigating his way through ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Traveled with disabled person


Just what I needed

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Louise1595
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We love leaving out of Boston. No planes.....easy port. We love the 14 day cruises in the fall. There are very few kids (I like kids,but as a teacher, it is nice to have adult time) We arrived in Boston around noon. We parked in the open lot next to the ship ($200). Check in was easy. We have taken this same cruise many times on the Gem as well as other NCL ships. We had an ocean ...
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Sail Date: November 2019


Excellent activities and friendly staff great music

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cementhands
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We took the 14 night gem cruise because of cruise credits expirations. We were pleasantly surprised as last cruise on ncl was epic in 2013. Recently doing RCL and celebrity. Dining room staff excellent food decent. Activities staff outstanding. Zumba with Jeff was outstanding. Daily dancing activities. Every night a dance theme parties. Ports were excellent. Unfortunately quite a few drunks as ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


14 Day Norwegian Gem-Boston to Carribean

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emmacairn
10+ Cruises • Age 110s

This was a solo cruise for me. The second day on the ship the solos got together with Patrick from the Cruise Staff leading the meeting. It was nice to look forward to having dinner and company in the main dining room each evening. The food was good, not great. The service was fair. Long waits for food to arrive, inexperienced wait staff. I joined the spa for the whole cruise. It gave access ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Inside


Excellent trip!

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djpk2003
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

Our family of 4 loved making memories together on this 15 day cruise out of Boston. The ship is the perfect size, in my opinion. The ship could use a few cosmetic updates, most notably some signs that had paint chipping off, etc. - but was in great condition overall. Our stateroom was kept very clean, and although we encountered a few issues (clogged drain with some leaking, broken light fixture, ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Family Balcony

Traveled with children


Another good NCL cruise

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Nandy95
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Being New Englanders we enjoy going out of Boston because of the convenience. The embarkation process was super easy this time...very little waiting around....and as usual, the staff was friendly and helpful. We had been on the Gem before, so it was easy to get around and find everything. Our balcony cabin on the 9th floor was always clean and tidy. Thanks to the tour we had, we heard that the ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony


Disappointed in NCL

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ecody
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

My husband and I are longtime NCL guests. We chose this cruise based on the convenience of departing port being close to home and also based on the itinerary. We have taken numerous cruises with NCL and were very disappointed in this cruise. It lacked all of the reasons we usually choose to vacation on this cruise line. Embarkation was disappointing. First time ever where it seemed chaotic and ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Aft-Facing Mini-Suite with Balcony


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