Norwegian Gem Review

Awesome cruise on the Gem

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Norwegian Gem
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johnnypiano
First Time Cruiser • Age 30s

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Sail Date: May 2012
Cabin: Mid-Ship Oceanview Picture Window
Traveled with children

My wife and I are from Northern New Jersey and took a cruise for the first time with my wife's parents, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law and their two kids.

We embarked at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal in New York. It was fairly easy for us to be dropped off and take our luggage to the terminal. When we got to the terminal, our luggage (which was already tagged) was taken from us, not to be seen again until later in the afternoon. We arrived at the terminal around noon, and the check-in process was fairly smooth. We were able to complete the check-in process and board the ship by about 1pm.

Aboard the ship throughout our time there we were very impressed and pleased with the ship's amenities. The rooms were clean and made great use of the small space they had. The pool and hot-tubs were at comfortable temperatures. The restaurants had amazing food. (Note: we did not try any of the restaurants that had an added cover charge. We enjoyed the food in the main dining rooms so much that we didn't have too!)

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Mid-Ship Oceanview Picture Window

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Great location. Mid-ship, not close enough to elevators or stairs to make much disruption. Only a few inside cabins across the hallway. Picture window was great. Plenty of storage space. No public spaces above us, so no noise disruptions.

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