Norwegian Gem Review
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I live in NYC, and so it was an easy choice for my first cruise to the Caribbean in Winter. I'd been looking forward to the sun and sea for 5 years.
Disembarkation was a nightmare. Passengers are ejected from their cabin at 8:30, more than two hours before the disembarkation started. The lack of passenger segmentation led to people having to walk back up the gangplank because customs hadn't gotten their luggage yet.
The cancellation of the stop at Martinique due to 'adverse weather' was a real loss, as were the four days creeping up the US coastline (but not close enough for cell phones to work)
Cabin Review
An excellent model of efficiency. Clean, solid, quiet, utterly dark (except for needing a peephole-shutter). In-room thermostat was responsive. Room configuration change was managed quickly by steward. Good amount of rack/storage space.
Terrible TV Entertainment options - 5 news channels, two soccer channels, 8 ship advertisement channels. 1 TV channel, 1 Movie channel with limited, looped offerings (how many times can you watch the same episode of 2 broke girls?)
Port Reviews
Antigua
Grab a taxi here to Nelson's dockyard and the beach!
25$ to get with a group of 10 other adults.
St. Thomas
Took a ride to Coqi Beach and Coral World. Great, peaceful.