I was on a "real" cruise ship (Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas) the week before going on this NCL Jade. What a letdown the NCL was! I went from high class experience to low class. And interesting, NCL was more expensive than Royal Caribbean. I've learned my lesson. What were the problems?
Bad food-
• The food quality was extremely poor at the Garden Cafe buffet. It's what you get for $4.99 for lunch at a Country Style Buffett chain at home. It was all low cost crap!