Norwegian Gem Review

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The Worst Vacation Ever. We will never sail NCL again!!

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Norwegian Gem
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NYCGuy27
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Sep 2011

My fiancee and I booked a week long cruise on the NCL Gem to Bermuda in June for the 2nd week of September.We had sailed on the NCL Majesty to Bermuda in 2009 and were pleased with the experience. We were so excited but little did we know what we were in for.

We both were aware that it was hurricane season in September, and were saddened to find out that we were not going to Bermuda, but we completely understood that that NCL had to change our ports for safety. We were then rerouted to Port Canaveral, NCL's private Island, Great Stirrup Cay , and Nassau, Bahamas. Because of the change of ports, we both got to see NCL's real operation. A business that cares nothing about the customer paying hard-earned money to sail on one of their ships. A business who uses every single opportunity to sell something to you or nickel and dime you for almost everything on board. Here now is my list of wrongdoings by NCL.

1.Food Quality- When someone is paying thousands per person for a cruise vacation, you expect meals will be included(as they were). I was not expecting a 4 star culinary experience, but I was expecting at least decent food

Cabin Review

Tiny rooms, decent picture window. Claustrophobic bathrooms. Very noisy hall noise.

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