Norwegian Jewel Family Cruises Reviews

4.0 / 5.0
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Nice common areas on deck - appreciated the stage area in a central spot that was consistent with music and entertainment throughout sea days and in the afternoons as cruisers were returning to the ship.
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Sea day.....be warned the idiotic chair hogs are allowed to reserve from 7am.
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Not to be missed show with finale
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Koh Samui
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Worst cruise we have ever been on

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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kevnicden
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Itinery was good, until they changed the whole 19 days , the day before we sailed. This ship had the worst service, worst food and as far as things to do on board,,,,bored,bored,bored. Its all about making as much money as they can on ncl. When you complained about things they just say thanks for your feedback. We got off after 9 nights, this was a 19 night cruise. Never had such rude staff, ...
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Sail Date: November 2018

Cabin Type: Inside


Ship was not ready

Review for a Asia Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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lorettak88
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Lots of issues This is the worst experience we had with NCL. A/C not working, hot water & cold change during shower, shower door jam would not close, problem with ship engine, not getting to port on schedule and leaving early, staffs not train (service terrible). for example, the waiter pour coffee for our friends but forget to pour it for us. In the past, our room were service for 3 times a ...
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Sail Date: November 2018

Cabin Type: Balcony


Poor service and food

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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flashfire1989
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

The embarkation and disembarkation was great. Went smoothly. The Room Steward was fabulous. As for the rest of the cruise I would never do NCL again. The Dining was poor, food quality was not good, barely warm, the waiters had the don't care attitude in all restaurants. We did do the LeBistro and had a nice meal. I feel the ship makes the other dining sub par so you will go to the paid ...
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Sail Date: August 2018

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony


Disappointing experience

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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Kamaljeet
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Not many activities on ship as compared to other cruises. Food ( chicken) served was under cooked. Restaurant manager told me that some one would reach out to us. No one contacted. Also, there were some charges made to my account wrong, had to go twice to get them off. My cousin who also went with his family, had put a block on his son, who is 13 years old at the time of boarding. He was able to ...
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Sail Date: August 2018

Cabin Type: Mini-Suite with Balcony

Traveled with children


Cruise is a ripoff and dishonest people

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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Nri Nra
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

o Cruise looks out to dime and nickel. o The art auction was clearly rigged and ran practically as a con job to sell low quality art items. o Embarkation was super slow with grumpy people on counter o Beware of video arcade area with kids - they do not limit in any way what kid can spent o Most of the shows were tacky o TV channel choices were terrible o Long lines at few ...
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Sail Date: July 2018

Traveled with children


NCL pinching pennies and think we won't notice!

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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johnson6ofus
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Ok, so let's start with the beverage policy. ZERO soft drinks OR EVEN bottled water in your cabin unless you buy it from them. And, they serve Pepsi----ugh! Come on. My cabin, I like a bottled water on my nightstand. Give me a break, more ways to nickel and dime me. Cabin. OK, so I thought a previous poster was a "newbie" who didn't understand a small cabin bathroom. BUT--- no lie. On the ...
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Sail Date: July 2018


Food not as good as a greasy spoon diner

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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Frederickbfred
6-10 Cruises • Age 90s

I will start with a summary: DON'T CRUISE WITH NORWEGIAN. This cruise fit our schedule and ports of interest, in addition to being affordable, so we booked it. It turns out that the reason it was affordable is because they skimped on food taste and variety. Even the specialty restaurants were deficient; we got mystery meat in the Italian and overcooked, tasteless meat in the Brazilian. The ...
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Sail Date: June 2018

Traveled with children


Horrible

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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Melody1739
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

I never complain about Norwegian until now... Change of itentitary no inside passage which is why I left from Vancouver. Then they tried to deny it. I have a daughter with oxygen and can't go on excursions...but no scenery for her for 3 days... Just ocean. If you want a hot meal... Forget it... Except for the specially resteraunts. Resteraunt manager asked me if I wanted to be put on the ...
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Sail Date: June 2018

Cabin Type: Balcony

Traveled with disabled person


Inadequate service

Review for a Pacific Coastal Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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Delwood
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this cruise for the itinerary - visiting Japan and Alaska. This was our 11th cruise, all previous cruises with Royal Carribbean and Princess Cruises. The embarkation process in Yokohama took over 2 hours, we had previously experienced 30 minutes maximum on other cruises. The same applied to disembarking we were left mid way on the gangway for 40 minutes with no explanation. The ...
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Sail Date: May 2018

Cabin Type: Balcony


Trip of a lifetime

Review for a Asia Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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Paul Longhurst
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Having booked what I thought would be the trip of a lifetime I have been left very dissapionted.Embarkation was a joke!3 hours queing in high 20 degree temperatures with no information or as much as a glass of water because ncl had not informed passengers of the need for 2 passport photo copies.Booking in was then not completed properly with no credit card details taken,only to receive a rude ...
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Sail Date: April 2018

Cabin Type: Inside


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