Southern Caribbean Norwegian Gem Southern Caribbean Cruise Reviews

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"The main production shows by the ship cast were very good however the rest were poor; the comedian was AWFUL.Overall for the price the cruise was good and we met some great people from all over the world...."Read More
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Excellent Crew Service

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Gem

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Stouffville Traveler
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Chose this cruise to get away from the cold. Embarking was very well done as was debarking. The ship itself is in excellent shape. The other guests were not sensitive for the needs of people with disabilities and sat at designated handicaped tables in the buffet during the entire cruise. Service was the best ever on a Norwegian ship never a negative thought. The public areas of the ...
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Sail Date: February 2023

Traveled with disabled person


After Covid, we were happy to start cruising again, but...

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grumpah1
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Background We are a couple in our early 70’s who have been on about seven cruises, most with Norwegian, but also with Princess, Celebrity and Royal Caribbean. We had a balcony cabin, Deck 9 midships on the starboard side. We traveled with another couple, also seasoned cruisers. This sailing elevated us to Latitudes Gold status with Norwegian. We secured what we thought was an excellent ...
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Sail Date: January 2023


They Could Have Been Really Good But Were NOT

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Gem

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geekguy1
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

This cruise had a great itinerary that started by leaving from NYC (no flying for us) and doing some really good ports including Turks & Caicos, the Dominican Republic, Curacao, Costa Rica, and a full transit of the Panama Canal. Then I learned from CruiseCritic (not from NCL!!) that Grand Turk and Curacao were replaced by Bermuda (which we missed anyway, due to weather conditions) and Catalina ...
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Sail Date: January 2023


Glistening Gem Despite Cutbacks

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Gem

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CruisinMaterial
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

About the Reviewer: I’m a middle-aged American male who traveled solo this trip. This was my 31st Norwegian Cruise Line voyage and my 55th cruise overall. I have sailed primarily on NCL with a handful of cruises with Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, MSC and Carnival. This was my eighth cruise back after the pandemic restart and my fourth back with Norwegian Cruise Line. My previous cruise was on the ...
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Sail Date: January 2023


Underwhelming, generic institutional food, and poor planning at ports.

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Zmanjz
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

Embarkation: No problems in Manhattan, took the train to manhattan, and $20 for a cab to the port. One of the fastest initial embarkations i've ever had... I say initial, because at Port Canaveral, all passengers were required to disembark and sit in a waiting area for several hours with nothing to do, especially if you had a late morning excursion. With hours of mindless waiting (in a Royal ...
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Sail Date: January 2023

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Inside


Not NCL's finest weeks.

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Norwegian Gem

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juju2454
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this cruise for the holidays as a family of 8 and for the itinary. Gem is a smaller ship and was ill equiped for a Xmas- NYE+ cruise. We never left the port of Manhattan for 2 days , one for "high waves" and the other because the NY Port Auth. said we couldn't. ( not sure that was true but I degress). The ship was cold in NY, The heat was not up to the task. It was bitter ...
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Sail Date: December 2022

Cabin Type: Family Inside

Traveled with children

Traveled with disabled person


Beggars Cant be Choosers

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Norwegian Gem

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RCCLifer
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

I will start this review with the caveat that we booked this cruise very late in the game and would not have booked the cabins we booked if others were available. CONCLUSION: We were 38 hours delayed leaving. This was not NCL fault but left 1/3rd of the ship disgruntled and you could feel that vibe throughout the trip. Having said this, after 11 days I understand why Royal Caribbean did not ...
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Sail Date: December 2022

Cabin Type: Owner's Suite with Large Balcony

Traveled with children


Norweigian Gem is TERIBBLE

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Norwegian Gem

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reppilc
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We took a 11 day christmas cruise from ny, because of weather we were stuck in ny for two days before departing. No fault of ncl. Captain wasn't making any announcements concerning departure leaving us all wondering ????? I purchased the unlimited wifi for 240 dollars ?? It was the worst wifi i have ever experienced. Ncl charges the most than any other cruise line & delivers the least !!! Shameful ...
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Sail Date: December 2022

Cabin Type: Aft-Facing Balcony


Great cruse but for the fact ***Unruly teenagers

Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Norwegian Gem

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LJRat
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

Nice trip but I---- Will NOT go out of NY in Feb due to the Unruly teenagers The Ship (Gem) got into NY late, so embarkation was delayed. Perhaps a text would have help .I wouldn’t have gone to the pear to stand in line for 2+hr! Cleanliness was great but ship’s layout and design was hard for me to navigate, had to go down floors to get to the elevators to go to the thermal suite. In the front of ...
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Sail Date: January 2022


Where was the captain?

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loods1980
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Writing as europeans, that was our weakest cruise yet. 1) From a touristic point of view, there is absolutely not one single highland during the whole cruise. We first did not understand why Norwegian distributed bath towels on the different jetties. Well,.....because there is just beach and sun. Of course you shouldn't fly over from Europe to go to the beach. Better stay in the Mediterranian ...
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Sail Date: November 2021


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