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Hi my name is Nick i have been cruising since 1990 with Royal so i decided to try carnival and i booked the Magic, i will like to know if the magic has a latin band and also like to know how is the magic etc.

On 9/2/2020 at 4:26 PM, cruiseguy1016 said:

 

A lot of the people on these boards believe a Cruise Director can make or break a vacation. I personally do not pay much attention to them. Some have been good, some have been bad but I've never had a Cruise Director affect my vacation. In my opinion he/she is no different than any other entertainer on the ship. If he/she is entertaining, I'll pay attention. If not, I'll find another way to have fun.

same here i really don"t pay mind to them they all do the same things even jokes,for me the only CD i could say was different from others was Richard Spacey there's no other Cd like him.

Hi Donna its been a while hope you doing good i been trying out different cruise lines my last cruise was NCL Gem we love it we book on Anthem on Jan 26 2021 b2b 

i hope so  i need a good vacation with all this 

Hi i booked Antem for jan 26 2021 just wondering if cruising will start before then ?

Look everybody cruising won"t be the same anymore there will be alot off changes on cruising,i was chatting with a crew member on facebook there will  be crew members in the bathrooms etc, making sure people wash there hands i find that to be great i have seen people using the bathroom and not washing there hands.the buffet they should serve the people the food instead of the people touching the food and then put it back yes i seen it happen.this new change will show people how to be clean and wash there hands.

1 minute ago, beerman2 said:

With ships still at sea with pax aboard , how can cruise lines even think about sailing? Doesn't make any difference where those ships are.

 

If ships ( Carnival) sails in May it could turn out to be a disastrous PR situation for them. 

 

Just reading NCL, Carnival and RCI boards there are far more not wishing to sail soon than those saying No problem we are going.

 

It's all a gamble , some love the thrill others not so much.

I agree

I also don"t see cruises happening no time soon there are still crew members onboard trying to get home i think cruising will open back again in sep or oct  for sure not i may.

On 1/24/2020 at 1:39 PM, FranknBeans said:

I will move your stuff and will tell u so. Bring in it on!

you touch my stuff you you won"t have no hands and mybe no teeth 🤬

Starting February 14 Luz will be going to the Bliss I had the pleasure chatting with her on Facebook 

1 minute ago, LaCal said:

10-20 minutes isn’t bad and not considered being a Chog 

 

It’s the ones that come out there at 5:30-6:00am and put their stuff like towels, books, flip flops, chair clips etc and then go back to sleep and 2 hours later no ones still in the lounger 

 

These CHOGS need to be taken to tack and people not put up with their Entitled asses 

Thank you my point ex

3 minutes ago, pcakes122 said:

Isn't that the definition of a chair hog? 😂

no becouse it only take me 10 min to eat and i go back to my chair the definition of chair hog is when somebody saves 4 chairs and come back 4 hours later that a chair hog

14 minutes ago, KateQ22003 said:

But if you go out early, why wouldn't you just grab your own chairs?

I agree with you i wake up at 600 am ill go get my chair and then i go to eat and come back to my chairs  

beyonships.com mybe you find them there 

who the cruise director on the breakaway?

ill be on her on saturday is she in good shape?

Luz will be back on the Gem on Friday she posted on her facebook

The prism band is on the Gem until the end Jan 2020 i was told by a crew member

Hi i been cruising with royal caribbean about 17 years straight so i decided to try NCL Gem for december 21 2019 14 night cruise so i am kind of scare becouse cruising with RCL for many years lol,i will ilke to hear from ncl cruises about NCL 

5 hours ago, cementhands said:

I heard Luz the cd has moved on to possibly the Sky.

Jeff Hernandez might be the replacement cd on the Gem.

Going on the Gem in October and I will post info on return. Luz is amazing and does a fabulous Tina turner tribute. So full of life. Going to miss her. I believe Jeff is new to being the CD.

Ferdie is the CD onboard 

22 hours ago, brokenarrowhd said:

NCL Gem

 

G.M. - Metin Camurlu

C.D. - Luz Brillantes

F&B - Vikramaj Parthasarty

E.H. - Cesar Hapa

E. C. - Bijech Chandran

R.M. - Aline Barrett

B. M. Rogelio Raydanas

G.S.M. - Bon Villaluz

Cruise Next - George Kassis

 

 

My sister is on the Gem she said the cruise director is Ferdie 

Hi I just found out a guy name Ferdie will be my cruise director on the December 21 I never heard of him anybody had him before 

On 8/9/2019 at 3:41 PM, raitch said:

We are not frequent cruisers (this was only our third NCL trip and our first with the kids) so I spent months and months preparing for our Boston-Bermuda trip.  Sometimes I think I checked this board more often than the moderators did!  In general it seems like Gem doesn’t get a lot of coverage on CC, so here’s my quick rundown of the ship and our trip in general.

 

First things first: we had a GREAT time and would go back, on the same ship and the same itinerary, in a heartbeat.  We’d do the same exact room class— but we would NOT do the same room location!

 

Embarkation was easy since we got to the port at noon and had concierge service.  We didn’t even have time to grab a snack in the embarkation lounge as we were escorted directly to Cagney’s for lunch.  

 

Room thoughts- we were in 11030, the Garnet penthouse.  It was an amazing room.  Lots of space for the 5 of us, big balcony.  We spent lots and lots of time in the room!  Butler service (Josephine) was such a treat.  She took good care of us, and because my parents had the adjoining minisuite, she also answered their questions and was polite and kind even though technically she didn’t work for them.  Our steward Arnel was fast and efficient, and we appreciated him sticking closely to NCL rules about not being alone in the room without a female staff member if there was only a teen in the room.  Our concierge, Anoop, was also wonderful though we only used his services for embarkation and disembarkation.  He checked in on us throughout the ship and again allowed my parents to disembark with the priority folks even though they weren’t in a suite or Haven.

 

What I did NOT like about the room was the noise.  I’d scoured every online review I could find because I was concerned about being under the pool deck.  I guess we were the odd ones out because the noise above was very loud particularly the running on the pool deck late into the night, the chairs being set up in the AM, and the band playing on the pool deck.  We had been told that since we were in the back side corner of the deck near a staircase the noise would be minimum... nope.  I’d stay in a 2 bedroom suite again in a heartbeat but not in THIS particular suite.  

 

Entertainment on board was okay.  We did the welcome aboard show and weren’t wowed by any of it, so we just heard drips & drabs we made our way through the ship. The kids weren’t blown away by Splash Academy/Entourage so I don’t have much feedback there either- the circus show they put on in Stardust was super cute though!

 

Overall we were happy with the food.  Teppanyaki was the best meal of the trip followed by Haven/suite breakfast in Moderno.   Food was always hot and plentiful, though it always took forever for the kids’ meals to arrive to the table.  The great Outdoors is as great as everyone says.  Just a beautiful place to have a meal or snack or sit and chat.

 

Bermuda was gorgeous, though the construction on the wharf was a little loud and the cranes got in the way of the view.   We did the Clearwater Beach triangle excursion (I definitely recommend, gorgeous EMPTY beaches) and also Hartley’s Helmet Diving.  That Greg Hartley is a trip!  Totally an amazing experience though, we all loved it (including kids ranging age 6-15).  Not offered through NCL but you should absolutely do it, even if you’re claustrophobic.

 

Overall I found the layout of Gem a little weird (only one bar in the atrium and then a bunch of bars jammed together at Bar City?) but it’s a nice size and we never felt like it was overcrowded.  I do think that having access to the Haven level restaurants helped with this, particularly during the rainy weather.  We had two rainy sea days (one with waves big enough for the puke bags to make an appearance in the stairwells) but it still seemed like there was room for everyone to find a place to hang out.

 

We pre-purchased the thermal spa, which we’ve used and loved on previous ships, but it was a waste of our money this time.  Somehow it didn’t occur to us that having the 3 kids along would mean there was much, much less time to lay around in an adults only area all day... 

 

One thing I need to highlight, though, is the staff.  I kept seeing posts on FB groups that the Gem staff is rude.  We never encountered even one staff member that was the least bit rude!  Every single staff member would look you in the eye, smile, and speak to you.  I seriously don’t know what people were doing to this amazing staff to cause them to be rude in any way.  We had zero concerns or issues with staff and anything that we did notice was dealt with swiftly and completely.

 

Disembarkation was so fast I almost missed it.  We were priority so met at Stardust at 8:30 and were on the curb with our bags by 8:45.  It would have been even faster if they hadn’t pulled my husband aside to hand him cash for his refundable onboard credit he didn’t completely use.

 

Overall, gem has not been my favorite of the NCL ships I’ve sailed on but I would go back on in a heartbeat if given the chance!  Please feel free to ask any questions you might have.  I’ll add photos further downthread.

 

 

who was the cruise director?

Does some  know who he the CD on the bliss in November?

thank you