Deangello

I can't speak to the 10 day passes, but we just went on a 7 day cruised on the Gem. We purchased the spa package online for $139. It was $186 on board and included a scrub in a cup.

OBC could be used for gratuities, if you haven't prepaid. We purchased the spa package online prior for $139. Was $186 on board and included a scrub in a cup that ours did not.

We arrived around 10:30. They started to board early, around 11:00-11:30.

We got the spa package for the first time last week on the Gem. There is a pretty good youtube video that shows it all. There is a separate co-ed space that has lockers, showers, dry sauna, steam sauna, loungers & one person hot tub. The co-ed space has thermal pool, hot tub, heated loungers (which are awesome) and regular loungers. We saw no "nakeds" anywhere in the spa. Highly recommend it. We purchased for $139 online prior to cruise. Price on-board was $186 and included a scrub in a cup that ours did not. They offered it to us for $27. Wasn't worth it in my opinion.

We just got off the Gem yesterday and ate at the main dining rooms every night. We got there between 5-5:30 each night. Had to wait in line for about 5-10 minutes to get seated, which wasn't bad. I thought dinner service was pretty fast...better than the Epic & Getaway. Grand Pacific had better service than Magenta...same dress code for both. They have a new dinner menu they just rolled out last week. It was pretty good.

We just got off the Gem yesterday. Great Outdoors is great for breakfast. They have a new dinner menu in the main dining rooms. I thought this was vastly improved from their previous menu. We also purchased the spa package for the first time. Totally worth it for this "cold" weather cruise.

We purchased the spa package recently on a cruise out of NY for the first time on the Gem. We purchased it online ahead of time for $139. Totally worth it for this cruise. We normally go on Caribbean cruises where we get sit out by the pool. Too cold on this cruise for that. We went to the spa daily (usually a couple times a day). It was never crowded. The price if you bought it on the cruise was $186 and included a scrub mixture that ours did not. They offered us the scrub for an additional $27 but wasn't worth it in my opinion. Would get this again for any "cold" weather cruises.