zmmrzm Posted November 8, 2022 #126 Share Posted November 8, 2022 We did Western Med from Barcelona on the Epic in 2016 and spent 3 days in Venice after. Stayed at Dimora Marciana right off St. Marks square, beautiful boutique hotel. Venice is a gorgeous place, food is amazing. Following your review, story as we are doing Panama Canal on the Gem in February. Love the Gem, smaller ships are so much nicer than the mega ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #127 Share Posted November 8, 2022 2 hours ago, zmmrzm said: We did Western Med from Barcelona on the Epic in 2016 and spent 3 days in Venice after. Stayed at Dimora Marciana right off St. Marks square, beautiful boutique hotel. Venice is a gorgeous place, food is amazing. Following your review, story as we are doing Panama Canal on the Gem in February. Love the Gem, smaller ships are so much nicer than the mega ships. The GEM is a gem. I have been on a lot of NCL ships and GEM is amazing! Food, ship condition and service. Superb for the value! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #128 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 1 1500 guests onboard. Feels empty no lines and no reservations! Exact opposite of my 3 weeks on Oasis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #129 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 1 Pool Deck View Trieste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #130 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 1 I have to say that the Garden Cafe beats Windjammer any second of the day … it’s like gourmet dinning at Garden Cafe vs the Windjammer. The breakfast / lunch / dinner impressive 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Turtles06 Posted November 8, 2022 #131 Share Posted November 8, 2022 46 minutes ago, BennyBrun said: The GEM is a gem. I have been on a lot of NCL ships and GEM is amazing! Food, ship condition and service. Superb for the value! We love the Gem, absolutely one of our favorite ships. Glad you are enjoying her! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LATTELOVE Posted November 8, 2022 #132 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Good evening, Not sure if you answered this question already or not, my apologies if you did. What's the passenger count for this cruise?? Does not look too crowded at all. Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #133 Share Posted November 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Turtles06 said: We love the Gem, absolutely one of our favorite ships. Glad you are enjoying her! 2 hours ago, Turtles06 said: We love the Gem, absolutely one of our favorite ships. Glad you are enjoying her! So much to love! I can see why! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #134 Share Posted November 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, LATTELOVE said: Good evening, Not sure if you answered this question already or not, my apologies if you did. What's the passenger count for this cruise?? Does not look too crowded at all. Thank you. A little less than 1500 … lots of room to move around! 1000 are bronze members!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #135 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Top Deck Day 1 Trieste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #136 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Passing out goodies at the atrium on embarkation day while I was having lunch at Osheehans 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #137 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 1 Not a lot going on at the pool deck. Totally different than the Oasis Class ships! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiseny4life Posted November 8, 2022 #138 Share Posted November 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, BennyBrun said: Those wings, while baked, look wonderful! Did you order them extra crispy or is that just how they came? YUM! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #139 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 1 Trieste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #140 Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 minute ago, cruiseny4life said: Those wings, while baked, look wonderful! Did you order them extra crispy or is that just how they came? YUM! They have been coming in baked except on the Dawn. My least favorite NCL ship! They just come that way. Very interesting flavor. Good on the GEM is exceptional! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #141 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Garden Cafe Lunch Day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #142 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Garden Cafe Dinner Day 1 Lots to choose from… this is where NCL SHINES! It makes Windjammer looks bad! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #143 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 1 Garden Cafe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #144 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 1 Dinning Room 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #145 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Dubrovnik Day 2 I forgot I had the $50.00 excursion credit so instead of touring via the bus I went with the Dubrovnik on your own thing.. which included the shuttle a pancake and round trip cable car ride for about $12.00 I just could not pass up on that price. I do appreciate the information because if I did not have the excursion credit plus the discount I would have taken the bus on my own because it would be cheaper that way! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #146 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 2 A short ride later you are at old fort wall. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #147 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 2 I decided to climb the old fort wall that’s about 1.1 miles. $33.00 admission is required and extra! If you never done it, it’s worth the price to hike all the way around. The view is amazing! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #148 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 2 Old Fort Wall 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #149 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Day 2 The view just goes on and on! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted November 8, 2022 Author #150 Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) Edited November 8, 2022 by BennyBrun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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