April 5 2023
2023 April 5-15 10-day NCL Gem Caribbean cruise
We booked this cruise for June 2021. The original booking was NYC, Grand Turk, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, St. Martin, Tortola, NYC. The cost was $7,014.86. We booked a balcony suite, room 11574. Our cruise included 250 internet minutes, free airfare for the second passenger, $50 off the second passenger excursions, drink package and 3 upgrade restaurants.
In November 2022, the cruise itinerary changed. Grand Turk changed to Bermuda; Tortola changed to Puerto Rico. We were happy to go to Bermuda, however we have been to Puerto Rico MANY times, so we lost a country. We had to cancel and rebook new excursions for the new destinations.
We stayed at the airport Hilton on Tuesday April 4th to use their stay and park program. We had dinner in the bar. Our total cost was $450.
We caught the 4:30 am bus to the airport for our 6 am United Flight to NYC. We arrived at 8 am and caught the bus to the port. We boarded the ship at 12:30 and went to o’Sheehans for a hamburger. Our room was accessible at 2:30. The room is very clean and well appointed. However, it is located just below the arcade and children’s center, so it is very noisy. Our luggage arrived at 3:30. The sail away was in the rain at 5:00. We were able to see the Statue of Liberty, but it was very cold and foggy. We had dinner at Magenta at 5:30. We went to bed early since we were so tired.
Read MoreWe booked this cruise for June 2021. The original booking was NYC, Grand Turk, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, St. Martin, Tortola, NYC. The cost was $7,014.86. We booked a balcony suite, room 11574. Our cruise included 250 internet minutes, free airfare for the second passenger, $50 off the second passenger excursions, drink package and 3 upgrade restaurants.
In November 2022, the cruise itinerary changed. Grand Turk changed to Bermuda; Tortola changed to Puerto Rico. We were happy to go to Bermuda, however we have been to Puerto Rico MANY times, so we lost a country. We had to cancel and rebook new excursions for the new destinations.
We stayed at the airport Hilton on Tuesday April 4th to use their stay and park program. We had dinner in the bar. Our total cost was $450.
We caught the 4:30 am bus to the airport for our 6 am United Flight to NYC. We arrived at 8 am and caught the bus to the port. We boarded the ship at 12:30 and went to o’Sheehans for a hamburger. Our room was accessible at 2:30. The room is very clean and well appointed. However, it is located just below the arcade and children’s center, so it is very noisy. Our luggage arrived at 3:30. The sail away was in the rain at 5:00. We were able to see the Statue of Liberty, but it was very cold and foggy. We had dinner at Magenta at 5:30. We went to bed early since we were so tired.
