Recently sailed on Gem out of NY on 1/30/15. No lobster night on a 10-day cruise? When did this happen? This was my 4th cruise on Gem, and never happened before. I guess the trend now is to go to a specialty restaurant for a cover charge plus extra for lobster. Same goes for shrimp cocktail--nowhere to be found in MDR. Last cruise was on Carnival in May of '14 and they still had both.
Also noticeable was few selections on lunch buffet, compared to the past. Dinner selections seemed odd to me many nights. Who serves Italian meatballs over rice?? And since when is a "slider" an appetizer? They had a very lot of what they called "strip loin" on lunch and dinner menus...very good in whatever incarnation they served, but that and roast pork got a bit boring. As did broccoli for most dinners. Desserts were basically the same choices every night.
We did not go hungry, but the food was not on a par with former NCL cruises.
Biggest problem we had was disembarking. According to printed material left in our room, wheelchair assistance would go according to color tags (check the info in the "You'll be leaving soon" paper that's in your room the night before you leave). We had yellow tags (first), and waited as told until our color was called. When we arrived at the appointed area, there were at least 50 people ahead of us (of all color tags), and they were proceeding with "first-come, first served". It did no good to mention to the attendant that we had a 12:00 bus to catch at the Port Authority. We left the ship at 11:15. We missed that bus, as we were 3rd to the last to get a wheelchair. With the wait for a cab, it was too late. This is just a warning to anyone who might also find themselves in this position.
I will miss cruising, but we can no longer take the chance that things will go as professed. It isn't special enough anymore.
No lobster night??
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Recently sailed on Gem out of NY on 1/30/15. No lobster night on a 10-day cruise? When did this happen? This was my 4th cruise on Gem, and never happened before. I guess the trend now is to go to a specialty restaurant for a cover charge plus extra for lobster. Same goes for shrimp cocktail--nowhere to be found in MDR. Last cruise was on Carnival in May of '14 and they still had both.
Also noticeable was few selections on lunch buffet, compared to the past. Dinner selections seemed odd to me many nights. Who serves Italian meatballs over rice?? And since when is a "slider" an appetizer? They had a very lot of what they called "strip loin" on lunch and dinner menus...very good in whatever incarnation they served, but that and roast pork got a bit boring. As did broccoli for most dinners. Desserts were basically the same choices every night.
We did not go hungry, but the food was not on a par with former NCL cruises.
Biggest problem we had was disembarking. According to printed material left in our room, wheelchair assistance would go according to color tags (check the info in the "You'll be leaving soon" paper that's in your room the night before you leave). We had yellow tags (first), and waited as told until our color was called. When we arrived at the appointed area, there were at least 50 people ahead of us (of all color tags), and they were proceeding with "first-come, first served". It did no good to mention to the attendant that we had a 12:00 bus to catch at the Port Authority. We left the ship at 11:15. We missed that bus, as we were 3rd to the last to get a wheelchair. With the wait for a cab, it was too late. This is just a warning to anyone who might also find themselves in this position.
I will miss cruising, but we can no longer take the chance that things will go as professed. It isn't special enough anymore.