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Norwegian Cruise Line - Pearl

Norwegian Cruise Line - Pearl Review



Overall 2.33 of 5 view all 3 reviews




dine well prior to boarding
2 star rating

love to travel, lover of cruises, married, frequent-cruiser, willing to pay for quality
Pros

    Beautiful and comfortable ship

Cons
    extremely poor food quality, Freestyle reservations difficult, after 14 cruises, Pearl has worse staff

NOV
8
2007

As seasoned cruisers we had our first exposure to NCL Freestyle on the 10/28/07 sailing of the Pearl.....worse cruise ever.  Although it is a beatiful ship, the food is similar in quality and portions to that of a school cafeteria and the wait staff are those that could not obtain employment at McDonalds.  Research the internet for other opinions before you commit to NCL. If you don't mind insufficient tasteless food with no reasonable dining options at a reasonable price then try NCL.  Be aware that there are mandatory gratuities added to your bill that cannot be adjusted and staff knows this and has no incentive to please you.

I_thumb_down Norwegian Cruise Line - Pearl is not recommended by rjlink1


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ricardito wrote on Jul 9, 2008 at 9:18AM


In response to WillowBranch's comment from Mar 5, 2008 at 11:19AM:

Yes. You can adjust the "service charge" as they call it. A day before disembarkation ask the reception to provide you with the form to adjust the service charge You can decide how much you want to give.
As for the food, we loved the tremendous variety of food available both at restaurants and buffet. There's a lot of asian, indian , persian, arab food, all fabulous. We never had a meal at the "specialty restaurant's" where there is a cover charge. The main dining rooms offer great variety in their menus , with vegetarian and low fat options all the time, at lunch and dinner. We don;t have a signle compnain about the food in the Pearl. We have been at 5 NCL cruises and he food and the freestyle are the reason we come back agaian and again.


WillowBranch wrote on Mar 5, 2008 at 11:19AM


Did you try to get your gratuities changed at the end? We are thinking about the Pearl only because of the many unique ports that it goes to. We have always cruised RCCL before & loved them. I was told that at the end of the week, you could complain about your tips & they would credit you......is this wrong?