Norwegian Pearl
Sail date: August 12, 2007
Since the ship was brand new, the quality of the accomodations and public areas were clean, neat & in excellent shape. The two negatives were that all rooms are optional smoking along with balconies - meaning that if you're not a smoker, your balcony could be surrounded by people smoking. (there is no non-smoking room section of the ship). It made it impossible for my family (3 kids) to spend any time on the balcony to view the glaciers and other areas. The second negative is the food offerings for breakfast and lunch. There is really only 1 buffet open for breakfast and lunch (the blue Lagoon will only seat around 40 people). This means that somewhere around 2,000 people are trying to get breakfast and lunch through the one area.