Beautiful Ports of Call!

Process went extremely smooth. We were on ship within 30 mins of arriving @ port. My niece had to check-in upon arrival since she didn't have passport as that was only accepted ID when checking-in online. That was our only real holdup.

Food in Main Dining Room was very good with few exceptions. Alex our waiter was fantastic however, along with our head waiter (Unfortunately, do not recall his name. We were stationed at table 717 on deck 5). They were both extremely personable and friendly. Always there to assist in any way possible. The bread rolls, in my opinion, could be little softer but that's just me. We had 3 night dining package. We ate at Chops Grille, which had a FANTASTIC Filet Mignon and dinner bread w/butter. Honestly, I am not really big on steak but do try it occasionally. This Filet Mignon was hands down the BEST steak I've every eaten. My niece also had FM, however she wasn't as overly impressed as I was. She stated she eats steak pretty regularly. She live is Louisiana and says the seasoning was little off for her liking. Had The Wedge for my appetizer. It wasn't bad. They made few adjustments for my liking, such as substituted ranch for blue cheese. Both of us ordered the GRILLED BLACK PEPPER BACON which is Slow-cooked Berkshire pork, sweet and spicy glaze. Neither of us liked it. Wasn't what we expected it to be. To be honest, didn't really read description so thought it was going to be just grilled pepper bacon strips. It was more tune to a medium thin grilled pork chop (hence the description). We did not care of it. We tried Giovanni's Table a couple nights later. Food was ok, but wasn't all that impressed..(just personally opinion). Although server tried explaining most of what items were on menu, I had trouble understanding exactly what items were as I had never had of most, or they just didn't sound very good. Ended up having another Filet Mignon (since really liked the one from Chops). Was good but not as good as the other one. Niece had crab ravioli. She liked it ok. She provided me a sample to try as well, and though it wasn't bad, was glad I chose to order another steak instead. She said it won't be something she'd order again. For our 3rd choice, we had Sabor Mexican Food. This was also very, very good. It was my second best (beyond Chops) but my niece choose it was her top pick. They start you off w/chips and homemade guacamole. You chose how spicy you would like it as its freshly made to order. Also ordered queso to go with our chips. We both had original margaritas. They are good, but pretty strong. We split one Tres Queso Quesadilla, in addition to one Chicken Stuffed Jalapenos for appetizers. Both were pretty tasty. To finish off, we both had Jalapeno-Garlic Tiger Shrimp. It was enjoyable. Just enough spicy for my liking. For dessert, we had an arrangement of several items to include chocolate crepe, churros, creme brulee to name a few. Churros were wonderful. We requested more of those, which he happily obliged. Crepe was different but good. Did not care for texture of Creme Brulee. Other items we tasted were ok. Churros were our favorite, hands down. Was not all that impressed with Windjammer Buffet. Had the same dishes every day. Burgers were good though, as were most of the desserts. Witnessed this one lade grab item with her hands instead of using the provided thongs. I confronted her, asking "did you just grab that with your hand?" Her response "Yeah" (in a tone like what are you going to do about it). I lost her right after as it was really busy time of day or else I would have reported her to staff.

Tried the ice skating for about 20 minutes (they break it down into 30 min intervals but i was little late getting started). Was planning on doing the rock climbing wall but never made it. Flow Rider looked like fun but wasn't something I cared to try for the price it was offered at. They had nice adult only (16+) pool area. Actually didn't have to fight over chairs (with exception of the 1 sea day we had) which was rather surprising. Only downside was water throughout was over 6ft so could not reach bottom to just get in without having to hold on to sidebars when not actually swimming. Two 16+ whirlpools were ok. Think water needs to be little warmer though. Had same issue with whirlpools on-board two Norwegian ships I've cruised on, so maybe its kept certain temperature for reason. Did not try Fitness Center as I normally do on-board ships.

The 2 stage shows were super entertaining, as well as 2 comedy shows and 1 vocal act. Was little worried since we were not able to make reservations online for any of the entertainment. However, RC does it open seating with first come, first serve seating. My experience with Norwegian was you had to make reservations to attend. Theater for two stories so provided plenty of room for all guests who wanted to attend. We always got there approx 20 mins early for best seats. Although they make announcements prior to each show to please put cell phones and pagers away, there was ALWAYS those few who insist of keeping there phones on during show which is SUPER ANNOYING!! This one lady sitting below us had her child watching movie on her phone during the entire performance. Realize you want to keep child entertained, but that is just rude it my opinion as the screen distracts others around them such as my self from show. Personally, I feel all shows should be for adults only or at least only children old enough to seat and enjoy the shows without having to be otherwise entertained. The Ice Skating show was very good as well.

Again, both waiters taking care of table 717 in Main Dining were awesome!! Our waiter in Sabor was also excellent. We had great conversation while dining there. Dominic, our room steward, was more than you could ask for. Always kept our rooms clean and freshly stocked with necessities. Very friendly and personable. Never acted as if we were bothering him if we needed anything outside the norm. Most of the other personnel I encountered were somewhat friendly with few exceptions. Romero and Sergio (entertainment servers) were very friendly and attentive. Also made sure we had great pina coladas during the shows.

Staff did great job keeping ship clean. Design was great as well.

Little smaller than I would have liked for two people but beds were comfortable. We had to take turns using night stand/dresser for getting ready for dinner each evening. Often times had to use bathroom to get ready as was just too crowded with two ladies trying to get ready in that one area.

Seemed rather hectic, as though some people did not adhere to there scheduled departure time and everyone was trying to get off at the same time. Lines were long through customs to exit building and once you got out it was not clear where to meet up with uber drivers. It was crazy mess.