More Average than Epic
We had high hopes for our 7 day Western Med cruise. First impression: What is that huge stain on the sofa in the cabin and what will I catch when I sit there? For being only 6 years in service, the ship itself seemed tired and worn and in need of refurbishing.
Excursions were mostly good, given the prices we paid. One bad excursion (Aix & Avignon) due to a terrible tour guide and passengers that ignored return times. Biggest issue with excursions was in-port times of this cruise. We usually had to leave the ship at 7:15 and would return before sailing to next destination by 6-7PM. That meant getting up at 6AM each day to shower, find breakfast, and meet our tour group. Not my idea of a relaxing vacation. Would have been ecstatic if NCL would have just staggered their arrival/departure times by 2 hours. An 8 or 9 AM start would have been much nicer for a tour.
Food and shipboard entertainment was fine. Nothing remarkable, but its a cruise and they have to prepare thousands of meals.
On board internet systems are a joke - don't count on it. Their system kept deleting our account information almost daily, which meant a trip to stand in line (along with everyone else) for the one guy able to reset internet access for the whole ship.
It was a nice trip - saw amazing sights, but didn't really live up to the "vacation of a lifetime" experience we expected.
Category Ratings
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| Cabin / Stateroom | Stains on sofa in room. Door latches needed fixed - difficult to enter. Standing water in the shower never got fixed. | |
| Embarkation and Disembarkation | Would have been nice to have an NCL rep or signs directing all of us trying to find the ship from the train station in Civitavecchia. | |
| Ship Quality | Stains on sofa in room. Door latches needed fixed - difficult to enter. Standing water in the shower never got fixed. | |
| Destinations and Excursions | Excursions started too early and ended too soon due to limited time in port. | |
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| Entertainment | Too exhausted to do much with our early AM excursion schedule. Have been on other cruises with better entertainment options. | |
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Port Ratings
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| Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy | Provide better directions on getting to the ship from train station! |
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| Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy | |||
| Cannes, France | Don't even bother with an excursion here. Great beach right next to the pier, along with good cafes and shopping. | ||
| Marseille (Provence), France | Bad tour guide for Aix/Auvignon | ||
| Barcelona, Spain | |||
| Naples, Italy |
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