Over all good cruise! Embarkation went pretty smooth, but we did splurge for the new priority access that NCL offers ! We had a spa Mini Suite there was 3 of us in the cabin that was a mistake ,cabin nice but not big enough, bath in cabin nice!
Taking in account everything really enjoyed cruise, next time I will book separate cabin for my son only real regret I have , and be on time within a few minutes for your dinner reservations or you may lose them especially at the popular Special Restaurants ! If you pre plan accordingly you will have a good trip!
Embarkation
4 out of 5
At first we got a little confused we had purchased priory access package but still had to wait in regular security line but it moved quickly, once thru security we had a separate check in desk that was very quick and then right onto ship!
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
3 out of 5
Food was hit or miss, ate in O Sheehans for lunch on embarkation my chicken sandwich was good the wings my son and husband ordered not so good , Ate in a Food Republic first night food good but had to pay it wasn’t cheap but it was good, ate in Le Bistro second night I loved my dinner my husband wasn’t thrilled the chairs are not comfortable in that restaurant at all which took away from the dining experience, ate in La Cucina twice food good , stay away from the pizza not that good! Ate in Cagneys enjoyed everything, ate in O Sheehans again last night food better. Now service in Restaurants was hit or miss but in their defense they are serving a lot of people! We are not buffet people did run thru twice just to grab a quick snack the quiche was actually quite good, my son ate dinner in the Manhattan room and enjoy it ! Got Room service every morning for breakfast it was ok did the trick for filling belly before going off into portfor the day!
Onboard Activities
5 out of 5
A lot to do if you get bored it’s your own fault I was personally bummed because I didn’t get to try the slides my son did he enjoyed them time went by so fast! But in my defense we had a spa room and the Thermal Suite was AMAZING!
Entertainment
5 out of 5
We loved hanging at Spice H2O a lot! Met so many cool people there! The nightly parties at Spice you must attend so much fun! 80s party and Glow party bring glow sticks and wear all white outfit ! The District Brews House also a cool hang out nightly piano player Dave was great! Howl at the Moon very fun also! Did not catch any of the comics just the girls doing the dueling pianos! Do not miss! Catch at least one of their shows! If you can only see one theater show it has has to be Choir of man! Outstanding and fun!
Service and Staff
3 out of 5
Hit or miss but for the most part very nice and friendly staff a few not so much but there was more good staff than bad staff, Tried to go to Guest service to ask a question and gave up thank God I never had to go back ! And in one incident we were one hour late to dinner reservation at Tempanyaki and never got in I was disappointed but in our defense the ship had a hard time docking at Harvest Caye and threw whole schedule of ship off that day! I should have made a stink but I let it go!
Ship Quality
4 out of 5
I found ship very clean and if you study deck plans before you sail you should have no problem getting around they had a very good map and sign system I never got lost.
Cabin / Stateroom
4 out of 5
Spa Mini Suite nice cabin, great bathroom ,excellent location but not wide enough at all! We had 3 adults in cabin , I do not recommend if you can afford it get another cabin for third person this trip we could not unfortunately! Other than that we liked it and the Thermal Suite I highly recommend!
Ship tip
Ok tips book everything I mean everything on the NCL app as soon as you can we sailed in January and I had all dining and shows etc booked in September , you can call NCL to book the Choir of man show if you don’t see it online, also you can call NCL to have bar set ups bottles of booze and mixers delivered to your room before hand , also you are allowed to bring wine and champagne on board pack it in your carry on when you check in they will charge you$15 fee for each 1.75 liter bottles but if like us you have a particular wi e you like to drink it maybe worth it ! And just have some patience it is a large ship we a lot of people!
First off right now they are doing some work to the port , so immediate port area very small, we booked directly with Little French Key the place is beautiful! On the way there the driver asked if we wanted to go to a monkey n sloth place called AJs it is smaller and not as crowded as others on the island we said yes! It was $15 per person and well wort it they had a cage with some guinea pigs and beautiful colorful birds that you could get photo ops with but the stars are the sloths and very very curious and mischievous monkeys! My son and myself thoroughly enjoyed it, then it was on to Little French Key ! We chose the full Island package so we each got 2 drinks tickets n 1 lunch ticket, drinks were strong, food was great service excellent! Very enjoyable day! They have many things to do there my son and myself also opted for a guided horse ride in water $25 each , nice and refreshing!
Ok Harvest Caye it self is alright but it’s not Belize, if you want to experience the real Belize go take the ferry from Harvest Caye to Placencia you will not be disappointed! You get the ferry tickets at the shore excursions desk ; buy them embarkation day, We pre booked with Roam Belize took their Zipline and Waterfall excursion it was fantastic , the island country side is beautiful!
The port is nice and very tourist friendly, we used Chak Ek tours I highly recommend them, we took their 7 color lagoon tour a great tour ,boat ride around lagoon and then a great lunch at a local taco place the guides were great ! They offer other tours also!
We had a friend invite us to the new section of Island to join them in the ocean villas area amazing if you can afford it absolutely rent one ! Area is new ,clean ,your own beach bar and food area away from crowds!
Again we had priorty disembark so very smooth we tagged our luggage put it out the night before at 745am disembarkation day we were instructed to go to the 5 o’clock some where bar where a very nice staff member brought us to the gang way waited just a few moments where they scanned our cruise card ,used a facial recognition device on us looked at our I’d and birth certificates, the. We were escorted down to customs also quick again some one quickly looked at our documents and we went and collected our luggage, tipped a nice porter and he loaded up all our bags and brought them right to our car in the parking garage!
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