Was relaxing and the entertainment was just ok. Probably my last NCL

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

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Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
Norwegian Pearl

4 Night Bahamas (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 06, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 11042

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall it was a nice relaxing trip if your expectations are low. We did not care much about the cancelled port. I heard someone died on the ship. I heard the code on deck 13 announced and others confirmed. If you like to use a hot tub, good luck.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fast and easy. great staff... no issues Arrived at 11am.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Drinks was not water down like i found on the Bliss ship. Not a lot of roaming servers, you have to go to the bar to get your drink 99% of the time.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Your usual activities. Bingo is just a waste of time .. a lot of $ taken in and not a lot given back. Played the corn hole, shuffleboard, ring toss game and had some fun with the 5-8 guests that showed up to play the competition.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Just not what i am used to seeing on a ship. They had some backyard trailer group on board of several 100's that seemed to have better entertainment just for them. They had a comedy stand up shows that the regular guests did not get to see so wondering if they usually have one for everyone and just locked it to the private group on this trip? Many places closed for private event for the private large group.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Crew not as chatty as i found on past cruises but all good. No issues and found everyone to be great. Felt more like for some of them to be like robots to me.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Found it weird to get the main dining room and never did find the bowling alleys until we started to leave the ship. The exit line with thru the bar with the bowling alleys. All was clean. Saw a bit more rust then i am used to seeing. And the glass windows looking outside really needed to be cleaned on the outside.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had a mini-suite. liked it.. larger bathroom a nice plus

Ship tip

Bring a book, playing cards and if you like to drink get the drink package. Find out if there is a large private group on the ship before booking.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
to many guests leaving at once. Went smooth but the line was long. Like to exit and not have a line over 10 mins. so they should have more colors to spread it out more.
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Itspeace4me    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing.

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