The worst ship I’ve ever been on

Norwegian Prima Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 55

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Norwegian Prima

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 19, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Prima

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5800

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Very disappointed with the ship it does not flow. It’s terrible that the slides and the shoot are through peoples balconies so you get to hear everybody scream all morning and all afternoon the pools are too small no room for people to swim or get around in standing room, only the hot tub only seats eight but 15 people will try to get in there horrible bad experience I would not recommend this ship at all it was poorly designed.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Terrible

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Every restaurant had the same menu every day no special nights like lobster night hard duck night menu was the same every night same food same soup. The Buffay was one straight line with the same food every day not enough seats for the people very small seating. Mostly everything was made with hamburger and chicken. Nothing like the video at all when I ask why the menu was that way they said well we recommend you go to our specialty restaurants so then they want you to pay for the food I went to the steakhouse everything is à la cart so for two people it was $119 for a steak and a baked potato only .

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
The ship was no flow so everything was a room over here a room over there .You have to go through a bar to get to the steakhouse. Nothing is together when they have games in rooms room seats 80 people they put in 150 people no seating, the pools are very very small maybe 30 people armed arm could get in ..the seating out by the pools are less than 150 people no sets for people. Hot tub has sets for 8 people good luck if you want to sit in hot tub . Very poorly designed. There’s no flour.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Noise Boy show was great

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
They have slides that ride right through peoples balconies in the haven section, and all you hear from the time the slides open till they close is screaming through your balcony screams scream screams the same thing on the other side of the ship. They have a shoot or they shoot people down in a tube they scream so loud in your bedroom window right through your balconies very poor design I don’t think they thought that one through, the ship did not flow. Nothing was organized and the food is nothing like the video there’s no peel and eat shrimp. There’s no crab legs there’s no seafood section. Everything is hamburger and chicken in the Buffay and you get sliced meat loaf a little bit of beef product, but very very little pasta with no meat every day the same thing they do not change the food every menu is the same in every dining room

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The ship was very clean. It was brand new. It was excellent as far as cleanliness as far as design it’s a very poor design. The layout is very not thought through the rooms are much smaller than any cruise ship I’ve ever been in they’ve tried to put more rooms and more people and less space for activities. The bars are too small. The activity rooms are too small maybe 80 people can go to the comedy show maybe 80 people can go to the games that they have but they pack in 150 200 so you stand up wall-to-wall you can’t see anything that’s very not nice the slides in the shoot that they send the people down from the top to the bottom go through peoples balconies. You can hear her screaming from 9 o’clock in the morning till 3 o’clock in the afternoon nothing but screaming outside your balcony.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The best thing about the cabins are the showers. It has a very large shower, bigger than any cruise ship I’ve ever been on other than that the room is smaller. The interior rooms have no couches and no chairs to sit on much smaller than most cruise ships.

Ship tip

Do not pick the ship if you want a big ship like this, go Royal Caribbean the oasis, the allure in that category. This cannot compare at all. Very disappointing.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
I live in Miami, so of course I love Miami. I got an excursion on every single stop. I did mostly the Mayans ruins, but that’s what I like. It was very interesting. The spice garden was great.

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5
The little island in Honduras that you don’t get off the ship it’s very filthy, dirty people approach you follow you very poor best you just don’t get off the ship there

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5
Lebanese, beautiful country, but Norwegian parks at the very bottom of the island, not in Belize city, which I did not realize that at the time they have their own port way at the bottom, six hours away from Belize city

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
Nice to go see the Mayans ruins there. They have great Myon ruins.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
I love Cozumel clean pretty little island lot of things to do

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
This apartment is an organized. I don’t think they clearly make their point to the people what to do it did not go well.
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6 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

Frogboo95    2 years ago

Great Honest review. We were disappointed, too. Worst layout of any ship we have been on. It was beautiful, though. Endulge was great.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Sorry you were disappointed.

banaford    2 years ago

I want to know where you saw a video with peel and eat shrimp and crab. Maybe a video from the 1980s. Or a port area.

javawoody    2 years ago

Newer and bigger is not always better

CruzeFan    2 years ago

I see many complaints about the newest ships on many cruise lines been poorly designed and feeling crowded. Bigger is not always better.

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