Amazing food, staff, and aesthetic. This ship is something different.
Norwegian Prima Cruise Review
7 Night Caribbean: Great Stirrup Cay & Cozumel (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)
Sail date: January 29, 2023
Ship: Norwegian Prima
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 12718
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 1 year ago
Review summary
We booked this ship because we wanted to try something different, we were not disappointed!Embarkation
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Indulge Food Hall
This place is so unique! We ate here for breakfast multiple days and lunch twice. There was tons of seating available for breakfast but finding a seat during lunch was a bit more challenging. It made it easier for us since we didn’t have a big group. Favorite food for me were the Indian plaice and BBQ.
Los Lobos
The decor in Los Lobos was amazing! We ate here on a night we weren’t overly hungry and it worked out perfectly. My wife and I split the Queso Fundido and the fajitas, both delicious!
Food Republic
We loved this meal. Food is ordered through an iPad (like Indulge). The potsticker appetizers were our favorite, we even returned later in our trip to have them one more time!
Cagney's Steakhouse
This place is a classic!
Le Bistro
This may have been our favorite meal on the ship! The service was amazing and the food was fantastic. I had the pork chop which was unreal and the chocolate dessert blew our minds (Chocolate Napoléon).
Onboard Activities
Entertainment
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ship tip
1 - if you want to do shows book them in advance or right when you board the ship. There will be a line into the theater that breaks into two lines inside the venue, one for restaurant reservations and one for shows. If you’re ambitious, you and your significant other (or travel pal) can split up here to tackle both sets of reservations. 2 - yes the bars get busy but you’re never very far from an overlooked (off the beaten path) bar with no line. For the infinity pools on Deck 8 everyone lines up at The Local but the bar inside/outside Indulge almost never had a line and is only about 20 yards away. Also noteworthy, that bar keeps more hours than Indulge (i.e. it is often open even if Indulge is closed). For the main pool, the bar gets nuts (this is the 30 min wait people love to complain about). However, the bar in surf side (again, maybe 20 yards from the pool) never seemed to have a line. 3 - water! I highly recommend paying for water to be delivered to your room in advance. It’s not cheap but is way pricier if you pay by the bottle or purchase the package on the ship. I do not believe the standard drink package includes bottled water. 4 - if something is booked (go-karts a show, a restaurant) don’t give up hope! We saw people have luck walking up to do go carts without a reservation and we personally showed up and got a table at a specialty restaurant with no reservation. I’ve heard you can also get standby seats for shows but we didn’t have to use that. 5 - the standard beverage package allows two drinks per person at a time, take advantage of this! I felt weird ordering 4 drinks for my wife and I but it saved us so much time. Oftentimes we’d order one cocktail each and then two beers that we’d either drink there, walk around with, or throw into our refrigerator for later! 6 - the observation lounge is a gem and the light bites they put out were perfect for light meals when we didn’t want to spoil a dinner we were looking forward to. 7 - read the daily cruise pamphlet! There are so many events we would have missed out on if we skipped this. And more importantly, they show the open/close hours for every venue on the ship — stay on top of that because nothing is more frustrating than showing up for a meal (or drink) to find the venue is closed.
Ports of call
Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas
Disembarkation
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