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The ship is far too crowded by design. NCL took all of the mega ship features and crammed them in a smaller ship.

Norwegian Prima Cruise Review to Transatlantic

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Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Prima

11 Night Transatlantic: Halifax & Akureyri (New York To Reykjavik)

Sail date: May 14, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Prima

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9134

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Most of port time in Iceland cancelled by NCL. without reimbursement to passengers.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
The west side is never great for embarkation.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Small venue and crowded.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Far too cold and windy to use anything on the decks.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Only one show for the entire cruise.

Children's Programs

Left the children chained to radiator at home.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Service was pretty good, just under five stars.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
We will not sail Prima again it is just to crowded.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabins are nice, however ours was over theater/night club. The bass rattled cabin until 2am at night.

Ship tip

Chose another ship....

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Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5
NYC is hometown..
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Halifax, Nova Scotia

4 out of 5
It was nice. No excursion.
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Sydney, Nova Scotia

4 out of 5
It was nice. No excursion.
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Akureyri, Iceland

5 out of 5
We did an 8 hour Golden Circle tour.
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Isafjordur, Iceland Did not visit port

Cancelled by NCL.
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Reykjavik, Iceland Did not visit port

Cancelled by NCL.
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Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Easy to get away from a less than stellar bucket list cruise.
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7 Comments

donald1lane    1 year ago

As of today I received a 25% future cruise credit from NCL as a result of the two ports having to be canceled. In my opinion that is far above and beyond what would have been expected of a cruise line. I have already used my FCC on a cruise that was already scheduled for next September. This made me love NCL even more.
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byhisgrace    1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback
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Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing
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Itspeace4me    1 year ago

Thanks for the review.
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esrescuer    1 year ago

I'm glad you enjoyed your cruise overall. I agree about the ship its layout does not work for the number of people on the ship. The buffet was always packed to the point that they would open up seating in Food Republic to eat. Rhe entertainment was lacking, and all the venues were too small, we never got to see any shows or comedians because of that. At least they did broadcast some of it at night on the TV.
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Paw0614    1 year ago

Those poor kiddos! 🤣🤣🤣
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AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Nice itinerary. Hope your children stayed comfortable at that radiator. Glad you MOSTLY enjoyed your cruise.
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