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

Item: Norwegian Prima
Rating: 4
Author: NoTanLines

Norwegian Prima Cruise Review to Transatlantic

NoTanLines

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 11

Helpful Votes: 227

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

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....

Thumbs up

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

NYC is hometown..

Thumbs Up 0

Halifax, Nova Scotia

4 out of 5

It was nice. No excursion.

Thumbs Up 0

Sydney, Nova Scotia

4 out of 5

It was nice. No excursion.

Thumbs Up 0

Akureyri, Iceland

5 out of 5

We did an 8 hour Golden Circle tour.

Thumbs Up 1

Isafjordur, Iceland Did not visit port

Cancelled by NCL.

Thumbs Up 0

Reykjavik, Iceland Did not visit port

Cancelled by NCL.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Easy to get away from a less than stellar bucket list cruise.

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