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Item: Norwegian Prima
Rating: 4.5
Author: greg305

Norwegian Prima Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

greg305

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

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11 Night Northern Europe: Iceland & Norway (Southampton To Reykjavik)

Sail date: July 16, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Prima

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 16736

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Great ports on a beautiful ship. Would probably take it again

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Mostly main dining room service was expedient but sometimes it was very slow. The buffet was a madhouse everyday with limited seating. The specialty restaurants were excellent.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

It was too cold most days to take advantage of any outside activities. As for indoor activities, we found them lacking and venues where activities occured were too small. Maybe they are trying to give you an intimate experience but when you have thousands on the ship, it leaves a lot of people out. We were told there would be a White Party though there wasn't anything in the daily program guide about it. The cruise director made a daily announcement and participated in one show that I saw him at otherwise absent. Too many children in venues that were billed as 18+ particularly karaoke.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The Donna Summer show was great as well as the DJ in the Prima Theater. There was a show that included almost all of the musical performers that was good.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Nothing to report as being exceptional

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Beautiful ship that was well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great cabin. Nice size and closet space is fantastic.

Ship tip

Wait till the kids are back in school.

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

3 out of 5

Left from here but didn't visit the town.

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Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

5 out of 5

Amsterdam, Netherlands

5 out of 5

Bergen, Norway

5 out of 5

Geiranger, Norway

5 out of 5

Alesund, Norway

5 out of 5

Akureyri, Iceland

5 out of 5

Reykjavik, Iceland

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy

6 Comments

Parkeramjc 1 year ago

Interesting about kids being allowed into 18+ only venues.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate the review

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tavo6 1 year ago

Thanks for your review glad you enjoyed your cruise 🚢

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bubbles60 1 year ago

We had a great time and thought the ship and itinerary were awesome. I agree it was too cold to enjoy all the outdoor activities. Which we anticipated. Also, I agree that the ship had more kids than expected for the itinerary. I would say the kids were well-behaved.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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