First time with Norwegian

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 42

Review summary

This was my 6th cruise overall, but my first and last with Norwegian.This was a last minute cruise, so we got what we paid for. However, we compared it to similar size ships on other cruise lines we'd been on, and were disappointed in several areas like the food selection at the Buffet; the small pool area; No refills on the specialty cup drinks; Bed was too hard; limited night clubs; No general store on board -- mostly jewlery and namebrand stores. But some pro's included -- not as many smaller children running around ; the hot tubs were for adults ; the staff was very friendly; antibacterial soap dispensers everywhere you turned; NCL Private Island -Great Stirrup Cay was the BEST ! Awesome day at the beach. The Palace Dining room was VERY NICE and freestyle dining was great. Since we only went to the dining room once during the 5 day trip, and we never saw our room steward -- I felt that the $12 / pp per day was a little too steep. But I didn't want to wait 30 minutes in line at the pursors desk to get it adjusted. Drinks were good, but expensive and you had to buy & pay for the souvenir cup every time even though you just wanted a refill. I ended up paying for about 12 plastic souvenir cups just to get the drink. Who wants to bring home all those cups ?? Especially if you are limited with your luggage. Overall the trip was a nice getaway to a warm place for my husband and I when it was cold and dreary at home in New England. But I think I'll stick with the other 2 major cruiselines in the future.

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Ports of call

Nassau, Bahamas