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Norwegian Sky Cruise Review to Cuba

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 97

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Norwegian Sky

4 Night Cuba & Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 26, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Sky

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 0339

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

My husband and i are in our late 30's and we took this cruise because we wanted to visit Cuba. The reviews were mixed but we are so glad we took the risk. Cruise was fun, plenty to do, crowd was great, older not too young. There was something for everyone. We had an interior room, it was enough for the 2 of us. All we did was go there to sleep and get ready, rest of the time your too busy enjoying everything the ship has to offer. Our room attendant was very personable and took care of us and our cabin. I've been on other cruises and this is a small cruise so of course the pool area was smaller and less lounge chairs available by the pool but it didn't bother us as we were off the boat the majority of the time at the islands. The food was great. My only complaint was the variety in the buffet area i thought could've been larger, it was limited and almost the same every day. However my husband loved it better than the other cruise we took so its matter of opinion. At least the food was good. The staff at the restaurants were hit or miss. We tried 2 places and sat in different locations so we had waiters that were in a rush and not personable or attentive to waiters that were very nice, personable and attentive so it was hit or miss but food was always great. And to be honest the service didn't bother me as much as it did my husband and i'm normally the picky one lol so i don't think it was such a big deal. We meet a lot of nice couples and enjoyed the open bar to the fullest! I rated a 4 instead of a 5 mainly because my jack daniels was considered top shelf and cost extra and due to the buffet variety. Other than that i was very pleased, had a blast and will return. Oh also this cruise would be extra amazing it you were in cuba for 2 full days. Being there the 2nd day til noon only really didn't give too much time for anything.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
all inclusive can't be beat.... but please include jack daniels, that really shouldn't be top shelf.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
we didn't do much because its a short cruise but they had a fun packed agenda every day. The shows were fun and we loved the 80's throw back party.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
Although we didn't use it because we left our kid with grandma, we checked it out and it looked fun.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
read my review in full for details on this.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
for being an interior cabin i didn't expect much so it worked well. It was tight to get around but wasn't in there for long . My main thing was It was clean. My husband however didn't find the bed that comfortable aside from that all was good.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

HAVANA, CUBA

5 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

jorafi    7 years ago

I will cruise to Cuba in this ship late July. Just some questions: How and where is the visa process? What kind of information a US citizen must give? It's a smooth process?

jbbinder    7 years ago

CruiseLover21, lots of interest in what the cruisers returning from Cuba did to satisfy the P2P requirement. We go next May.

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