Not worth the $

Norwegian Sky Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 127

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Sky

3 Night Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 14, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Sky

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5008

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This is definitely a "Party cruise" with lots of bachelorette parties and drunks who are there for the unlimited open bar. The whole ship smells like poop. Everywhere we went (dining rooms, walking the promenade deck, waiting for the elevators) there was a pervasive smell of latrines/port-a-potty scent. It was gross. The staff is clearly tired of all of the partying drunks and is just phoning it in on service. I have been on many cruises with Norwegian and this one was well below the usual standard of service and experience.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

This ship is 20 years old--it was refurbished in 2013, but it is already tired looking and has a pervasive smell of latrines/feces all over the ship (even in the dining room). I would not go on this cruise again (even if it were free)

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
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onlysail    5 years ago

Despite endless warnings about what can and cannot be flushed down a vacuum toilet, many passengers just don't get it. They treat the toilet like a garbage disposal. Once it stops up, sewage and smells escape along corridors and into cabins until the engineers can correct the problem. On a large ship this typically occurs 20 or more times per day, all over the ship. A single toilet stoppage can have negative effects on as many as 60 additional cabins.

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