Wonderful even though stirrup cay was canceled due to dorian

Norwegian Sky Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Norwegian Sky

5 Night Bahamas & Great Stirrup Cay (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 26, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Sky

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 6111

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Loved the food and drinks. Ship was always clean. wait stuff was very cheerful and kind. beautiful sunset views from dining areas. lots of areas to sit and lounge.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Wonderful, was traveling with family, one in a wheelchair and was easily given priority embarkation without asking

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Loved the food but I didn't think there was a lot of variety for someone who doesn't like seafood or isn't very explorative with food. loved the New York strip though! Drinks were great! I recommend the Riesling wine! it was delicious and im not a big drinker.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
pools were crowded constantly but that is to be expected. bingo and deal or no deal was fun and we just watched that one.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows were good but not as good as on carnival in my opinion.

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
the service was exceptional, the wait staff was always wonderful and cheery. my favorite was the person standing at the interior entrance to the garden café who sprayed your hands with sanitizer, she was always in the best mood and made my day!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
everywhere was always clean. never saw staff just standing around, they always found something to do to keep the boat clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
this room was wonderful, only downfall was no elevator access. downside was that we had someone in a wheelchair in our group and they tried putting them on this deck, which has no elevator. when they changed it they changed it to a room that had no walking space and therefore no space for the wheelchair, it had to be stored overtop the desk and fridge.

Ship tip

if you want to go swimming go in the morning when you reach port as everyone is getting off the boat and go to port later in the day.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5
beautiful area, wish they would have the dropoff closer to the 0 mile mark...would have loved to see that but it is a very far distance and like I said we had someone in a wheelchair in our group.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

3 out of 5
the beach is a far walk from the port and the shops charge a good price for white shirts but triple or quadruple for colored shirts which is ridiculous.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
got off the boat and did a tour for 39 dollars per person. loved the queens staircase and waterfall, it was super lovely and a great break from the heat.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas Did not visit port

Hurrican Dorian, this port was cancelled and our trip cut short by 1 day

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
was told we would start disembarkation at 8 am and we did not start until 11
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2 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

capeman    5 years ago

Good to read you give the ship a real review in spite of the circumstances. You understand the meaning of cruising, it is what you make of it. Happy cruising to you!

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