worst cruise of my life

Norwegian Sky Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

vispencer

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

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10 Night Caribbean: Dominican Republic & Antigua (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 24, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Sky

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 0001A

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I have cruise all of the major cruise lines. This was my first NCL. I will never cruise with them again. Tours were awful. We had one great tour out of 5. So look at all the money we wasted.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

very easy to get onboard

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

very good

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

there was not that much to do onboard. We did trivia every day. and the men had 2 veteran gatherings. otherwise nothing much

Entertainment

1 out of 5

there was a comedian that was good. The staff performance wasn't any good. Not much planned during the day.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

I have to give a big thumbs up the the man and woman that greeted us every morning at the buffet. He played the ukulele and they both sang.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

the smallest room I have every had on any of our cruises.

Ship tip

don't do it.

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

San Juan experience. Good. we saw a nice sample of the city.

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St. John's, Antigua

1 out of 5

Antigua experience. Total waist of money. Pineapple farm was pretty much non existent She said they haven't bounced back yet from the 2017 hurricane The farm had maybe 10 pineapple in it. There was some roots tossed under a tree and she just said they take the root and plant it and get a pineapple in 2 years. We waisted $119 per person.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

wasn't much to see

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

2 out of 5

had a crazy bus ride through the hills. That was about it.

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Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

this tour was great. But it also costs twice as much as the others. But they packed a lot into the time we had. I suggest this tour for everyone.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

we each paid $25 a piece for the ship to airport transfer. We waited 45 minutes and no buses were around. I asked a man about how much longer we would have to wait. He said MAYBe 2 more hours. so when another guy from Express shuttle said he would take us to the airport immediatly we did it. So don't do the shuttle. You will stand forever.

7 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry you were disappointed.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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RetiredRay 1 year ago

Men had two get veteran togethers???? What a slap in the face to all the women that served.

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Ship2Shora 1 year ago

Just curious, which tour did you do in the Dominican Republic?

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Ship2Shora 1 year ago

Sorry your cruise excursions weren't enjoyable

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