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Norwegian Sky Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Norwegian Sky

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

Sail date: April 17, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Sky

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 6105

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall cruise was good. Just hope cruise lines are not cutting back on staff/service that was experienced on this one.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Went very smoothly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Wife is vegan. Vegetarian dishes had items in them that are not vegan. We talked with manager and she addressed issue but Royal Caribbean has vegan menu that is available. Otherwise food was good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Did not use them.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Dancers/singers and comedian were very good. But there were nights that had no stage entertainment and had duplicate performances on different days. Disappointed in quantity, not quality. Other night’s events were held in small rooms that could not accommodate interest shown.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Had one room steward. Looked overwhelmed with all her demands. She was very good though. No towel animals. Appears Norwegian couldn’t fill all positions or is cutting back effecting expected service. Total time to eat dinner was longer than previous cruises. We wound up eating at self serve locations.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
No issues

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Clean but had a hint of some kind of odor.

Ship tip

Good but not at level of service and quality before pandemic.

Ports of call

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

2 out of 5
Write up for excursion was not what you experienced. More demanding physical. There were different written tour explanations on different sites.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Excellent guide, very informative tour.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5
Maho beach was good, rest was touristy going to markets and stores

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
Only issue was guide lead horse in deep water, write up lead you to believe you would be riding through shallow water by yourself. Tour not through boat.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Excursion of snorkeling with the turtles was great. Time in port way to short. Please lengthen.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

4 out of 5
Just a day of relaxing. Nothing special.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Everything went well.
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