Great weather on an early season Canada/New England Cruise

Item: Norwegian Sky
Rating: 3.6
Author: drjknox

Norwegian Sky Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

drjknox

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

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11 Night Canada & New England: Boston Bar Harbor & Halifax (Baltimore To Quebec City)

Sail date: September 07, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Sky

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9050

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 14 days ago

Review summary

We used NCL Air arrangements. All went well until the day before departure, when NCL moved our return from YQB-EWR-FLL to YQB-YUL-FLL. We had upgraded seats on original schedule, change to new airline and route caused loss of upgrades, but United kept telling us to check into the original flights. Working with United to get refund on upgraded original schedule. Trouble checking in with PAL and connection to AC in Quebec, Montreal didn't accept boarding passes issued in YQB, finally was able to download AC tickets to wallet which AC accepted in Montreal. 3 gate changes and delays in Montreal.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Main dining rooms were ok, always a wait in Crossings, no wait at alternate. Specialty restaurants were very good. Buffet was very small, crowded and bland, very little menu change. Great Outdoors area was wonderful with the perfect weather. Pizza, salad, soup in La Cucina was a very nice treat daily.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Limited events, under use of Observation lounge......great space.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Comedian was very good, female singer was awesome, magician was ok (talks too much)

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Cabin steward was very good, even with reduced service levels nowadays.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Have cruised this former Costa style ship on NCL before.......hard to get around, but generally good spaces.