First European Experience
Norwegian Spirit Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean
12 Night Grand Mediterranean (Barcelona To Venice)
Sail date: May 19, 2015
Ship: Norwegian Spirit
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 10166
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
We chose this cruise upon the request of our daughter to see Europe as a graduation gift. She wasn't sure where she wanted to go so we decided to visit multiple countries with the idea that after this trip she would better know where she would like to return in the future for another visit. Her goal was accomplished. We had an awesome overview of each port and close cities and now anxious to return to several for another visit.
As always we found Norwegian's freestyle cruising perfect for us. We were able to plan our itinerary ourselves or allow them to do it for us. There was plenty of entertainment provided, but also lots of quiet zones. Having a daily choice of eating times and venues is awesome compared to being assigned a time to eat as we have experienced with other cruise lines.
We found the crew to be extremely helpful and personal. Our cabin steward knew our first names the first day. Great job Conrad!
For us, twelve days proved to be a little to long. We would probably chose a shorter cruise if we did it again. Possibly staying in the embarcation and debarcation ports extra days.
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Ports of call
Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy