Grand Mediterranean Cruise

Norwegian Spirit Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Norwegian Spirit

12 Night Grand Mediterranean (Venice To Barcelona)

Sail date: June 24, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Spirit

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5572

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise!  Lots of dinning choices, some better than others.  Sit down restaurants were nice but menu is about the same at each meal.  The buffet is a bit of a feeding frenzy but it is convenient.  Very nice ship.  Great service.  Cabins clean.  Ports were excellent and diverse.  Took excursions in all ports but only used NCL excursion in 1 port (Toulon) since they are very overpriced (Hey NCL-if you were even close on price I would have booked your tours in all ports).  In Italy for example I booked private excursions for 6 in a private Mercedes SUV tours and it was much cheaper than the NCL bus excursions.  Excellent trip!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Plan excursions carefully, shop around and get recommendations. This cruise all about the port sightseeing, with the ship as a great home base. Pre-book all tickets (Vatican, Coliseum) in Rome as lines are long and you will not have time to see the sights.

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5

Istanbul, Turkey

5 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Toulon, France

5 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

ahoynikki    9 years ago

Best to. Ok as many tours as possible in advance and search Internet for bestir inc - NCL tours are usually more money

jayjayuk82    9 years ago

are the excursions THAT much cheaper booking yourself then?

DiWilliams    9 years ago

I used cruising excursions. Got great prices for my tours !!

wadescott75    9 years ago

My first time cruising, are the tours at Port easy to book? should they be booked in advance? 😀

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