Not up to Norwegian standards

Norwegian Spirit Cruise Review to South Pacific

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 64

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Verified Review
Norwegian Spirit

12 Night South Pacific: Bora Bora Kauai & Maui (Honolulu To Papeete)

Sail date: May 19, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Spirit

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 6562

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

this was their 2nd time out most workers were being trained, food was not up to Norwegian's standards, airline tickets were sent to us 3 weeks before not allowing changes or upgrades we had asked for 2 days in tahiti & we were booked to returned the same night the ship docked we arrived at 8 pm had a flight a 11 with no changes not allowing us to see tahiti and we were a group of 6 people one was 80 she will NEVER get another chance to see tahiti

Embarkation

3 out of 5
it went fast but was very confusing at the counter all docs were printed but were never called for

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
drinks were great, food in regular dining rooms were weak not to Norwegian standards very mediocre the specialty restaurants would limit you to only 3 items but were very good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
we were at sea for 4 days very limited activities no ping pong competition or any other games

Entertainment

3 out of 5
I have been on several Norwegian cruises so two of the show I have seen several times

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
very friendly, helpful & go out of their way to serve

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
very clean,balcony rooms smaller than usual too small

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
I was upgraded by bidding on a balcony so my room number was 10598 it was smaller that the picture window stateroom I regretted paying more for the balcony being smaller was a bummer

Ports of call

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5

Kahului, Maui

5 out of 5

Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5

Hilo, Hawaii

5 out of 5

Raiatea, French Polynesia

5 out of 5

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

5 out of 5

Moorea, French Polynesia

5 out of 5

Papeete, Tahiti Did not visit port

my fight reservations were awful we were booked to return to LAX 2 hours after we docked in tahiti we never got a chance to even see tahiti since we docked at 8 pm & our flight left at 11 pm not giving us a chance to enjoy the last night on the ship or seeing tahiti just terrible

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
terrible we were disembarked a day before we were supposed to our airlines ticket was booked the same night we arrived in tahiti we only had 3 hours to get to the airport even thou we asked for 2 extra nights in tahiti
Was this review helpful? 38

3 Comments

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback.

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing, booking your own airline gives you control

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

Other reviews of this sailing