Very good itinerary but ship lacks an awful lot

Norwegian Sun Cruise Review to South America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Norwegian Sun

14 Night South America Westbound (Buenos Aires To Santiago)

Sail date: January 06, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Sun

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8269

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The ports of call were very good and we were fortunate to have been able to see pretty much all of it. Overall disappointed with NCL rated as a four star ship I would put it as nearer to a three star.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Disorganised, it could be so much easier with a little bit more thought

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Buffet breakfast same everyday with stale bread and cold bacon, sausages etc. Main Restaurant ok but service from good to bad depending where you were seated. Certainly much better with the same table all of the time.

Windjammer Bar

4 out of 5

Service in this bar we found to be by far the best and they had some pretty good artists appearing there

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
It was pretty good overall

Children's Programs

We had no children with us

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
this seemed to vary quite considerably from very good to very poor, staff in Windjammers were excellent, in the two main restaurants they went from good to poor depending on where you sat. Buffet its more of a shambles trying to find somewhere to sit when they continuously allow people to sit at tables playing cards etc., Room, well if our cleaner at home did this then she would be out of work in a very short time poor to say the least. Customer service very poor, we had a drinks package and pre paid Internet which had not been relayed to them and it took us 3 days to get Miami to confirm this there effort was zero its up to you to sort it and prove it.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
ok

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cabin layout was fine, amount of room was good with ample storage space. Cleanliness poor patio windows were filthy inside and out, bathroom far from clean around the edges just a quick wipe over. Bedding, very poor sheets that were torn, poorly ironed and often looked very tatty.

Ship tip

Think what you want from your trip

Ports of call

Buenos Aires, Argentina Did not visit port

We only arrived the previous evening and had been there on a number of occasions before

Montevideo, Uruguay

4 out of 5
We did our own excursion which was excellent

Puerto Madryn, Argentina

4 out of 5
We did our own excursion which was very good

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

5 out of 5
Amazing place did our own excursion and had a wonderful time only complaint was why did we have to leave so early which nobody could answer.

Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

3 out of 5
We did our own excursion which was very good

Punta Arenas, Chile Did not visit port

Unable to get off due to poor conditions

Puerto Chacabuco, Chile

4 out of 5
We did the ships excursion which was pretty good

Puerto Montt, Chile

4 out of 5
This was a very good and well organised trip by the NCL Sun excursion team and we had a great time.

San Antonio, Chile Did not visit port

We left early on a private trip to Santiago before flying to Peru.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Ours was ok because we decided to do everything ourselves but a number of our friends had no end of delays in getting off.
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