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Norwegian Viva Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 179

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Viva

7 Night Caribbean: Barbados Antigua & St. Lucia (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 07, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Viva

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10922

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Overall had a good time, service was excellent, specialty dining as always were good. Entertainment started off good but finished weak. Pizza was not very good, which was disappointing as well as no late night options

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Getting on the ship was a breeze, about 10 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Buffet was way too small and no late night snacks. They steered you to the local bar which was good but packed. Poor planning. Specialty restaurants were good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pool was too small, infinity pool’s were always packed Spa was awesome

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Started off okay, one comedian was good the other one not so good, music was excellent, but the main Broadway show got cancelled because of technical difficulties which happened on previous cruises, very disappointed that they never corrected the persistent issues

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room steward, bartender and wait staff were outstanding

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ship was beautiful, many areas to sit

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Bathroom and shower were bigger than normal, balcony had comfortable chairs

Ship tip

If you can make your reservations for dinner early. And purchase the thermal spa pass for the week. Made our trip

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Hired Adventurasyuiza.com Jossie was amazing. We did the rain forest and Old San Juan

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

3 out of 5
Been here a few times just walked around

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
Beautiful town

Bridgetown, Barbados

2 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
Great resort for a day

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Love it here

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Go and get the bushwhacker walk down to where you see the ski lifts and take to the top of the mountain

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Lines were long for customs but moved , getting luggage took long as our bags were separated
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5 Comments

javawoody     11 months ago

Appreciate the review

bubbles60     11 months ago

Sounds wonderful

cruising2004     11 months ago

Thank you for your review.

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Niavlys     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing with us

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