Norwegian Viva Cruise Reviews - Reviews

The itinerary of this cruise was wonderful! I loved every port - some more than others. However, I needed a vacation once I returned home because I was on the go the entire time. The Viva is a very big ship, and I was a bit overwhelmed by the number of people; I prefer smaller ships. We were very fortunate with the weather and the sea was smooth for almost the entire trip. The waiters in the main dining room were great and my stateroom steward was The Best!

I would highly recommend this cruise on this ship!

Overall NCR did a great job, definitely enhanced by the Haven experience. We have been fortuante to enjoy ‘luxury’ cruises in the past (primarily Crystal) and Viking Ocean. I do not think I would have had as positive experience if we had not been able to enjoy the enhanced offerings of the Haven on NCL.

Overall, we had a fantastic trip! This is NOT a leisurely cruise, but that’s why we booked it. We wanted to be busy and see lots of sights with the convenience of having transport between ports provided for us. The public spots on the ship always seemed a little small and crowded. Considering the size of the ship and the amount of people on, I expected a little more space.

Absolute wonderful cruise with the weather being comfortable every day. The only disappointment was that we couldn't go to Marseille due to strong 60 mph winds that made it too risky for docking. There were a lot of great areas to see & tour!

Overall, the cruise was excellent and I had an amazing time. The NCL Viva is a beautiful ship and I would recommend this Mediterranean cruise to family and friends.

The vibe club made our trip. We spent part of every day there. Tracelie and Andre are the best!! Ship was pretty and there was plenty to do for everyone. Food was delicious.

My wife and 2 daughters were celebrating multiple events. We travel quite often (almost 60 countries) but this is just our 3rd cruise. We were pleased with the experience and will likely cruise in the future. We were disappointed by the cost of some onboard items such as internet, soda, water and added costs when you're dining in the specialty dining room. The latter was most surprising. As guests of the Haven, we have access to an exclusive restaurant every night where surf and turf is included. We dined in one of the specialty restaurants (an up charge) one evening and was shocked that in addition to the up charge, certain dishes, such as shrimp and lobster, had an additional up charge. Yes, lobster was included nightly for us but in the "special" restaurant there was an upcharge on top of the upcharge. We had a great time, but it was shocking how many items came at an additional cost.

I really enjoyed the itinerary. I just wish there were some sea days so we could rest. When a cruise is port-intensive like this one, we tend to do as much as we can to experience the area. If there were a couple of sea days, we would have appreciated the break to sleep in and enjoy the ship.

great ship, been on this ship the second time, same thing with the Prima

Would not book this again as felt for the money was extremely overpriced. We very much enjoyed seeing what we did and most of the staff very friendly. Issues besides overpriced is lack of enough staff to have things run smoothly, and any issues they seemed to not be able to deal with or rectify.

I did a 10 night Rome to Lisbon tour. Choose it be because of ports. Met terrific people. Overall great ship.Spa is expensive, but worth it! Indulge food hall is the best eating spot and deck 8 is great in the AM and PM.

I will not use this cruise line again. NCL does not respect promotions and it has poor Guest Services. The ship is expensive, crowded and it is a machine to extract money to passengers. The ship has poor layout with no space to seat, good cabins, poor entertainment, activities that are difficult to use. If you want better food, you have to use specialty restaurants.

We had a great time at most of the ports. It would have been better to have more/better options at Nice. And I would love to have skipped Santorini and done a different port. The ship was beautiful. The food was average. We did really enjoy it. I think we all regretted not booking a better cruise line.

Cruis very nice buetiful places food not that good

Great Mediterranean Option, new modern sleek and very nice Norwegian Ship, you get to see a new location every day. There are no sea days though, if you would like to enjoy the ship, you need to stay and not get off in one or more ports. Norwegian provides an Excellent Value for your money.

Overall the cruise was good but there were some misses by NCL on organization and planning of tender ports and the excursion companies. Not too impressed by them and not sure if I would do another cruise like this one.

Overall the ports were great except most of excursions are over 30 minutes ride to get there with a lot being more than an hour drive. And as usual with a cruise , the excursions were not worth the money. Smokers were treated like second class citizens unless you smoked cigars . Then you had a nice lounge to sit in. Alot of nights the casino was only open 4 or 5 hours from 1130 til 4 or 5 am . It seems the European union puts a lot of restrictions on cruise ships . . I will probably not be sailing on Norwegian again. The free at sea stuff is nice but not worth a bad experience.

10 day Cruise along West Coast of Italy and up East Coast of Adriatic Seas.

We had an amazing time overall! However, there's nowhere else to share this: You NEED to update your system to allow parties of 10 people to book restaurants! It goes from 8 to 12 and 8 people only have late times available. We should NOT have to take time out of our cruise when we board to book these and we are paying way too much to be left out and unable to book ahead of time.