Norwegian Jade Review

Twice bitten, twice shy?

Review for Canary Islands Cruise on Norwegian Jade
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olivanova
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Feb 2012
Cabin: Mid-Ship Balcony

Embarkation, Port transfers and Disembarkation.

As we had never been to Barcelona before we took a taxi from the airport to the port terminal which cost €30 (£25.64), including tip. The embarkation process was very smooth and the NCL ticket processing staff were very friendly and helpful. The port tranfers and disembarkation process was just as smooth and efficient.

Staterooms

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Mid-Ship Balcony

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On a positive note, the double bed in our balcony stateroom was huge [bigger than our king size at home] and comfortable. We enjoyed sitting out and reading on the balcony when the sun was out but, as we were able to make use of the balcony on only two days of our 9 days cruise because of the weather, we did wonder if we should have just booked an oceanview stateroom instead.

On a negative note, the lavatory in the bathroom is a tight squeeze to get in and out. And when you are sitting down, your knees are in toching distance with the wall - and we are not big people! There is only a 14 inch CRT TV which is adequate if you just want to watch the BBC World news whilst sitting on the sofa but not if you want to watch a film whilst in bed. Anyway, in this day and age, you would have thought NCL would have larger flat screen tvs. Also, although there is a coffee maker with sachets of coffee for coffee drinkers, there is no kettle for tea drinkers, although tea bags were provided. Obviously, you would not want to make tea in a coffee maker.

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