Let me preface this by sayng we had 2 cruise-lovers and one cruise-hater on this trip. My teenage daughter and I love to cruise and my husband hates it. But of course, the women won this round. We have been on two other lines and found NCL far superior to the others in every aspect. Embarkation was quick and painless. We arrived at the port around 12:30 and breezed thru the process. It helps to have everything prepared ahead of time. While our room was not ready per se we were directed up to the pool deck for lunch and to enjoy the pool. We had brought small carry ons for this purpose. One thing I loved was the fact that they were not pushing alcohol on the pool deck. The wait staff was available but not obtrusive which cuts down tremendously on drunken fools.

The Sky is a nice, small ship. It was easy to get around and it felt cozy. Our room was incredibly clean and neat which put my husband at ease as we had just come South Beach and a run down disgusting room. We had an ocean view with a large picture window, double bed and pull out. We managed to utilize every square inch of storage for our wardrobe. It just took some creative maneuverability. Once in our room we discovered the safe did not work and told our room attendant. He was able to get someone up to fix it but it again did not work and we did not want to wait around for security so we never had it attended to which was our choice.

The food on this trip was fantastic. The Garden Cafe on the pool deck was always fresh, the food in the dining rooms was high quality and the wait staff were incredibly efficient. We never had a wait for a table and let me say, Freestyle dining ROCKS! I'm amazed more lines don't do this. We never ever felt rushed, either in getting to dinner or lingering over coffee and dessert. Read more