Norwegian Spirit Review

4.5 / 5.0
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First Cruise Ever, Best Cruise I Could Have Chosen

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Norwegian Spirit
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Neapolitan99
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jun 2012
Cabin: Oceanview Porthole Window

I did the June 27 - July 9 Grand Mediterranean Cruise from Venice to Barcelona as a solo traveler. This was my first cruise but I have been to Europe many times before. I had a marvelous time. I met lots of people (which I don't when I travel solo on land), got to keep up with my workouts, had a spacious room all to myself,and went on two of the ship's excursions.

The main restaurants were hit or miss - steaks were great, as was the chocolate raspberry truffle cake. Other meals I had there were average. Service was often slow. I truly enjoyed the buffet was Raffles Cafe - good variety of Italian, Chinese, Indian, and American food. Desserts were missable. Breakfast was always excellent.

Spirit is not a huge cruise ship, so I saw many familiar faces. You have to grab a pool-side lounge chair by 8:00 AM, especially if you want to be in the shade. People did put a towel on chair then leave for two hours, but I can't realistically see how the ship's personnel can prevent that from happening.

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Oceanview Porthole Window

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Quiet location, everything worked, enough storage.

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