To begin, we are loyal NCL cruisers who generally cruise to the Caribbean as it works out best for our schedules. Maybe later on down the road we will be able to expand to longer cruises but for now seven days is our max.

We love NCL. We have enjoyed some ships more than others. Our first cruise was on the Sun and we loved it. Having experienced the newer, bigger ships I am not sure we would really love the Sun as much now as we did 10 years ago.

We cruised on the Epic in November and at the end of January we had a last minute opportunity to cruise on the Star. NOLA is much closer for us than southern Florida as we generally drive to the port. We made it to NOLA in one day and stayed at the Hilton Riverside on Saturday night. NOLA was crazy fun with parades and preparations for the Super Bowl. I loved it. Read more