Cruise Dates: December 24-31, 2005

Like others I was skeptical about spending a week on the Pride of America having read some of the negative reviews. Now home I can look back on the week at sea and say I had a great time. It was my partner's first cruise and my second. My mother, who suggested the trip, and my sister are seasoned cruisers and their experience was much more negative towards NCL.

I will admit when I agreed to go on this cruise I selected it because it allowed me to see more than one island in 7 days. I could unpack once. I knew the ship was NOT a five star. The deck 4 cabin very basic with cot bed, not the most comfortable, but only needed it to sleep in. Read more