Norwegian Spirit Review
First Time Cruiser Review of NCL Spirit 5/23-6/4, Venice to Barcelona
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As a first time cruiser, I should like to share our experiences about our recently finished NCL Spirit Mediterranean cruise 5/23 6/4, Venice to Barcelona. First, the bottom line: we had a wonderful trip that was a dream come true.
1. We booked this tour with two friends via Costco quite a while back. In our case, because of the port intensive nature of the cruise, we elected to forgo a balcony cabin and selected an inner cabin. That decision worked well for us, as we were not spending much time in our room. Of course, this is a personal preference sort of thing and as the saying goes, YMMV.
2. So as to facilitate seeing more of Venice and Barcelona, we arrived two days early. This also provided the feature of a sort of insurance against flight delays on the front end.
Cabin Review
Mid-Ship Inside
Relatively small room --- not fancy or luxurious --- that was clean. Kind of reminded me of a La Quinta. We chose an interior cabin because of the port intensive nature of the cruise as opposed to a balcony cabin. A+++ staff helped make our cabin a good cost-conscious choice as well.Know that this cabin is right above Champagne Charlies. That means on many nights, you have considerably night club-like noise blasting you in your room until midnight or so. That ended up not being much of a problem as both my wife and I had ear plugs.Lesson: when choosing your cabin, pay attention to where the night clubs are!