My wife and I were on the 11 day Southern Caribbean Sun in December and were pleasantly surprised after a bad experience on the Epic. This was our 7th trip with NCL and the staff on the Sun was the best we have ever seen. We have been on over 30 cruises and prefer those that are > 7 days.

The ship is older and smaller than others, but it has been redone in the past few years and the crew is always working and cleaning to keep it in good shape. I can count one 1 hand how many times we past a member of the Crew and they did NOT acknowledge us. Almost every time it was a hello, how are you, enjoy your day, etc. I cannot remember how often that even happened on the Epic, it is almost as if they 2 sets of crew were trained totally differently. So the staff on the Sun were great, best NCL crew we have ever seen. All the staff we had in the Four Seasons were always attentive and efficient. After having Jennifer Alfante in the MDR, we asked for her on the other nights we ate there. We did eat at 2 specialty restaurants, East meets West steakhouse and Moderno. Both were very good, Moderno was a little different than other NCL ships, sometime they brought the cuts of meat to your table and sometimes they just asked you how you like your meat done and brought single pieces of some cute. That seemed odd since part of the experience is the presentation.

The weather was windy and the ship was rocky the first few days at sea. It also took the captain extra time to get into port on a few occasions, at Aruba we got off the ship about an hour late, and with us leaving at the same time, it gave us a very short time in Aruba. Read more