Norwegian Sun Review

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The Sunny, Sun

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newmexicoNita
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Dec 2013
Cabin: Balcony

To tell you a little about us: we are veteran cruisers, sailing almost 30 times and on all mass-marketed lines; some are now ships of the past. This was my third time on the Sun and hubby's first. In recent years we have concentrated on NCL only. There are many reasons we have decided on NCL; of course the obvious reason, like many other people, is freestyle cruising. Other ships do a form of it, but NCL does it best. The relaxed, personal and friendly crew and management adds to our love for the line. We both are retired seniors normally cruising once every 9 months to a year. Prior to our past 2 cruises we used another line, starting in Canada. We have cruised all of the Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, repos, Alaska, Panama Canal, and the first sailing from Dover to NYC on the Jewel.

Our cruise vacation started 2 nights before sailing. The reason for 2 nights is we had awful ice and snow storms here in NWA and chose to spend the night prior to leaving for Miami, at our local airport hotel. Thank goodness we did, as we never would have gotten to the airport on time for our early morning flight. Luckily, the weather had warmed up a bit, some of the ice had melted, and we got out almost on time. Our flight was uneventful and we arrived in Miami only about 30 minutes late. That night we stayed at the Homewood Suites near MIA. In recent years, Homewood Suites has become our first choice for hotels when possible. The room was clean, in excellent condition, with full kitchen and a separate bedroom. Some are living/bedroom combos, but still have plenty of room, a complementary dinner including wine or beer, and a decent breakfast the next morning.

We asked the front desk clerk the best way to get to the port, figuring going back to the airport would be best, but they had the name of a company that was a little less expensive and would pick up us at the hotel. The driver was there right on time to transport us to the port. I will say he was a wonderful driver, even if he scared the holy heck out of me a few times. We arrived at the port about 10:45 and were eating lunch within an hour. Checking in was a breeze, Because we were VIPs (just why I am not sure) we were able to eat in Il Adagios. As soon as we finished our lunch we headed to our balcony cabin on deck 9.

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Our cabin was clean, complete with coffee maker and bathrobes. I will add, the furniture is beginning to show its age, but that didn't affect us at all. The most important thing was the cabin and the balcony were always clean. We enjoy being aft, it is quiet. The downfall, our legs got a better workout than they bargained for.

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