This is my second time cruising and with NCL, and after this trip, it confirmed I would like to cruise for life.

NCL Spirit is a beautiful ship. Although a bit small, but nonetheless it was perfect. We were traveling in a group of 4, my husband, brother and sister in law, and me. We arrived at the dock in NYC at around 10:30AM. The staff there were very nice to us and helped us load our luggage very fast. Also, since we were Latitude members, we had a designated area to rest which had a stand of cookies, muffins, coffee and juice. One thing we didn't like was that we didn't have to wait until noon to check in, but the staff there force us to wait until noon to check in (where we would have to fight with hundreds of other people). Well, we didn't listen to them and went straight up to the counter to check in. The process was very smooth and we were done in a matter of minutes. Then, we were left to wonder around and rest until they call us to board the ship.

Once they called us to board the ship, we breezed through the 500+ people waiting in line to check in and was one of the first people on the ship. People - MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!! FORGET WAITING UNTIL THEY CALL YOU TO CHECK IN (EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A LATITUDE MEMBER, WHICH MADE NO DIFFERENCE ANYWAYS). Read more