Norwegian Sun Review

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Superlative Experience!

Review for the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Sun
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cjhippo
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: May 2014

My DH and I are sixty-ish retirees living in Florida. Therefore, we drove to the port and parked in the garage right there. Embarkation was disorganized - workers standing around, asking us what ship we were on, and then pointing in the direction we were already going. There was no organization to entering, just a mass of sheep. There was no separate entrance for Platinum guests like there is in the European ports. After the security scanning, there was a room off to the side marked PRIORITY BOARDING, with a uniformed woman at the door with a clipboard in hand. She was unable to find our name on the sheet, so waved us along like school children.

When we rounded the corner, there was a uniformed man who asked us if we needed help. We explained that we were Platinum but not on the Priority list. He walked us up to the counter and we were checked in immediately. That was the point of change, and after that the entire cruise was wonderful.

Once onboard, we headed for our cabin. It wasn't "time" yet, but the room looked perfect, so we went in and sat on the couch and rested a bit.. The cabin (8011) had a large picture window, a couch, a desk and chair, and a bed (with those horrid rounded corners at the foot). There was plenty of cabinets, open shelves, and drawers to stow everything and plenty of room in the closet. The bathroom had 3 shelves on either side of the countertop with plenty of room for all toiletries. The shower was rounded, with a curtain that worked better if we sprayed it wet right away - then it didn't cling. The body wash and shampoo was consistently full and very pleasant.

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This cabin is roomy, the view is super with the nice big window, and there is PLENTY of storage,. There are drawers, shelves, and cabinets and there are even shelves in the bathroom (a fully self-contained bathroom, everything in one. Only complaint would be the couch is really HARD. Well, and my usual complaint of poor lighting for a reading person.

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