My wife and I went on our first cruise, 7 nights, on the NCL ship Jade on the 6th Sept 2014 for seven nights around the Greek Islands and the weather was fantastic,
The port in Venice was short for something to have a drink at if you arrived early or were waiting to be picked up after your cruise. The embarkation/disembarkation was really good and very efficient.
We had a picture window cabin and it was lovely all the facilities in the cabin were really great there was no noise and our deck, which was 5, which was quiet and clean.
The cabin was a picture window one on the Port side on deck 5 it was a very nice one quite compact and had all the facilities you really needed. The towels were changed as and when you wanted and the cabin was cleaned to a high standard which was due to our excellent cabin steward Abdul.