I am a frequent cruiser - 10 cruises in 9 years on 6 different cruise lines. This was my first on NCL.

Embarkation;- slow. We got to the terminal at 1:10pm, and got into the ship at 3:45pm, straight to the emergency drill (did not have a chance to drop off our carry on).

Dining:- Garden Cafe was a disaster! Did not find seating for long times. On day 1 ended up seating outside by the stairway to the 16th deck, and it was cold/windy. Specialty restaurants weren't that worth the extra money with the exception of Cagney's Steak House. I am not sure why the restaurants such as Taste abs Savor don't serve breakfast till a little later in the morning e.g the latest is in Taste till 9:30am. The impact is that this causes extreme over crowding inthe Garden Cafe. Read more