This was my first and last cruise with NCL. This was the first Mediterranean cruise for my husband, myself and our 2-yr old daughter. My husband's parent and his sister came along too. We were so excited about this trip. Also we could not ask for a better itinerary.

We arrived in Barcelona a day early because we booked our flight independently and we did not want to miss the boat. We stayed at the Rialto in Barcelona. The rooms were very clean, nothing fancy. We weren't expecting very much but we were pleasantly surprised. The bathrooms were very clean. The location is in the middle of everything. So we were able to walk to do most of our sightseeing. The staff at the front desk were nice and spoke enough English. We were given free coupons for the breakfast buffet. It was not very good. We were constantly told to watch our personal belongings while walking the streets because of pick pocketing. We didn't have any problems but we heard stories from other people. The taxi ride to the ship took about ten minutes.

We arrived at the ship at 12:00. There wasn't much of a line. NCL had many check in lines. They all went pretty quickly everyone seemed nice. Read more