Our Cruise Review 4/27/08 - 5/3/08 Norwegian Spirit Florida & Bahamas from NYC

Ok, first let me state that my family (immediate) and I are first time cruisers. We had a total of 9 on board with us. We had 3 cabins all inside, 2 right next door to each other, the other 3 doors away. Only my MIL & SIL have been on a cruise before. We have been on land -All Inclusive vacations before but never on a cruise. With that said, this was by far the best vacation we have ever been on. We- especially I, as I'm the one who read the boards all the reviews and on the NCL Spirit, was very concerned about the bad reviews and complaints from past cruisers. PLEASE TAKE ALL THOSE BAD THINGS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. It would seem that they just had to complain about something, we found very little to frown upon (I'll explain that later). Your on vacation relax and enjoy.

First- we left our hometown of Buffalo around 2am Sunday, as we needed to stop & pick up the MIL in Staten Island on the way to the pier. We should have left straight for the pier at 10am but thinking that was too early we didn't leave until 11:30 am and hit the traffic jam to the parking garage on the Westside Highway. No biggie- took us until 1pm to get to the pier to unload the bags, then DH & SIL went to park the cars and the boys DS17, DS11, DS9 & DS8 along with MIL & I flagged a porter to take the bags. Already had the blue tags they mailed me on them- everything was set. Called DH to meet us inside the terminal 2nd floor. Read more