My husband and I are in our mid 30s and traveled this past week with our 3 year old aboard the newly refurbished NCL Sky. This was our 6th cruise; first cruise with NCL and absolutely our last with NCL. In the past we have vacationed on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Celebrity cruise lines.

We elected to try NCL because they offered a fantastic deal for 4 nights to the Bahamas where children sailed for free aboard the Norwegian Sky. It was a big MISTAKE!

First of all, the ship was supposed to be "newly refurbished". Honestly, I could not tell what was new or newly refurbished except for the fitness room had new exercise equipment with mini flat screen TVs, the rooms had new towels, and the pool chairs were new. The minute you stepped on the ship it smelled of grandma's attic. It smelled dusty, musty, and of mildew. The dEcor was extremely outdated throughout the ship. Read more