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Norwegian Sun - Alaska

Review for Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Sun
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Samuel
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: May 2004
Cabin: Mid-Ship Inside

This is my fourth cruise, the first with NCL, so please grant me some liberties if I make some comparisons.

We had arrived in Vancouver one week prior to the cruise, therefore had gotten acquainted with the city and had no problem finding Canada Place. We arrived for embarkation at approximately 1pm and found ourselves in quite a lengthy lineup. One consolation was that the line did appear to "move"; it just felt like everyone arrived at the same time. After getting through all the various stations, we were on board by about 3:30pm.

Our room was rather nice, a superior inside cabin I had arranged six months prior. The stateroom was spotless, and remained as such throughout the cruise so accolades to the cabin staff. My husband missed that there wasn't any towel creatures but I was just as happy with chocolates on my pillow. I'll say, as it was a concern to me, that our room was over the casino so I was afraid of having issues related to excessive noise. We really didn't notice much at all; only during the slots/cards tournaments when someone won. Not a problem, to our minds. We brought earplugs but never had reason to use them. The ship in itself was very nice although less stunning in appearance then some other ships we've been on. It took some time to get our bearings, so to speak. Part of our trouble was the aft elevator which didn't reach all floors, but did reach one of the main dining rooms. Also on that floor, you couldn't traverse to midship or forward as you always needed to go up one floor. That being said, the ship was in tidy order. It was obvious there were a few changes made prior to the Alaska sailings; new carpeting, hull spic-n-span white, etc. They have a real emphasis on sterilization so you'll see lots of waterless cleansers and towelettes available for that purpose (as a note don't use this as you enter the ship and then fumble with your plastic shopping bags that have print on them... you'll be wearing the ink from the bags for some time afterwards on your hands, I've discovered).

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