Norwegian Sky Review

NCL Sky - Very Pleased

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First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Aug 2008
Cabin: Family Oceanview Picture Window
Traveled with children

To say that I was nervous about this vacation was an understatement. I became addicted to reading every review with the words "Norwegian Sky" in it months before sailing and got the good and mostly the bad. We were days away from sailing when I read a review that specifically mentioned our cabin (8066) having no air conditioning for the entire cruise. Needless to say, I was popping Tums like Tic Tacs!! I contacted NCL about the room and was told that the A/C was working and all was well (more on that later).

I digress... let me start from the beginning We stayed at the Embassy Suites in Miami the night before sailing and had no problem getting to the pier on time. Once at the pier we dropped off our bags with a generous tip (to give myself the false sense of security that our bags would end up on the Sky and not the Royal Caribbean ship that was parked next to ours). Processing onto the ship was relatively quick and painless; everyone along the way was courteous and very helpful. We were directed into the atrium for some champagne and orange juice (for our two boys). We made our way to our cabin (8066) and were greeted by our cabin stewards who couldn't have been more polite. Our cabin was about 90% ready for us so we just dropped off our carry-ons and began to explore the ship. Our impression of the ship was that it was very well kept and didn't look "worn" at all. We did notice a musty smell every now and then but nothing to raise a red flag about. After checking out all of the main areas we made it back to our cabin. As I said earlier I had read that our cabin had an A/C issue but were told by NCL that the issue wasn't an issue or it had been corrected. Well, NCL's definition of A/C and ours are vastly different. True, there was A/C coming out of the vent but it was nowhere near enough to cool our room. I immediately called the reception desk and told them about it. Later that day we were told that that they had another room that we could look at and move to if we were happy with it. Well, the A/C in the new room was ice cold so we moved our luggage to the new room (9071). The folks at the reception desk offered to move our bags for us but we took care of it ourselves. Problem resolved!

Our room was nice and cold but there was little room for four people's belongings. We ended up living out of our luggage, which was a bit of a pain but again, not a show-stopper. The bathroom was small, as expected but served our purpose, though we did smell a raw sewage smell coming from the toilet. I had read about this before leaving and brought a Glade air freshener for the bathroom.

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Family Oceanview Picture Window

Cabin O1

Room 8066 - Not enough A/C to cool off a can of soda. We switched to room 9071, ice cold. Both rooms held four people but that left very little room for luggage. Plan on living out of your suitcase not the closet and drawers. I took my IPod and hooked it to the audio/video jacks on the TV so we could watch movies. Bring an air freshener. It's a small room with little ventalation.

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