We went on a 6 night cruise and traveled as a family of 7 people. This was my 4th cruise. It was Spring Break and so it was a bit of a crazy process, especially getting on and off the ship. I found that the music was too loud in the waiting area to get on and was often hard to hear the agent checking you in. I can't imagine the headache those workers must have after listening to that at such a busy time and for so long. I get it should be fun and upbeat just not blaring loud.
The Food was pretty good, in my opinion it was better then we have had previously on 2 other NCL cruises. The food on the Lido deck 10 was better than the dinning room hands down. The Taco's and the Tandoori place were my favorite, they have a delicious already dressed salad there and yummy warm naan bread with some great chutney's. My nephew loved the Burgers and the fries were always good. We chose a late dining time in the Sapphire room and the food was pretty good -nothing amazing but I could usually find something to interest me. Our servers were great and very accommodating with our food allergies. We always looked forward to the brief, but fun "showtime" after entree's were served. The Chocolate Melting Cake was the best thing on the menu and the other desserts were just okay. BTW on a 6 night cruise there is 2 formal nights.
The water slides were fun and the pools were overly crowded. We often sat on the lounge chairs on deck 5 and then had to make the trip to deck 10 to do the slides but it's okay because we got to burn off some calories that way.