First off I'll say this was a all expense paid cruise,so that factors into my review. Embarkation and disbarkation was as good as one could expect since this pier was not really set up for a large cruise ship. Had to drag our bags across a busy road to get to an from taxis, but there was no other place to line them up.
We have cruised over 25 times on various other lines so we have some knowledge as far as what to expect. The quality of food was better than I expected. Some things that need improvement would be having more pastries and fresh baked items to choose from. There was a specialty bake shop on board, but i wasn't going to pay those prices.
The atrium is not one of the better setups that we have seen, lack of setting and loud and crowded. First ever cruise where you did not hear a single person talking about how great the comedian was, because they weren't. The balcony was the smallest we have ever had, even smaller than the Royal Princess. So we didn't spend any time out there and thats usually our faverite spot. The stateroom was a smaller than we have seen before, alright for two but I would never try to put a family of 3-4 in there. Have to give NCL a thumbs up for how they do the photo gallery. Every stateroom has ther own album number and it only takes a minute to check them out, no more scanning a dozen boards to locate your picture.
Plenty of storage but small, hard for two adults to get around at same time. Coffee pot was a nice touch even though we had to ask the room steard everyday to stock it. Bathroom was normal cruise ship size. Balcony was tiny. The air conditioning was great, the room was actually cold!!!