We have just returned from a four-nighter on the Sky. This was our fourth NCL cruise, so there were no surprises for us in terms of "freestyle." We knew what to expect. We were a bit concerned about all of the people complaining about the ship being dirty or run-down; about the food being bad; about the crew being unpleasant. I am here to tell you that we found none of this to be true.

The Sky is in beautiful condition. It is clean and well-maintained. We saw crews every day doing cleaning, scrubbing and painting. The new bedding and towels were a real step up from our previous NCL experience....not that we were unhappy with them before. I thought the ship was in the same great shape that we have come to expect from NCL.

We did ALOT of eating on this cruise. We had both buffet and sit-down experiences at every single meal-time. The breakfast is the same everyday in both the buffet and the dining room. There were coffee and danish out by the pool starting at 5.30amThere are omelet and waffle stations in Il Adagio AND the Longboard Bar, and there was hardly ever a wait at either of these. There is a wide-ranging menu in the main dining room Crossings for all passengers. Those in balcony categories and above are also offered there own separate breakfast buffet in the other main dining room Palace. Combining all of this with the fact that the Great Outdoor Cafe is also open at breakfast time, I never saw any of the chaotic nightmares that others have described here. Also, there is ALWAYS coffee in the Library. And the bonus for Latitudes Members is the Latitudes Lounge which is hidden away in Captain Cook's Bar. We found there were always coffee and danish there in the morning, as well as cookies in the afternoon. Read more