Firstly, in the weeks leading up to our Cruise Date we were reading the Ship Reviews on the Cruise Critic ( CC ) Web Site. Several very negative reviews ( 10 Worst Things ...; Don't Waste your Money ...; 7 Days I'll never get Back ...; amoung others had my wife & I worried that we had made a Big Mistake booking this vacation !!
After waiting a week to reflect on our experience in this review I can categorically say that the people who wrote those articles are Petty / Vindictive Individuals who used the CC Forum to Slander the NCL Cruise line for their personal reasons.
It is no secret that the Cruise Line Business Model is to get you on board and have you spend as much money as possible. In that light the CC Web Site was most helpful preparing us for what we could expect, what to avoid and what we could do to maximize our trip.