Norwegian Spirit Review

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NCL Spirit, not a good impression of our first cruise on NCL

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Norwegian Spirit
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Kmorloff
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: May 2017
Cabin: Mid-Ship Oceanview Picture Window

We chose this cruise because our friends are big NCL fans. Even they were disappointed. We liked the itinerary, with the exception of the port at Messina, Sicily. This port city is run down and we could not find a way to get to other, more picturesque locals for a reasonable price. Also, the ship should have given us an overnight in Athens and skipped this awful port.

We liked our choice of the Garden Restaurant for dinners. Before the cruise, when we made our reservations for dinner without knowing how long we would be in port each day, we selected 6:30 pm, so we would not miss the later evening show. Eventually, we changed our reservations to 7:30 since we found out the later show begins at 9:30. Why ask us to make reservations without prior knowledge of port times and showtime? We found the staff to be adequate although the people booking the cruise line tours had absolutely no knowledge of the tours they were booking. Repeatedly, we were told to read the descriptions, and they could answer no questions about the tours. Terrible sales people. We went to the first explanation of the tours available in each cruise port but found the woman reading the descriptions to be unable to read the descriptions along with the pictures projected. She offered no tips. Other cruise lines offer sightseeing and shopping tips in each port. We did not go back for the next round.

We enjoyed the wait staff and our steward, BJ. Our two bottles of wine was confiscated out of our luggage and we received a nasty note which told us we had to pay of penalty of $15 a bottle to get it back! We expected to pay the corkage, but did not expect to be treated like criminals.

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Mid-Ship Oceanview Picture Window

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Cabin is fine. Shower is larger than on our last ship, Fatham Adonia.

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