Norwegian Sky Review

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sparks1093
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Apr 2010
Cabin: Mid-Ship Inside
Traveled with children

Before the review a little demographics. We are a family of 7, I'm just in my 50's, DW is mid-40's and our 5 sons are all teenagers from 13 to 18. This was our second sailing on the Sky. We drove to the port from Vermont and were more than ready for the cruise.

Embarkation We arrived at the port around 1:30, off loaded the luggage with the porter while it was raining and then parked in Garage C. The parking garage now accepts credit cards. We arrived later than we wanted to and had to wait about an hour to check in. One of my sons entertained everyone by solving his Rubix cube. One change from last year was they had the cabin keys behind the check-in counter so you received them when you checked in. After boarding we stopped at one of the tables set up to sell the soda card. The boys each received a pink plastic and metal tumbler with a sippy top along with their sticker (they had silver ones at other areas so you can go to a different area to get those). The muster drill was conducted without life vests at your assigned muster station.

Entertainment Matt Baker still has all of the energy he had last year and provided a comprehensive entertainment schedule. The first night was "Soul Rockin' Nights" with the NCL dancers. They sang and danced to a medley of tunes from different genres. Both DW and I liked it. The second night was Rich Purpura, comedian and magician. We had seen Rich last year and I was expecting to be bored, but Rich interacts with the audience so much that it is like watching a totally new show. We both enjoyed watching him again (my 17 year old watched both the early and late show). After the second show Matt hosted the Newlywed/Not So Newlywed show, which is always a blast because it stars real people and you never know what they are going to say. The third night we skipped the "On Broadway" and attended "The Liar's Club" featuring Matt, Rich and Assistant CD Rob and they each defined a word and the audience had to select who was telling the truth. After that we attended "Joker's Wild" where Rich hosted an open mic joke fest. The last night we attended the "Farewell Variety & Comedy Show", the highlight of which was a hilarious rendtion of Fountians (not going to ruin it by describing it but don't miss it if you have the chance to see it). We then attended the Quest game just to see what it was like. Our team took third place and we didn't do anything particularly outrageous. It is funny what some people will do for a key ring, but if you are easily offended you should skip it. White Hot Night was held the third night, but we skipped it.

Cabin Review

Mid-Ship Inside

Cabin IA

Some noise from the pool deck above, but nothing major.

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