Background

We joined the Pearl in Miami for a 2 week back to back cruise, our 5th & 6th NCL cruises out of about 30 in total. DH is a stroke survivor and travels with a small mobility scooter so we had managed to get an accessible inside cabin for the first week. According to NCL UK there were no such cabins available for the second week but we should have moved to a higher grade cabin for the second week. However, Charlin, the exceptionally helpful accessibility officer on board soon organised things so that we could keep the cabin for the whole cruise which was really fantastic. It was cabin 4604 and perfect for us, if I could sign up now for that cabin for all future cruises I would. It is just behind the midship elevators in a quiet corridor but so handy for everything and in every port except Miami the gangway was almost outside our door.

The Pearl is lovely, just like her sisters the Jewel and Gem. Embarkation waws smooth and we found everything on the was spotless as we would expect. The buffet is still excellent but we thought the MDR menus had been cut considerably since our last NCL cruise. There is now an always available menu and 3 different starters & main courses and 2 desserts each day. We tried Cagneys, Bistro & Cucina. All were nice, although we might not bother with the Bistro again. Read more