We managed to get this for $550 Australian, booking direct on the Norwegian Cruise lines website. This was much cheaper than we were offered even on a number of supposedly cheap cruise websites. During the final stages of the booking process, we were advised we would get $150 off the rack rate per person because we were both over 55 years old. This turned into about $100 off each because the fare we were booking was already below the rack rate but still a great bonus. Why they don't shout this out on the website I don't know given so many cruisers are over 55.

From the very start we just loved everything about the company, the ship and the experience. The check-in process was so quick we looked around and wondered what we still needed to do as we couldn't believe it was all over in less than 5 minutes (after going through the security screening which was also relatively quick also).

We boarded early and enjoyed a very nice lunch on board. We normally have an outside balcony cabin but this was a last minute cheapie for us so we settled for an inside cabin and it was fine. The room itself was not huge but good enough and certainly well appointed. The crew were wonderfully responsive, the food amazing and entertainment well worth seeing. Read more