We were excited to explore NCL’s newest ship and all the newly added experiences. Let me begin with stating the obvious, the ship is absolutely gorgeous and state of the art. Now, with that being said, there are several things you should know and consider prior to sailing. First and most important thing to know is that not everything is included with your cruise fare. Now, we all know and expect ...
We usually like to do the new NCL ships and have done them since the Getaway, we did the Getaway twice including the Haven, the Escape 3 times including the haven once, the Bliss last year and the Encore on December 1st 2019. While the Encore is beautiful and the specialty restaurants are very good there was too much space designated for kids games, laser tag, virtual reality, go karts and ...
I initially was going on this cruise for our 40th anniversary, but as the time got closer, my husband decided he really did not want to go as it is tooooo much walking for him. So I chose to take my sister instead. I had gone to the expense of the Haven so that we would not have to walk and stand in lines for the bar & restaurants and a smaller pool & spa area too.
The Haven and our suite ...
This was my 6th cruise with NCL and there was definitely something amiss with this trip.
Food - HORRIBLE (taste, selection, temperature) at all restaurants we visited (Taste, Savor, Manhattan Room, O'Sheehan's). The only decent meal was at the Buffet for breakfast where you could get a hot made to order omelet. It is evident that they want you to pay for Specialty Dining if you want a ...
We wanted a winter getaway. Got a last minute bargain cruise. It was terrible. Very skeleton staff our steward was useless. half of the buffet was closed for every meal and the food was disgusting Long delays to get on and Off boat at ports.
Norwegian offers free cruises for kids and the boat was full of them. I want a cruise line that caters to adults otherwise I’d go Disney. There were not ...
The ship is very large, but appeared to have the same amount of crew as their smaller ships resulting in very poor service. The venues are small and most are difficult to get into. If you get the specialty restaurant good luck on getting a dining time before 9 pm unless you book early. Overall the food was disappointing in both O Sheehan’s and the buffet, with only 1/3 of the buffet lines open at ...
We chose this cruise because of the cost which included $50 deposit, drink packages and kids sail free. We traveled as a family of 11 which all but two of us (me & husband) were first time cruisers. This cruise was our second Norwegian cruise. First was last November Mediterranean on the Epic. Not thrilled with this ship at all. But we thought that this would be different as it was a Caribbean ...
About a year and a half ago, a friend of mine said she wanted to take a cruise to celebrate her 40th birthday. Myself and about 15 others said we were in. As the dates drew nearer, our group ended up at 8. This ended up being a great number for this trip. For most of us this was our first cruise with any cruise line. NCL was a great choice for many of us. They were great from Embarkation to ...
We decided to go on our first cruise with Norwegian, joining a group of friends. Since we both have been on other cruises we thought this would be great fun. Very disappointing.
Starting from the moment we went online to book. We used NCL.com made our reservations. Once done we still had questions, and also wanted to purchase other packages. We called the reservation number listed. They could ...
The embarkation process was the first clue how different this ship would be from others I have been on. Lines and lines and lines of people in a small space. Once we got on board, the same thing was evident at the elevators, the pool deck-everywhere. If that’s not your thing, go discover the quiet areas quickly (the Spice H2O area is adults-only and nice, but get there early!) The admonition to ...
