We chose this cruise for the price and the ports. Our cruise included a good drink package and $50 off of each excursion for one of us as well as two specialty dinners. The staff was very friendly and efficient. We did not like having to pass through the smoky casino to get to restaurants, and that the smoke infiltrated the atrium areas. Time for a new air exchange system or don't the smokers ...
We have been cruising with NCL for almost 20 years. This will be out last cruise with NCL. A lot has changed (and not for the best) while cruising with them over the years. Although we are "Sapphire Level", even those "perks" have been changed and are minimal. As far as the food, room, service and entertainment - all were subpar. THE FOOD: We ate at all of the restaurants and buffet. ...
This was supposed to be one of the cruises of a lifetime. Anything but. Been on NCL many times previously but this was the first cruise since covid. Very disappointing, to say the least. Everything had been cut back. The food quality was way down. I was told that there was a challenge sourcing food. What was served was terrible. They need to hire new staff and get quality control people on board. ...
My husband, son, and I embarked on this cruise to celebrate a number of milestones in our family. We opted to upgrade our room (deck 9, forward facing balcony) and take advantage of all that offered, which, in the end, was a mix of good and bad.
I had anxiety about taking a cruise during Covid (yes, it does still exist; all 3 of us contracted it). For what we paid, we really don't feel like ...
We live in Arizona and it's HOT in August! We wanted to travel somewhere where the weather was cool and the terrain was different from where we live.
We were not disappointed! We were personally met at check-in and escorted up to our suite on the 12th deck. We were able to be in our room by 1:00 though our luggage arrived around 5:00. We have never stayed in a room that included butler and ...
Have cruised with Seabourn before the pandemic and loved the whole experience. Could not wait to go another Seabourn cruise. Unfortunately things seem to have changed big time. Service standards in the main dinning room were bad, as was TKs. Room staff great along with all the staff at the Colonnade. Food serving staff seemed harassed and unmotivated and not very attentive. Sometimes you had ...
We sailed on Explora 1 quite simply because at the time of booking Crystal had gone out of business. I had sailed on Crystal Symphony 10 times and would have gone again, but when they folded I tried Seabourn instead, but found their ship rather too small. Explora 1 seemed the perfect size with a relatively small number of passengers and an excellent staff-to-passenger ratio. My daughter and I ...
This was our first cruise experience and it has been a marvelous gift by our son. The chosen itinerary was very interesting, but quite long (3weeks) and we were a bit worried to get bored BUT we didn’t have to be so apprehensive because the days “have flown “fast thanks to the well planned tours and to the valid, involving entertainment activities, even if we have participated only to the evening ...
Second recent cruise on Disney cruise line after the pandemic. We are Diamond Plus members with RCCL (for perspective). Although RCCL ships are beautiful and entertainment is top notch the service and especially the Food has gone down the tube. Only the Specialty Dining is good.
Disney however is the total package! Beautiful ships, amazing entertainment, spectacular service, great tasting food ...
This cruise was the worse. Can you believe the ship actually shut down and no power at 3a. No word from the Bridge, nothing for 4 hours. And then a pathetic apology and nothing more. Breakfast was only cold food and coffee was delayed by an hour. This was totally glossed over by the ship and crew.
Cabin was well worn and certainly not worth the cost. Many stains on the bathroom floor. ...