We really enjoyed this cruise, although there were a few little things that let it down slightly.

We embarked in Fort Lauderdale and the embarkation process was fine for us, just a small queue to get through security and then another short queue to check in. Our stateroom was ready about 1pm, and we were very pleasantly surprised. We had previously cruised on the Norwegian Spirit and felt that the room was dirty and shabby, and the bathroom too small. This room was clean and set up a little bit better, and the bathroom felt very modern. We loved our balcony; we were aft and the balconies were much more private than we had been expecting as the overhang from the balcony above stopped people seeing you unless you were right at the edge. We also had no problem with soot. The location of the room was great, very quiet no noise from above or below and in the right end of the ship for everywhere we wanted to go.

The room was concierge class but there wasn't really any benefit apart from the location. If we couldn't get an aft room again then we wouldn't bother with concierge class. Our cabin attendant wasn't great; he kept the room clean and was friendly enough when we saw him but he didn't bother introducing himself on the first day and when my husband saw him subsequently he said to leave a note if we needed anything , he disappeared after saying he would bring us some ice for our ice bucket, was never in the corridor (other attendants were always in the corridor and we saw them nine out of ten times whereas ours was never anywhere to be seen). Read more