This itinerary was a bargain, paying less per night for a balcony than for a local Holiday Inn. We have cruised on Princess and Carnival before, so this was our first NCL Cruise. Overall, we were very pleased - thought the selling of junk (photos, mugs, drink packages, etc) was MUCH reduced from other lines, loved the lack of required formal dining, and the shows were better with more variety.

As first time cruisers from Rome and on NCL, wanted to share some things that we thought it would have been nice to know in advance

- No need to bring any formal clothes. If you have jeans/ pants and a button up (even golf style) shirt, that is as formal as needed. They didn't kick anyone out. Read more