My husband and I had never been on a cruise before - here is our review...

We made our own way to Barcelona, arriving at the airport at approx. 10.30am local time. We decided to just take a cab from the rank outsaide the airport rather than pre-book transfers, I think this is actually the cheaper option for 2 people, was 30 Euros.

On arriving at the port our first view of the Spirit was lovely, it seemed enormous to us! NCL staff took our luggage from us from jsut outside the terminal. We went in, no queues, checked in etc and waited for boarding. Free coffee and cake was served which I think was a lovely touch. About 15 minutes later we were boarding, I think we were onboard by 11.30am. Very smooth process and stress free. Read more