My wife and I (veteran cruisers who have sailed on multiple different cruise lines) took the NCL Sun on a 15-day repositioning from Miami to Los Angeles through the Panama Canal. As discussed below, our experience on the Sun was mixed, but mostly positive. A lengthy, detailed review follows.

Embarkation was a breeze. We never arrive early, 'cause that is when everyone else arrives. Instead, we arrived about 2 PM for the 5 PM departure, and we were all checked in and in our cabin in less than 20 minutes.

We had an inside cabin, number 9134. The cabin was clean and spacious, well-appointed and with a lot of storage. It had a couch and enough floor space that one could even do some sit-ups to try to burn off some of that plentiful food. The room was well soundproofed, with no discernible noise from above, below, the adjacent rooms, or the hallway. My wife said, however, that the hairdryer was worthless. Its one of those wall mounted units, and it lacked power, did not heat up enough, and it was mounted over the toilet in such a way that you could not use both the mirror and the dryer at the same time. So bring your own hairdryer! And our cabin steward was great. But the stewards are always great, on all the cruises we have ever been on! Read more