Norwegian Spirit Review
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To start off my review, I should say that we chose this cruise because of the itinerary, and were not expecting the food or entertainment to be stellar. We started in Venice, where we stayed for three days prior to boarding the ship, and ended in Barcelona, where we also stayed for three days after the cruise. The NCL Spirit was such a pleasant surprise to us- the food was great, and the ship itself was very smooth most of the time. Entertainment on the other hand was much less impressive.
Food: We ate in Windows on the nights we could (after Istanbul and Rome we were so tired we just ordered pizza for $5- which we would not do again because the pizza was horrible). The atmosphere of this dining room was open, airy, and you could wear casual or formal wear. We stuck with casual sundresses and polos in our family. The service was wonderful here- one of our servers was particularly outstanding- he showed us pictures of his daughter, joked around, and ordered us special deserts that he combined to make them better (it was too much fun). The food here was also great. No complaints here at all, Id give it 5 stars! We did dine in Cagneys on our last night because we had a free voucher, and I would never recommend going here. The service was not very good (our waiter seemed rude and irritated with us) and the food I ordered was horrible, except the steak. I would stick with Windows every night. The buffet was also pretty good for snacks, and was probably better than most of the other cruises Ive been on. On certain nights, they had a crepe station where one of the workers on NCL made made-to-order crepes, as well as salad stations (where the same type of thing applied). One thing I really liked about NCL is that on the sea days, they had outside barbecue stations. (In addition to the barbecue in the Bier Garden). They had ribs, salads, chicken, hamburgers, and all of it was wonderful. All in all, food was great on this ship!
Entertainment: We went to see the shows when we could, but only stayed for a few shows; the Magic Show and a group of singers. For the most part, entertainment was pretty bad this time around, but I would go and check it out in case the entertainment varies from cruise to cruise.