Norwegian Sky Review
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After reading the reviews for the Sky I was scared to death to sail on her. The reviews were either amazing or horrific. I feel the Sky needs an honest review so people do not have the same reaction I do. With that being said, I went on with zero expectations because of the inconsistency in the reviews.
Just a little background, I have cruised once before on Carnival aboard the Valor. She is an older ship as well so I cannot say I have any large ship experience to compare it to, however I am always honest in my opinions, whether good or bad. We flew into FLL very early the morning of the cruise so we just rented a car, had some breakfast and headed to port.
Embarkation: Embarkation was a BREEZE! We arrived at about 11 AM and to our surprise there were already quite a bit of people in the waiting area. We checked our bags outside at the sidewalk and proceeded through security. We were handed a boarding card with a group number on it and had a seat until our number was called. As always, your cabins aren't ready until later in the afternoon so we brought along a change of clothes to enjoy the Miami sun while we waited. Upon boarding we headed to one of the main dining rooms to have some sit down lunch instead of fighting the crowds at the buffet.
Cabin Review
Our cabins were ready fairly early, at about 1 PM. We headed to our room to check it out. We had booked an inside cabin which worried me slightly. Our last cruise was in an aft wrap balcony and I am claustrophobic so this was going to be an experience. We were in cabin 8302 which was almost all the way Forward and Starboard. I was told the room was 147 square feet. Much to my amazement, the cabin was not bad AT ALL. We had a full size bed, 2 nightstands, a sofa and a small desk. There wasn't a ton of room to walk around but it wasn't cramped in my opinion. We stored one suitcase on the sofa so I could "live" out of it (there wasn't enough room in the closet for both of us) and we stored the others under the bed. The bathroom was small but that is to be expected. The room was very quiet. I don't believe we heard noise more than once the entire time and that was someone entering a room across the hall.