I don't even know where to begin. We left New York on Jan. 28th, 2007 and returned Feb. 8th. We visited Great Stirrup Bay, Cozumel, Belize, Roatan, Grand Cayman Island, and Ocho Rios. My wife and I had excursions on Great Stirrup Bay, Cozumel, and the Grand Cayman Island. We did the snorkel, ATV jungle/beach adventure, and then the Cayman I. tour. All three were very nice. We didn't even bother getting off the ship at the other stops. If you turned the wrong way, we felt we might never get back on the boat; that's how bad it was. Belize was a dirty place. At Roatan, the locals were rude and persistent on getting people to rent a scooter. And at ocho rios, you took your life into your own hands there.
Now to the ship. The buffet was absolutely horrible. I never had food that tasted like that. And it was the same crap, day after day. The only food I liked was Cagney's. But, even that was hard to eat at because everyone one called way in advance to get reservations. The only shows that we liked were Romano Fredianni and Second City. These two acts were great. The other ones were not good. Esp. the magic act. BAD BAD BAD. The staff were very nice and our Stewards were great with our rooms. I don't believe that $10/day per person is appropriate! Regarding getting off the boat at our ports, NCL did a horrible job with this. People who got tender tickets were getting off the boat before people who booked shore excursions. How do you let this happen? It happened at every stop that had tender boats. Poorly done!
My wife and I had to wait for 3 tender boats before we finally got on shore. And were the first one's who were supposed to be off to get to our excursion. Everyone else just wanted to go shopping.