We boarded the Norwegian Sun on Monday, April 28, for a 15 day cruise that took us from Miami, through the Panama Canal and ended at Los Angeles. We had an aft facing balcony on the 9th deck....staterooms above and below us. The 2 beds were pushed together to make an almost king size bed, and there was small couch which could fold out into a bed. Also a desk/table with a small refrigerator underneath and a flat screen tv. There is a safe in one of the cabinets. The closet is not huge but was large enough...it also had shelves in it. All 5 of our suitcases fit under the bed for storage.

Our room steward was Al (short for something else) and he serviced our room twice a day. He even was able to find us some extra clothes hangers for the closet. We made use of the on-board laundry service twice...when they ran "all you can fit in this laundry bag" specials.

Six ports of call and the transit of the Panama Canal: At the Panama Canal, a member of the canal authority came on board and gave information all day as we made our way through the 3 sets of locks. We kept our tv turned on to the ship's station so we could see the front of the ship, but mostly sat on our balcony and saw the activity from there. This is an all day process and quite fascinating. Read more