Norwegian Pearl Review

Loved our cruise on the Pearl to Alaska

Review for Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Pearl
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ken02802
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Aug 2014

We had a great time!

This was my first ocean cruise. It was my wife's fourth cruise. We did not bring our sons.

We were traveling with a group of 51 square dancers from 8 states. We danced almost every day on the ship, sometimes in the conference rooms, sometimes in the main lounge (Spinnaker).

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Cabin worked well for us. The room was small, as expected, but had more than enough room to get around. The room was rated for a max of 4 occupants. I can't imagine trying to squeeze four people into that room!The two beds had been merged into one when we arrived. We put all three suitcases under one of the beds. (Under the other bed was a pull-out bed.) Plenty of room to store our clothes in the closet and drawers. There was a very-low but continuous rumble. Some nights we played white sound on my smart phone to cover the ship noises. We rarely heard any noise from surrounding cabins.I had brought a small nightlight which proved to be a good idea, since the cabin had neither windows nor dimmable lights. Some had suggested leaving the TV on with bow-cam channel. We found this to be too bright.We were able to briefly access our room upon arrival. While we had lunch, they announced over the PA that our room was ready. Our luggage was in the room when we returned. We emptied the fridge upon arrival and filled it with water bottles and soda which we had bought in Seattle and brought aboard as "checked" luggage.We had been concerned with booking an inside cabin for this trip but our fears did not materialize. We were rarely in our cabin except to sleep. The dark, quiet room made sleeping much easier. We had better views up on decks 13 and 14 than we would have had with a balcony.

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