Having cruised before a few times on a couple other lines, I was hopeful that my first taste of 'cruising like a Norwegian' would be a really fun experience... I am sad to say that it was quite the disappointment.

I took my parents with me as a birthday present. (my mum was turning 56 on Jan 20th and my father 53 on Jan 21st)

Having considered RCCL as usual, I checked dates for what was available around my vacation time allotted to me by my work, opting for this one instead due to some advice from a friend who said she had went with NCL before and enjoyed them. Touted them as "better than RCCL and I don't have to go on RCCL to know this." Read more