Our cruise group consisted of 6 women varying in ages from mid thirties to early seventies. Everyone got along fine and we had a blast. Two of us flew into Fort Lauderdale the night before the other four drove from Orlando the day of. Embarkation was a breeze we arrived at the port about 11:30 and we were on the ship in under 15 minutes. I did get a bit confused at the terminal dropping of luggage. I've sailed from Port of Miami before but never as a driver and Norwegians port (IMO) wasn't clearly marked so I drove past it twice to drop of the luggage, the same thing to park...but that was just the day I was having. Once on the ship though you are escorted to an area to leave any carry on baggage, this is certainly a plus.

I went on the cruise with very low expectations after reading several bad reviews. I am a RCCL lover, but I thought I would give NCL a try since they opened these short getaways and the rates were great. I am glad I did, there were areas where NCL surpassed RCCL (not many), but I would definitely sail on them again.

The ship, the layout is absolute horrible,there is no flow to the ship. I didn't find the gift shops until late in the afternoon the second day. You have to go up sometimes to go over. The rooms were incredibly small no moving around room, and unlike a lot of cruisers I do spend quite a bit of time in my room, that's why I book balconies, I love to hang out there. Read more