This was our third cruise together with NCL (my wife had sailed on NCL with her family in the 1970's) and our fifth cruise overall, having also sailed Carnival twice. Overall, this was a very pleasant cruise with a few disappointments.

We arrived at the port at about 1:00 pm (thanks to Delta for a 90 minute delayed departure) and NCL had us checked in and on board in about twenty minutes. We used the Latitudes line, the regular line was longer but not too bad. There was no escort to our cabin but OJ and water and baked goods available in the terminal before boarding (on a table after check-in) and both champagne and OJ were offered upon boarding. Our cabin was not as clean as it should have been (used straw and other trash on balcony, slippers from a previous guest under the bed and scraps of paper on the floor) and no robes or fruit menu were available in the cabin (and this was a balcony). Cabin was turned down only two of four nights and ice was not kept replenished very well. The hand soap dispenser in the bathroom remained empty the entire cruise. Unlike other previous cruisers, we did have sufficient towels.

The cabin is really small but okay for two. Three would be challenging. The cabin is about 9ft wide and about 17ft long. The living area (excluding bath, closet and hall) is about 9ft by 11ft. Three very small drawers and one small shelf in the closet, one small drawer in desk and one night table with two small shelves. One small corner shelf available above the TV. Cabin is about 150 sq. ft. (Category BB) with a 9ft by 5 ft (approx) balcony. Cabin was on starboard (right) side with view in Miami of the cruise terminal and Miami skyline, view in Freeport of dock and marketplace, view in Nassau would have been of sea but blocked by RCCI Majesty of the Seas, and view at Great Stirrup Cay of the island. Frequent noise seemed to come from use of stairs near cabin (particularly unsupervised adolescents chasing each other up and down late at night). The balcony door can be held open with the hook provided and the sound of the water at night is wonderful. A/C kept the cabin cool but a magnetic sensor on the door turns it off if the balcony door is open. Read more