Norwegian Spirit Review
12 Nights, Amazing ports, great vacation a couple and 18 YO daughter
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This is our 4th cruise, but it is our first on NCL. We chose this particular cruise for the itinerary but a little leery because we had heard that NCL isn't as good as Royal Caribbean or Holland America. Everything went very smoothly from boarding in Venice, right through to disembarking in Barcelona.
We stayed at the Hotel Olimpia, very near the port. I highly recommend this hotel, as well. In less than an hour we were out of our hotel, in our stateroom, with our luggage close behind. As the cruise didn't leave Venice until 1 a.m., we were able to eat lunch in the dining room, freshen up, change, and go back into Venice for a nice gondola ride and dinner.
Upon leaving Venice, we had a day and a half at sea, which was great for unpacking, planning excursions, and figuring out the ship, for food choices, entertainment, and so on.
Cabin Review
Balcony
The cabin was a little cramped for 3, but the bathroom was bigger than the bathroom in our hotel in London. The balcony was very much worth the $$. It was kept very clean, Our steward was very attentive and sweet. This cabin was close enough to the elevator but not the least bit noisy. Floors 7 and 12 were where we spent the most time, so the 9th floor was perfect.
Port Reviews
Mykonos
We took a bus for 2euros to a great beach called Elias. The onloy problem is that the bus only runs every 2 hours. There is no water taxi. They only have 32 taxis on the whole island, and you can;t get one. The beach itself was lovely, but the sand is so-so.