NCL's staff are just great people. My wife and I have cruised so often with NCL that we continually meet staff who are so happy to see us again and we feel the same towards them. We are treated like a true cruise family. We have sailed this itinerary often and have met wonderful people on ship and in the ports themselves. We have the opportunity to see vendors we have met on past trips and sit and chat with them. Very friendly folks. We met a vendor name Michael in Halifax who actually said he was thinking of us because we come up there each year and he knew we would be coming soon. It was amazing to hear him say that. A wonderful man. Folks in St. John and Bar Harbor were just so pleasant.
NCL's entertainment venue was wonderful, great magic and illusion show, great dancers, singers, lounge shows. The cruise director was so highly motivated and entertaining. We dined at Specialty restaurants such as Cagney's, Le Bistro(2x), and La Cuccina. All service and menus were wonderful. Freestyle dining is so accommodating.
We took advantage of 'Walk-Off" disembarkation services and it was so easy. Off the ship in 10 minutes,
Our cabin steward was so accommodating, we received NCL Platinum status goodies each day. The balcony was enjoyable to relax at certain times.
We walked the harbor and met wonderful people
We walked an area where we had not visited on previous visits
did not visit Manhattan; we are originally from NY