Spent the night before in Atlantic City. Easy 2 hour drive, easy to navigate and find the parking at the cruise terminal, and paid $280 for the week to park. Worth it for proximity and ease to terminal. Got there early, but took hours to board. (Gave people random numbers between 1 and 10. Even being early, we got #8???) Staterooms were nice but not ready even after waiting so long to board. We haven't done a lot of cruises, but everyone around us that were seasoned cruisers said this was the worst that they had ever seen. Several private functions closed sections of the boat; unsure if this was why it took so long to get on. Spent $3000 on a balcony room for 2 ppl directly through NCL.com, and it included a beverage package and "dining package". Stateroom was a decent size, clean and nice, but announcements (general, not just emergency) came directly into the room as early as 8 am. We were told they shouldn't but it was never fixed. Very narrow hallways. ONE POOL and one kiddie play area, right next to each other made for an extremely crowded deck and unusable pool. Paid $200 for 2 access passes to The Vibe adult only area. We have 3 kids and are fine with kids playing, but you couldn't even get to the pool, hot tubs or bar. This was a trip for our anniversary, so we wanted to be able to relax and have adult conversation, but couldn't due to everything being so crowded and loud. The Vibe was nice, but it's only 2 hot tubs and no pool. The dining package included 3 dinners at specialty restaurants. I made reservations ahead online, but you never really know what you want until it comes time. Well, don't bother trying to eat unless it's at the buffet or you stick to your reserved times. Couldn't/didn't end up using the dining package. Had buffet and Moderno the first few days, but I couldn't eat anything without getting sick... I'll spare the details and try to hold on to my dignity even just a little, but it wasn't vomiting or sea sickness, and happened without fail 20 minutes after eating every single time. The Shanghai Noodle Bar was the only thing I could eat and was actually very good. Activities were so crowded that you couldn't see what was happening. We like casinos and don't mind losing as long as it lets us play for a while. This one just took and took. The service was unimpressive. Everyone seemed friendly enough for the most part, but stressed and overwhelmed. Bermuda was beautiful, but really bad service in the Dockyard. Everyone wants to complain about how expensive the cabs are, but when gas is $10 a gallon and you're driving for 45 mins to get to the other side of the island, $40 really isn't that bad. We needed good food and something to save our vacation, and the driver took us exactly where we needed to go. He even called ahead and made sure they could get us in before getting there. Hidden Gems excursion was really cool, but took up an entire day. If we did ever return to Bermuda, we would fly rather than cruise there. In fact, we looked in to flying home rather than spending one more day on that awful boat to get home, but they wouldn't let us off the boat. Had this been a comped cruise, and we only spent money on our extras, it would have been much easier to swallow. But it most definitely was NOT worth the money and ruined any chance of ever sailing with NCL again.