We sailed on the SKY April 20-24 2009. I'll start with the summary, so the "bottom line" folks can read it and run.

My wife and I were first time cruisers, we're both in our early 50's. We both thought the trip was an exceptional value. We had a balcony cabin on the deck 9. The cabin was very clean. The balcony was comfortable for two. Bed was comfortable. The cabin was small, but I had nothing to compare it to. Bathroom and shower were small, although I'm pretty big, and had no problems. We ate at the Palace main dining room for dinner twice, and breakfast twice. I would say the Palace food is slightly better than Applebees/Bennigans, but not quite as good as Outback. Considering the cost of the cruise I was very pleased. We also ate at two different specialty restaurants. Le Bistro with a $15.00 cover, and Cagney's with a $25.00 cover. Both were outstanding. We tried the buffet for lunch. It is laid out poorly, and the food was not good. On the upside, we ate late on disembarkation, and we could only get breakfast at the buffet. Breakfast they did pretty good. By the way, the ship is going into Dry-dock this week, and the rumor is that the buffet is going to be remodeled. So maybe it will be better by the time you go. The ship was bright and clean. I saw no frayed carpeting or smelled anything bad like some others have mentioned. Every single employee I dealt with was friendly and happy to help. You can party heartily all evening, every evening. We liked NCL enough that we signed up for a promotion where we got a discount on a future sailing. If I can only afford the SKY when the time comes, I won't hesitate.

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