Let me just start off by saying that this was my seventh cruise but only my second on Norwegian. All my other cruises were on Royal Caribbean, which I always loved. I chose this cruise, because this was for my honeymoon and after dishing out all the money for the wedding and then buying a house money was in smaller supplies. For my husband (which this was his first cruise) and I, the cheaper rate was an added bonus. We were at the point where we didn't really care which line it was we wanted to get away.

I have to say for a cheaper cruise (comparing Norwegian to Royal Caribbean) we lucked out. Nothing really fancy with our reservation- inside cabin, complimentary dinning etc. Everything was great except for the restaurant service. Just being 2 of us, we would wait easily an hour for dinner, and no matter where we ate was the same wait time. It seemed like there were too many guests and not enough servers on staff. Any of the bars we went to were great with a short wait time, except for the O'Sheehan Bar and Grill on deck 7. The way it is set up is the pub is on one side of a hallway/ walkway type and the bar on the other side. Well over by the bar you can over see the Atrium that's a deck below, the servers rarely go over to those table to take any order for the pub or the bar. Why that annoyed me was because that was the only restaurant that was open 24 hours. The food itself was amazing, and the cleanliness and friendliness was great, but just the amount of servers were poor.

For anybody reading this review for their first cruise let me tell you about the inside cabins: (not trying to suggest an upgrade, it's the rooms I prefer) the rooms are literally 2 feet (or so) wider than a queen bed and just long enough for the bed a vanity and a bathroom, which is also nothing to get carried away about. I like the inside rooms because I chose to not spend a large chunk of time in the room and having that room helps that. My recommendation for any room is to bring a clock. Let me just warn you though that they have some energy saving thing in the rooms (I had mixed feelings about it- I like the idea to save energy, but it got annoying at the same time) In order to have any electricity you need to insert your key card into the light switch- but when you take the card out all the power goes off. So if you have a clock that plugs in you need to reset it every time (which I did) it beats setting my watch alarm that I could not figure out how to shut off. If you plan on going to any shows on board book them early- they fill up fast. Even some 'free' shows (which is the only ones I did) require a reservation to get a seat. Overall I recommend this cruise line, ship and destination to everybody! Can't wait to cruise again :)