Our first open sea cruise having only experienced European river cruises previously. However the timing was right and friends who have done multiple cruises before (although not with Norwegian) highly recommended them.

On the plus side, if we had sailed the scheduled cruise, we would have run through storms and high seas so the line (or perhaps the skipper) decided to run the cruise in reverse order. That must have required a huge logistical effort to rearrange berthing dates, excursion dates and supplies but it was handled extremely well and appreciated by most.

As we were travelling through Christmas and were actually scheduled for a day at sea on Christmas Day, this did mean some places were not open or were not as active on the new dates of call and some excursions were cancelled or shortened but this was understandable in the circumstances. Read more