Norwegian Sky Review

The Sky DOES Have a Limit

Review for Cuba Cruise on Norwegian Sky
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exluna83
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Aug 2017
Cabin: Balcony
What is this?  An aardvark?
View of Havana, entering port, from our balcony (9218).
My husband rocking the ka-ra-o-ke at the Plantation Lounge (which turned ou
What is this?  A beakless bird?

You know how most things are, "It's all about the journey, not the destination"? Well, in this particular case, it was ALL about the destination - Cuba - because the journey on the Norwegian Sky was pretty underwhelming. Absolutely nothing bad happened, but my apparently-high expectations were not even close to met on this boat. If you want to go to Havana, this is not a bad way to do it. If you want to go on an amazing cruise, choose a different vacation.

EMBARKATION

Embarkation experience was very smooth. The port and the waiting area were as crowded with people as one could imagine but it was relatively controlled insanity.

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin BC

Ship cabins are small, always. This one felt particularly small, but having the balcony was really nice to add some square footage. The layout of the room was bizarre to me, in that the bed was on the side of the room where you could LEAST lie in it and look out onto the balcony (it should have been on the other side of the room to allow the best vantage point). Everything in the room was clean, and it was one of the better ship bathroom showers that I've had to use. It was just older, and felt like it'd seen some better sailing days. Outlets are limited. The sofa-thing was nice to put suitcases on (because we never fully unpacked). The bed-side lights RIGHT in line with your pillows were weird. As was the artwork in the room. Whoever our room steward was was AMAZING, and made sure we always had a dry bathmat! I'm super glad I brought my own bathrobe because there wasn't one in the room. Bed linens felt super scratchy but again, you're on a boat.

Port Reviews

Miami

It's like an airport, but with boats. And no one really likes an airport. It did it's job and nothing more. Be prepared to tip your aggressive baggage porters who check your luggage.

Great Stirrup Cay

Not Norwegian's fault that it was raining the day we had this stop, but ugh, Great Stirrup Cay was beyond underwhelming. It felt just, grossly commercialized (and this is compared to my vague memories of Royal Caribbean's Coco Cay that I was on, like, a decade ago). The minute you got off the tender it was, "Here's ways to spend more money...rent a raft!" Like, we're ALREADY PAYING FOR THIS ENTIRE THING. JUST GIVE ME A DAMN FOAM FLOATIE TO USE IN THE OCEAN. So anyway, rain didn't help the cause. The beach chairs were relatively meh. The bathrooms were actually in decent condition. After our dip in the ocean our foursome commandeered an umbrella table and played dominos for a few hours. Oh, the buffet lunch that we finally indulged in on the island was amongst the best food we had the entire trip: the ribs were great, as was the jerk chicken. Complete surprise that this was a decent meal.

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