Chose this cruise to get away from the cold; unfortunately, didn't realize it would take 1.5 days at sea each way from New York before the sun would make it comfortable to sit on deck - with this in mind, perhaps NCL could offer more activities/entertainment on a more consistent basis for those sea days e.g. the Atrium could have acts/games at maybe 15 minute intervals. But crew and entertainment made this "real 7-days in the sun" cruise an awesome experience. The specialty restaurants afforded unbelievable experiences we won't forget. Unfortunately, the buffet restaurant was always so busy we had to either wait for long periods of time or share tables - more restaurants should be open for lunch! The smoking area is too big and in too much of a prime area; also, smoking guests were allowed to roam freely outside of the smoking area thereby allowing the smoke to travel to the lounging chairs.