Wanted to try going out of Tampa & sailing under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. So we did.

It was a revisit to the NCL Dawn & the scheduled ports, except NCL visits their own port in Belize & we made it to Costa Maya this time. (Last time we skipped it because a hurricane had not). We've never had a bad cruise. Food's always wonderful, they clean your room, wash your clothes, entertain you, all while basking in the lap of luxury & sunshine. What's not to like. - The one incident where a loud, fowl mouthed, drunk was seat near by at dinner in the main dining rm. I watched as staff pulled as far away from the area as they could. I called the maitre d over & he offered to move us, 'tho we were 3/4 the way through our dinner. They obviuosly didn't want to disturb the cursing drunk as he berated his female companion. That was the 1st nite of the cruise. We ate in the specialty restaurants all but 1 nite after that.

The boarding in Tampa was the worst we've experienced. This was caused by late clearance by inland security of the previous cruise. Once the departing passengers & luggage had left things looked up & we were wisked aboard & the cabin was already with the luggage following quickly behind. Read more