The Norwegian Spirit cruise to Alaska met with most of our expectations and I would recommend this cruise to anyone who wants a relaxed vacation to Alaska. Our party consisted on three adults, one in the 80's and a teenager. All of us enjoyed ourselves so it would appear that Norwegian knows how to please all age groups.

We had two outside cabins with balconies. The cabins were pleasantly decorated and had plenty of storage, even for those of us who brought too much in the way of clothes. I would highly recommend these cabins, I spent two lovely days on the balconies watching the scenery pass by. The cabin staff did a great job and catered to our every whim. Every night we returned to beds turned down, chocolate and a unique "towel sculpture".

The casual cruise dining experience was also very good. The Raffles buffet is not great, but served us well for a quick breakfast or a snack for lunch. I would not recommend it for dinner. We also dined in the Windows restaurant. Here the food was very good. We also visited the steak restaurant and tepenyaki room. The food in these restaurants was excellent and well worth the extra "cover". Two in our party had significant diet restrictions and we found that all the restaurants would bend over backwards to make sure these two had pleasant dining experiences. I think this casual dining will slowly move to other cruise lines because it is so flexible. Read more