Norwegian Sky Review

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Norweigan Sky - Great Expectations, Poor Delivery!

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First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Feb 2010
Cabin: Mid-Ship Oceanview Porthole Window

We sailed on the Norwegian Sky on February 5th,2010 out of Miami. This was a 3 day sailing to Nassau and their private island. We are two guys that have cruise more than 25 times mostly on Royal Caribbean. We picked NCL because we wanted to try another line and because we liked the "freestyle" concept. We did our research and had great expectations for NCL.

We arrived at the port around 1:30PM and immediately checked in with no wait. The check in staff was very friendly and fast. We were on board by 1:45PM. As soon as you board, you are directed to an area where they have set up tables marketplace style trying to sell you anything from dinning reservations, to drink packages, spa specials and so forth. The usual cruise tactics but here they group everything together in one room. We did not feel pressured to purchase anything, but we have never seen this done this way before on other lines. By the time we were trough the "marketplace", it was announced that the staterooms were ready so we proceeded to our room. We had an oceanview room on the 4th deck. The room was what we had expected so no surprises there. We dropped our carry-on bags and went to find lunch.

Welcome lunch was at the Garden Buffet on the top deck. This is where our disappointments began. The Garden Buffet has plenty of seating inside and out on deck so we had no problem finding a table. The food stations are set with no logic whatsoever. As soon as you walk in from the elevators there is an action station for pasta, next to the dessert station. Following that is the hot food, then, salads. Around the corner is another hot food station followed by fresh fruits. In a corner between the last two is another action station for burgers and hot dogs. This configuration leads to confusion. Since there is no logic behind the line set up, people are tripping all over each other trying to reach different items, specially the kids that are waiting for burgers. The other problem was the quality of the food. The selection was limited and the quality was below what we expected. Even though it is a buffet, we thought the quality was way below what we had experienced on Royal Caribbean before. The drink selection is only tea, coffee and water. The tea is from a machine and was terrible. Because of this, we ended up buying the soda package.

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