Norwegian Sky Review

Never got to private island

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kylersbox
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Sep 2018
Cabin: Mid-Ship Oceanview Porthole Window
Barry the Piano Man

Let me start by saying this is our first cruise as we usually do all-inclusive vacations. This ship is clean but older and smaller. I don’t think anyone would choose this ship except for the value of the unlimited alcohol package. The buffets were mediocre and the main restaurant service was slow. Drinks were fines for the most part, but make sure you specify your alcohol or they will use the cheap stuff and end up with a headache. The main reason we went on the cruise besides value was for the private island and to swim with the pigs. However the captain decided not to go, as they have to ferry you from the ships on tenders. Apparently, they said the waves were too strong on apparently calm day. Instead of waiting, we just went to sea, on an boat that is not ready to handle a full boat of people on the pool deck all day while on the sea. Drinks took more than 15-20 minutes to get due to their understaffing on that day. As you can imagine they expected at least the ship to disembark on the private island. Everyone wanted to know why we did not wait around the area and try again later or go back to Nassau a few miles away. Obviously they did not want to pay any additional port charges. WiFi and cellular charges on the ship was criminal for the timeframe and should have been free on the day we did not get to go to Great Stirrup Cay. The pools are tiny and you cannot find anychairs bear the pool that are not occupied. The adult pool is empty because the designer made the whole pool seven feet deep? Are we supposed to tread water for the entire time? As for the good, Barry “the piano guy” was awesome and the comedian was good. Without them I would have rather just stayed in Miami Beach for about the same price for the weekend and got to go to a beach.

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Mid-Ship Oceanview Porthole Window

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Small but clean, toilet would not flush and overflowed into our room, fortunately it was urine.

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