Our kids (16, 13, and 11) as well as my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this trip. There were plenty of teens due to Spring Break and many couples in our age category. The NCL employees were incredibly wonderful, professional, pleasant, and so very very hard working. You would think that 'freestyle' cruising would mean that you would not have the opp to get to have personalized service, but our experience was anything but that. Not only did the employees do such a great job remembering our names, but also remembered our daily routines, as well as our food and drink preferences.

The ship was incredibly clean at all times. The food tasted great and the reggae band on pool side was fantastic. The entertainment was very enjoyable. Very professional dancers put on performances that could rival Vegas. Tim Kaminski was the comedian. Other comedians I've experienced on cruise ships, just keep to themselves and pop up when it's time to perform. Not Tim! He was there greeting us as we came on board, he was ALWAYS amongst the guests making us laugh, asking where we were from, and just being an awesome representative for NCL. His humor will keep you in tears and it's certainly fun for the whole family! Jean Pierre (JP) the magician was also incredible. He is one of the best that I've seen. He was up at the bar in the evening and after giving him a pack of cards, kept blowing our minds away. The ventriloquist Patrick Murray was painful. He is good at what he does, but his material was lacking. So I wouldn't recommend his show.

As for the kids program, our teens were stoked to get registered with the teen club. However, the one thing I have found is that for kids around 10-12, the programs seems to really lack. Often the kids are put in a conference room with kids younger than them for basically all day with a bunch of games, xbox, and "baby games" as our 11 year old likes to describe it. So unfortunately, our 11 year old did not have any desire to go to the kids club. But was very happy to see that his XBox (yes we actually brought it!) worked with the TV in the cabin. Be sure to bring the appropriate adapters to get the video and sound to work! And expect the kids cabin become the new kids club! Read more