Norwegian Sun Review
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We chose this cruise as chance to sail out of town for a few days. Port Canaveral is convenient for us being that we are FL residents. Although we'd been to the Bahamas before, we elected to give it a try as this sailing also included a visit to NCL's private island; Great Stirrup Cay. Alrighty, onto the review...
The boarding process was easy but took longer than we thought it would. We were not uncomfortable though. The port is nice and air conditioned and we made idle chit chat while we waited for our turn to board. Once our group number was called, we boarded promptly and headed to the food. We sat in the Moderno area which had a smaller buffet but it was fresh and not as crowded as the Garden Cafe side which also had a buffet. As we ate lunch, we heard the announcement over the intercom that 'our rooms were not yet ready' and 'please wait until 1:30 when we tell you you can go to yours room'. You could drop your luggage off at one of the bars (Can't remember which one) if you wanted to be free of it. There was music piped into each of the dining area which is generally a nice thing. Once you start hearing the same songs a second time, you know you've been sitting in the same spot for a while.
We took a short walk around the ship. It doesn't take long to explore this ship. It's small but it's spaces are used wisely. We wandered around for a bit stopping to play a game of shuffleboard and try our hand at the driving range. I missed the fact that there was no mini golf on this ship. I'm not sure where they'd put it though. We visited the Park West Gallery folks and guessed the weight on the sculpture (we did not win).
Cabin Review
Balcony
The cabin was nicely laid out. There was plenty of drawer space for 2 travelers and a large closet which was more than adequate. Our balcony door stayed open without needing to be propped. I liked this very much because I like to wake up, open the door, and breathe in the fresh sea air. The bathroom, as per usual for this room category, was very small. There were a few small cubbies on either side of the sink to hold necessities. The shower stall is a bit on the smaller side. There is a clothes line in there for line-drying swimsuits and such. The bed was so-so. Our mattress was not the greatest. It could have used a topper. I slept 'ok' though and the bedding was fresh and clean. There were 4 pillows on the bed and they were in good shape. A feature of the cabin that was very handy were the USB outlets on either side of the bed. No one likes to walk across the cabin to check the time when they wake up in the middle of the night. Speaking of waiting up, we were aware of morning each day as we got closer to our destination due to the loud sound the propellers or some sort of boat-steering mechanism were making. We figured we'd be fine on deck 9 but it's a sound that will wake anyone from a deep sleep. All you could do was wait until it stopped to try to go back to sleep. In Nassau, we both just got up and started our day since we had an excursion anyway. Props to our room steward, Christopher, who was on top of every question and request we had. He even made towel animals for us per our request. Apparently they don't do that normally on the Sun.