My wife's family are from Norway so they thought this cruise would give them a taste and feel of the old country. And as we had yet to try Norwegian Cruise Line after 5 cruises this would be a new experience for the wife and me.

Loading onto the ship took forever and most likely because the local news media were on hand spreading the word that those departing the ship were being evacuated to hospitals due to the NORO virus. Being optimistic and realizing we would not get a refund at this late date we continued on.

I usually spent my time reading when we were not in port. Read more