Chose this ship because of a casino promotion. Had never sailed on NCL before, but wanted to try them. We quickly learned that with the free at sea promotion, you have to plan your dinner reservations out months. As a result, it became very difficult to even use our specialty dining package.

The first few days one of the biggest impressions the ship left on us was that the bathrooms were small, oddly layed out, smelled bad, and we're dirty. On the 3rd to last day fears of virus led to the ship receiving a more thorough cleaning, bringing the cleanliness on par with past ships we've been on.

The virus precautions were not well communicated at all. For 12 hours the passengers were left wondering why the buffet was no longer self serve and all room keys were dipped in sanitizer before any announcement was made that it was directed by NCL HQ "out of an abundance of caution." That one and only mention still left everyone onboard wondering if we had sick passengers on the ship or if it was fleet wide due to Coronavirus. Read more