First of all, I want to share a little background of us: we are a family of three from Finland. Cruise culture, as we know it here, consists of fairly short crossings to Sweden or Estonia. The ships are small and the trips are short, ranging from couple of hours to two days. With this being said, it has been a lifelong dream for us, to take a decent Caribbean cruise.

We had the pleasure of taking the NCL Escape from Miami with a 7-night itinerary to the Western-Caribbean. Ports of call were Roatan, Harvest Caye, Costa Maya and Cozumel. Additional excitement was added, when we learned that thanksgiving day was during our cruise. It's a holiday that is not celebrated in our part of the world, so we were keen to experience that as well.

We had a balcony cabin on the 12th deck, which was very sufficient for our family. I loved the fact that I could enjoy the sunrise from my private balcony. Soak up on the light and colors of the new scenery, after all Finland is a cold and dark place in November, so this feature was very welcome to me. The cabin had enough space for our stuff and the bathroom was good sized. All in all, we got a long well the whole week and the cabin didn't feel too tight. Read more