We loved the decor of the ship cream , blue and touches of gold - modern and beautiful.

The layout of the public spaces is clearly a change from what we expected as regular NCL cruises and not without problems. There are small spaces I guess to spread out passengers. Public areas were crowed with occupancy at 65%. In warm weather I think the spaces during the day will work well.

However the evenings may still be problematic with guests unable to find a seat or even get into venues. Maybe some of the space issues may be resolved with more popular entertainment in the theater. The cruise director may need time to adapt the entertainment to fit the different layout. For example the band playing in Sid Normans called Rumours were excellent and the room was packed out and lots of us couldn’t get into to see them. Read more