This was my cruise #4 with NCL. The only other line I used was Carnival. In general, the NCL ships don't have the WOW feeling like Carnival does, but that bothers me the least.

My last cruise was in 2018 and I got two vouchers to use for future cruises. I knew the line would be cutting corners due to rising costs, and it certainly was happening big time, but often it was done in a weird way.

Entertainment: NCL is considered one of the best of the non-luxury lines for entertainment and it was still good. Kate and Vasya, the acrobats from Ukraine were the best I've ever seen. The Elements show was very good as well. Unfortunately, they did not have a comedian on board, that's always my favorite, so this was a big disappointment to me. Read more