Background: We are experienced cruisers and usually drive to Miami to cruise on NCL. We were happy when we heard that NCL was bringing a ship to Port Canaveral, which is nearby, so booked this cruise when we saw an article in the local paper that the Sun had arrived from Europe.

Embarkation: We were dropped at the port by a friend around 11:30 am and were eating by noon. No kidding, it was very quick and easy getting on. No lines and very efficient. We are silver level latitudes members so did get to get in a different line, but the line for everyone else was not long and was moving quickly. Since we knew ahead of time that we probably wouldn't be able to get into our room until around 2pm, we carried on everything we might need, and really only needed our appetite. We got into our room by 1:30.

Stateroom: We chose an deluxe inside cabin because we like to get a good night's sleep and we have found that the inside cabins are very dark. Our room was the largest we've ever had, for an inside cabin. We both had our own closet and chest of drawers and there was a big sofa bed in addition to our bed. The bathroom was average (small) but OK. I made a note to myself to bring along a bar of soap on the next cruise. The liquid soap/shampoo combo in the shower was runny and did not lather well. No shampoo, conditioner, moisturiser or shower cap was provided either. We always had clean towels. We did encounter a problem with our room, I believe it was day #2, there was a wet spot on the carpet in front of the door inside and outside the cabin. We reported it to our cabin steward, but nothing was done. By day 4 we noticed an odor and called the front desk to see if they were going to fix it... they ended up fixing it while we were out snorkeling, but placed a big dryer fan in our room so we couldn't really use the room for that afternoon. To make a long story short, we complained and ended up being compensated fairly by guest services. (extra shipboard credit and a bottle of wine) Read more