I recently got off the NCL Sun which did a 5 day Mexico cruise before heading into dry dock for 12 days. This was my 5th NCL cruise and I have to admit I was very pleasantly surprised.

I did have some reservations about sailing on the Sun because it's one of their older ships and I wasn't sure what to expect - boy was I pleasantly pleased. The overall appearance of the ship was really one of a well maintained ship. Sure that was some wear and tear but overall it doesn't look its age.

We had an interior cabin on the 10th floor and to my surprise it was the 2nd largest inside cabin that we've ever stayed in. Now the shower was tiny but overall I'd book that same cabin on a 5 day cruise in a heartbeat. It's funny because my wife and I both agreed that we enjoyed our accommodations on the Sun better than we enjoyed our balcony cabin on our last NCL cruise, the Epic. Even though the Epic was newer we felt that due to the layout was too cramped. We had ample storage space as well. On big difference on the Sun was this - we watched the movie Inception in our cabin for free, whereas movies on the Epic were $12.99! Read more