Norwegian Pearl Review

Great view, not so great food

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pamelajmik
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jul 2011
Cabin: Aft-Facing Balcony

We flew to Seattle a couple days early to visit our relatives. After breakfast on Sunday morning, we loaded up and headed to Pike Place Market. It was fun to look at all the pretty flowers, and the produce. I bought a moon valley organic beeswax lotion bar, and some Chukar Cherry vanilla almonds... yum! The fresh seafood was abundant. The shrimp was about the size of the palm of your hand! Of course we had to watch the flying fish show. We enjoyed the street performers, a ragtime music duo and a guy that hula hooped while playing the harmonica and the guitar all at the same time! We also saw cheese being made in a huge vat at Beecher's handmade cheese in the market. I fell in love with the hanging dried peppers and may have to get me some for my kitchen!

We saw the Norwegian Pearl and our excitement grew as our long awaited cruise was finally about to begin. Our rooms were ready when we boarded and we were greeted by our cabin steward, Rommel, from the Philippines. He greeted us by name on a daily basis and was very attentive and thorough. He made our stay enjoyable. We had an aft balcony cabin and the view was truly amazing. The room was just the right size and we had plenty of room to store our items. We kept our sliding door ajar and fell asleep to the hum of the ship and the sound of the wake every night. The fresh air was so refreshing! While entering each port, we stood on our balcony and we could smell the fresh bread baking above us. Each time we entered the dining areas, we were greeted by, " Washy washy, happy happy!" The staff on the Pearl were all so friendly! Our only complaint was the bland food. It's not your typical exquisite food we were accustomed to having on prior cruises. That was disappointing.

One of our favorite places on the ship was the Spinnaker lounge at the front of the ship. It had a couple of beds, some large lounge chairs that all four of us fit on and some funky chairs. We had lots of fun hanging out there. One evening we relaxed on a lounge chair and listened to Karaoke... it was pretty funny!

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Aft-Facing Balcony

Cabin B1

Quiet location, great steward, awesome view, plenty of storage space, suitcases fit under the bed.

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