This is my 3rd cruise, 1st with Norwegian. The other 2 were on Carnival and Royal. We booked this cruise back in December. I was pretty excited until I found this web site and started reading the reviews. I just want to say, don't believe everything you read. This was by far, so much better than Carnival and Royal from the time we checked in until the time we disembarked. This is my wife's 6th cruise. She has done a number of cruises on Carnival and 1 on Royal.

I'll start with the check in. We arrived about 10:30 a.m., stood in line for about a half an hour, by 11:30 we were on the ship. Our luggage arrived soon after. No problems whatsoever.

Cabin: We had an inside cabin deck 10 forward. It was small, but we knew that going in. We don't spend a whole lot of time in our room, so the small room didn't bother us. The balcony rooms looked nice from the hallway, but you'll save yourself a lot of money on an interior room and besides no one on the ship knows what type of room you're in unless you're one of those people that have to tell everyone they meet that they are in the penthouse ... I really don't care if you sleep in the hallway ... The bathroom was bigger than the bathrooms on Carnival and Royal, or at least it seemed like it was and believe it or not, we had plenty of water pressure. The room stewards were very friendly and did a great job. As a matter of fact, the entire ship staff was very friendly. I didn't pass one cruise staff person in the hallway that didn't greet me with a "hello" or a "good morning." I can't say the same for the cruises I took on Carnival and Royal. Read more