This was my 11th cruise and though I was hesitant at first, I decided to just jump in and book a seven day cruise from New York City down to Port Canaveral, Great Stirrup Cay then Nassau, Bahamas.

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Booking-- I booked directly on the MCL website and a few days later I thought that I would go back into my profile and buy an upgrade and was disappointed to find that this was not an option with NCL. Also, to my dismay, this cruise line did not have an on-line reservation system for airport transfers instead a 1-800 number was listed. I did call and the agent informed me that they only have service from LaGuardia airport but not JFK (JFK was my departure airport). Knowing New York, I decided to buy the local Airporter bus service and that worked out perfectly. I felt spoiled with other cruise line companies with being able to modify my reservations so this did not bode well with me to consider any future bookings. But, I thought, maybe the rest would be good--read on. Read more