We cruised with a large group of 58 people. The 12 day re-positioning cruise left from NY & we flew home from Miami.
I read many reviews about NCL's policy for people with gluten intolerance & felt safe going. I met with an assistant dining room manager & she met with me every night with the menus for the following day. I learned that NCL has a separate kitchen for preparing gluten free foods. ...
Lots of odd things brought this cruise down starting with the rather strange layout of the ship, the change to main dining times with both being brought forward 30 minutes, the very noisy main dining rooms thanks to the DD layout and of course the redirection of the ship due to hurricane Tammy. Boarding at Southampton was efficient as ever, Vigo was wet, I stayed on in Lisbon, the Canary Island ...
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This was a 5-day cruise on the beautiful Norwegian Joy from New York to Bermuda. This voyage concluded the Joy’s Bermuda and New England/Canada season. After this cruise, the Joy repositioned from New York to Miami to sail some fantastic Caribbean, Southern Caribbean, and Panama itineraries.
We sailed this itinerary, exactly 1 year ago, on the U.S. inaugural voyage ...
We chose this cruise because Bermuda was on my husband's bucket list. We had sailed this ship a couple times before. We stayed the night before at a hotel where we could leave our car. We had heard horror stories of carnival's parking. I know the ship is old but I like mid size ships. Getting around was not bad. Good lay out. buffet food not so good. Our cabin steward was great. ...
The Oceania Insignia is well refurbished - tasteful and easy to get around on. She came back across the Atlantic through a tropical storm and our group of 8 people all felt safe. The ship was remarkably stable despite the 15 ft waves and 42 mph winds for 24 hours. Yes the cabin is smaller because its a smaller ship and the entertainment is not the same as big liners - however it is still good ...
First of all, I'll admit that my review will be a bit incomplete as my wife and I got covid on the ship and had to get isolated for half of the cruise. With that said, I think five nights is plenty enough time to judge the ship. I've been on the Magic for four cruises, and it's been a bit of my "home ship", in a way, so I was eager to see what the Dream had to offer.
Unfortunately, I think ...
It was truly amazing to embark out of my home city "Brooklyn"! The moment I borded the view of NYC was amazing. It brought tears of joy to my eyes to see I didnt have to worry about packing oversized liquids in my suitcase and that was an instant +‼️ Cruising was effortless as forgot you were cruising do to the smooth sailing. There was ALWAYS something to do and the guests as well as the crew ...
We boarded in Barcelona for a Transatlantic cruise to New York before continuing to Montreal. Although comfortable the ship is looking its age with a surprising amount of silicone apparent in the cabin, and once you see that your eye is of course drawn to other deficiencies, of which there are many.
To summarise: The good:
All the staff were happy, courteous and obliging. To name a few, our ...
Belonged to a group who decided to put together a cruise to Bermuda. Hadn’t been there in years and wanted to go there again. Was disappointed when , due to a hurricane, the itinerary changed. We understood the reasoning , for our safety, but was very disappointed. Instead of getting to Bermuda, first at 8am and leaving the next day at 3:30, we went there last. Got there 5pm. Left next day at ...
The cruise was great it was my family’s first cruise. Graham, the chief of entertainment was awesome! He was full of energy, and every night’s party was so much fun. The service was amazing!! I Nyoman was amazing he remembered all of our names and our drinks, he had a great personality!! Wilmer was also awesome with service, he actually saved me from falling when a chair on the pool deck broke! It ...