Nightmare starting at arrival at Port of Miami and basically sitting (or standing due to lack of chairs) in a human warehouse; given numbers without explanation when we checked in. Little did we know that thousands of people would be waiting for their number to be called because they were yelling that they were running behind in getting people from the previous cruise ship. That's at least what ...
The positives of this cruise, the itinerary, the musicals, good shower space, and decent food.
The negatives:
1. Is a mega-ship with a poor design unable to accommodate all their passengers without feeling constantly overcrowded and always struggling to find a space to eat or relax.
For example more than once passengers were faced with lack of tables at the buffet restaurant, and were ...
We booked this cruise for our 25th wedding anniversary. It was the worst vacation in 25 years!! To begin we haven't had a vacation since covid began in 2020. We were given assurance when NCL said they require vaccination certificates and / or a negative covid test and they would be checked . But they completely failed to do so, not caring about guest health or safety.
Then our itinerary was ...
Our trip started with a nice, early-arriving (11:00am) air flight from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale. It was all down hill from there…
- A 2.5-hour wait for the transfer shuttle bus to the Miami port. That’s after we had already obtained our baggage from the baggage claim area.
- Upon arrival at the port, we brought our 2 suitcase bags to the porters. Before taking our bags, the porter asked if ...
We choosed Norwegian because it was supposed to be better experience. Sailed 11 cruises. The Cleaness and staff great. The Food is better in Elementary school, way below Golden coral.
The shows were terrible.
Only one nice dining room and no formal nights or music. during dining.
They changed a port from Costa Maya because the port was over booked!!!! How does this happened when ...
We've been on many cruises. Mostly Celebrity, Carnival and our favorite Royal Caribbean. My husband and I didn't get to choose this trip, it was our daughters Masters degree present, so she picked it. My parents tried to warn us (They have been on 120+ lost count trips so we listen to them!) not to do NCL and we should have listened.
First the good: The shows in the main theatre were top notch! ...
I had a trip to see the Panama Canal on my bucket list. Never thought I would get to cross it off my list. My wife and I cruised with 3 other couples we have traveled with before. Great company on a great ship. The food was wonderful and the entertainment was amazing. My wife just had surgery 3 weeks before embark time. Due to this we did not get to do the normal shore excursions we enjoy, but ...
We are platinum members and sail on many NCL ships. We normally like smaller ships however we wanted to experience the new locks on the Panama canal with this ship. We have priority boarding and it was easy to get on board, however had difficulty finding our cabin, inside Deck 12 midship. Well as it turned out it wasn't midship it was due aft net to an elevator. Cabin was extremely small, I had to ...
So I have been on RC, Disney and carnival. I can honestly say, sailing on the Norwegian was the worst experience. We booked a balcony room, which wa tiny! I mean very very very small. The bathroom layout was good. There is not much storage space. So when entered the cruise to a small casino, most ships you enter into a grand atrium. We were not greeted by any staff. Their was no instruction on ...
This is a long review but so are the troubles that NCL has caused us. Please take time to read this for your own sake.
My husband and I just returned from a cruise on the Bliss that we booked through one of NCL’s sales agents. We booked the entire trip through this NCL employee including air fare and cruise insurance. We were nervous about the flights, and requested to fly out the night before ...