The Good:
The Garden Cafe has real ice cream with a variety of toppings and Nutella crepes every day. There is also soft serve nearby.
There are many elevators and can easily and quickly accommodate a full ship of people.
The service has been great overall.
We booked 4 snorkel excursions and 1 beach escape through NCL and loved all of them!
Aside from the very popular bar by the ...
Went on the eleven night cruise out of Miami on the Pearl. This was the longest cruise we had ever been on but it went by fast and was never monotonous. We had an inside cabin… (personally would avoid this floor as it’s under the kitchens and dining area and was pretty noisy.)
Food was amazing on buffet and main dinging room Summer Palace. Service was top notch as well although I missed the ...
Just completed 20 days on the sun from Seattle to Fl. First off we had a penthouse i bedroom rear facing suite on the 10th floor that had a very large deck with two chairs and two loungers with thick and comfortable pads. The room was ok - the shower wad small to fit the 6 foot tub. The living room needed an extra chair and bigger table for eating on but we just bough in a deck chair. The bed was ...
My wife and I were prepared for the worst after reading a number of negative review on the site. However, we enjoyed the cruise and found the food quite good, the entertainment excellent, the accommodations and service above average. I will offer a few tips rather than a lengthy review.
1) Be sure to use the little wheel outside your door to tell the steward you would like your room made up. ...
We chose this cruise because we were looking for a cruise itinerary to the Caribbean during summer vacation. The Joy had the best price for what we were wanting.
I had a fantastic time. What I liked (and what is important to me personally) is good food in the buffet and main dining room, high quality music entertainment, friendly staff and up to date decor.
The food quality was quite ...
I have a few things I would like to bring to attention. Only 1 adult pool for about 3000 adults so crowded while swimming. You have to pay a service charge fee PER PERSON in each room 20$ a day. Hopefully that will be split with every crew member because the housekeeper made our beds and gave us clean towels, don’t think it should be that much of a service charge everyday for only a few things to ...
We have been on 5 prior cruises with Carnival. This was our first time with Norwegian. The biggest difference between Carnival and this NCL Sky was the quality of the food and the age of the passengers. Carnival seemed to have a younger crowd, while NCL seemed to have older families and a handful of children. In our opinion, NCL's food was higher quality and we did not tire of the choices. The Sky ...
This was our 6th cruise with NCL (last in 2019).
The not so good:
Selected the 11:30-12 check in slot in Miami. The check in process was smooth took 20 minutes. However, not sure why NCL requests you to select a check in time and still give out boarding group numbers. We then had to wait in the lounge over 30 minutes to actually board. Unlike our cruise earlier this year on RCL out of PR, ...
First let me say that it's been 3 1/2 years (b4 COVID) since we last cruised. We had a cruise scheduled in Jan 2022 (out of New Orleans) but NCL cancelled it a few days before we were scheduled to go. So this cruise was almost like going for the first time.
We chose the Sky because of its size. The previous 8 cruises we took were all on mega ships (Encore, Joy, Bliss, Epic). Although the mega ...
This was my 2nd cruise on the Getaway, having previously sailed on a 7-night Caribbean cruise.
I chose this cruise because of the unique itinerary being very late in the season for a ship to reposition to Europe. As a single, it caught my attention as there was no single supplement.
The pre-cruise preparation was simple enough, and entering in all information online went smoothly. ...