We were a family of 4 (husband and I in a midship club balcony suite and my 86-year-old mother-in-law and young sister-in-law a little further along the corridor in adjoining forward club balconies). We had three nights in Tromso pre cruise at the Clarion Collection With hotel – we have stayed here before for four nights in early 2020 in a quest to see the Northern lights and it is warm and ...
For perspective, this was my first time cruising on Norwegian, and I have cruised previously on Celebrity, Princess, Royal Caribbean and Carnival. My husband and I found a fantastic last minute deal on the Norwegian Star for a Norway/Iceland cruise during Aug./Sept. 2023. Given the low price we paid, and given my incoming lower image of Norwegian, I was very pleasantly surprised overall at the ...
We chose this cruise for the price and the ports. Our cruise included a good drink package and $50 off of each excursion for one of us as well as two specialty dinners. The staff was very friendly and efficient. We did not like having to pass through the smoky casino to get to restaurants, and that the smoke infiltrated the atrium areas. Time for a new air exchange system or don't the smokers ...
We have been cruising with NCL for almost 20 years. This will be out last cruise with NCL. A lot has changed (and not for the best) while cruising with them over the years. Although we are "Sapphire Level", even those "perks" have been changed and are minimal. As far as the food, room, service and entertainment - all were subpar. THE FOOD: We ate at all of the restaurants and buffet. ...
This was supposed to be one of the cruises of a lifetime. Anything but. Been on NCL many times previously but this was the first cruise since covid. Very disappointing, to say the least. Everything had been cut back. The food quality was way down. I was told that there was a challenge sourcing food. What was served was terrible. They need to hire new staff and get quality control people on board. ...
My husband, son, and I embarked on this cruise to celebrate a number of milestones in our family. We opted to upgrade our room (deck 9, forward facing balcony) and take advantage of all that offered, which, in the end, was a mix of good and bad.
I had anxiety about taking a cruise during Covid (yes, it does still exist; all 3 of us contracted it). For what we paid, we really don't feel like ...
We live in Arizona and it's HOT in August! We wanted to travel somewhere where the weather was cool and the terrain was different from where we live.
We were not disappointed! We were personally met at check-in and escorted up to our suite on the 12th deck. We were able to be in our room by 1:00 though our luggage arrived around 5:00. We have never stayed in a room that included butler and ...
This ship is badly designed. With full capacity of 3500 passengers there was extreme overcrowding in all the public spaces. The tiny buffet on the 17th deck was far smaller than those in ships with only 2000-2500 passengers. It was always a zoo: long lines, no where to sit. The main theatre was way too small. Instead of having two performances of a new show each evening in a large theater, ...
The Iceland and Northern Europe cruise is wonderful, ports of call superb. The Prima is a beautiful ship, with lots of amenities for all ages. Sadly we were very disappointed with the food. After 4 days of the 10 day cruise they ran out of healthy breakfast cereal. It was difficult to find sources of fiber. Healthy food choices limited to non existent at the buffet . The Palomar specialty ...
We just returned from a 10 night cruise on the Prima and we loved the ship and the ports. This was our fourth cruise on NCL and about our 10th cruise overall.
The complaints about crowding in some of the venues are valid and it took a little planning to deal with it but we managed it well. I did not find the ship difficult to navigate.
My impressions:
The ship is gorgeous. Every space is ...