My second cruise with Norwegian, I love the freestyle dining idea. The food was very good at the beginning of the trip. Towards the end they changed the menu for the Alaskan run, I did not like that menu much. Seemed to be mostly fish and seafood, very little choice if you are not into things from the sea. I ate mostly in the buffet after that. Cagneys Steak house was excellent, but I thought ...
This was our 3rd NCL cruise and we absolutely loved the Pacific Coast ports. The ports were great and we found something fabulous to do in each port. The smaller ports (Astoria; Nanaimo) put so much effort in helping passengers with local information and getting around the port, their volunteers are to be commended!
We loved the Pearl and all the amenities.
Our balcony room was spotless, and ...
We flew to LAX the morning of the cruise (all other times we have flown in the evening before). Representative met us at baggage claim, coach arrived soon, trip to ship was fine. Embarkation went well.
Our mid-ship balcony cabin was spacious and appealing - except for the dirt. The only surfaces that were not dirty were sticky. The room was never adequately cleaned. My wife tried to clean the ...
We chose NCL for our first cruise September 2012 because of the "Free Style" spirit and the ports of call. We don't want to have a set time for meals, don't want to dress up and don't want to be paired up with people we don't enjoy.
Our first trip was on NCL Dawn and we LOVED every minute of it, even in the smallest, inside cabin in rough seas. The staff was absolutely wonderful. No complaints, ...
This was our fourth NCL cruise and the one that we were most DISAPPOINTED in. The staff of the ship from the Captain down seemed to be lacking in friendliness and not very customer driven. There were not a lot of smiles on the faces of the crew members and many seemed to not enjoy their jobs as in my past cruises with NCL. The cruise director and his staff were NOT very "engaged" as I have ...
Norwegian Sun
Repositioning Cruise
LA to Vancouver BC - May, 2009
A group of friends and family joined the Norwegian Sun for the three night repositioning cruise from LA to Vancouver BC. Below are some thoughts on the ship, and on repositioning cruises.
EMBARKATIONBecause of the swine flu scare it took longer than normal to embark. We arrived at 11:55 and were not on board till 2:10 PM. ...
Just returned from our 5 night Pacific Coastal cruise on the Pride of Aloha. This was our first cruise (probably not the best choice for a first cruise). We arrived early and the check in process went fairly well. Once we crossed the gangway and entered the ship we were left to ourselves to try and find our rooms (my wife, two daughters, and my sister all had three adjoining rooms on the Oslo ...