Since I didn't find much information for Gluten free travelers prior to the cruise I thought I would add some here. Arriving at the cabin we found letters addressed to each of us stating that they knew about our dietary restrictions and left a number to call if we needed assistance. Sounds good - but it took several days calling to get through to the number and was told it had been assigned to ...
Good: food variety and quality. Clean and pretty ship. Good port options.
Reality: nickel and dime to death. Intentionally made it hard to keep water it drinks in room, no water fountains and only at a bar or open restaurant . Restaurants overbooked, wasted dining passes. Priority passes are worthless! No room on sun decks at all and no enforcement “no saving chairs or leaving chairs.” They ...
We had an excellent time aboard NCL Sun boarding in Tenerife and cruising to Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Agadir, Casablanca, Ceuta, Malaga, Cadiz & ending in Lisbon.
Having sailed on NCL Sun in 2017 in South America, we decided to sail again this year when a great deal & itinerary came up. We booked the whole package with NCL including flights and transfers.
Everything went smoothly from start ...
We wanted to see the Hawaiian islands and thought this would be a great way to do that.
The ship docks at mainly industrial ports, where there is not much around. If you haven’t signed up for one of Norwegian’s excursions or arranged some other forms of transportation you are in for a hike.
Norwegian’s excursions are quite expensive. We found excursions provided by others (if you can find ...
Cruise number 14 for us. Panama Canal passage on the list of " must do ". The price seemed very reasonable, although with Norweigan the extras add up like one of those $29 airfares that actually costs $229 when you pay for all the necessary extas.
We had put in a "bid" for an upgrade that works like an auction over about a week period. Day before cruise received an email stating that our bid ...
Our experience was a very positive one with fantastic staff and great food. Best weather ever and we already booked an NCL cruise for next year and put deposits down for the next 4 years as well. Just some thoughts for others to consider from our experience.
Overall this cruise was great, and we had a blast. There were some things that could have been better. We picked this cruise because of ...
The Jewel was just refurbished in 2018 and is still very new looking. At 2350 capacity she is my size. The seating in the common areas was clean and comfortable. I had a ocean view with 2 persons and it was OK. Beds were new and we had enough space. Entertainment is always a mystery to me. They only play for 45 min and sometimes at really odd times. We ate mostly in the main dinning room and the ...
We arrived early into Panama City airport, and the transport started with an impromptu tour of Panama City and a pit stop for breakfast as we couldn't arrive in Colon before 11. The ride to Colon was purely functional, and we didn't view much that was photo worthy. Embarkation felt like sort of a mess in Colon, and it was a relief to finally get on the ship.
My bucket list included full ...
TLDR: Updated/clean ship with good itinerary, poor embarkation/debarkation process
This was my 4th NCL cruise (11 cruises total). My family (4 of us) stayed in two obstructed Oceanview staterooms on deck 8. The ship is recently refurbished so appears pretty modern inside given it is an obviously older ship (2006). I enjoy smaller ship sizes and given we were on this cruise for the itinerary the ...
This was my cruise #4 with NCL. The only other line I used was Carnival. In general, the NCL ships don't have the WOW feeling like Carnival does, but that bothers me the least.
My last cruise was in 2018 and I got two vouchers to use for future cruises. I knew the line would be cutting corners due to rising costs, and it certainly was happening big time, but often it was done in a weird ...