Norwegian San Juan Cruise Reviews

We are long-time, seasoned cruisers and have sailed with most major lines. We selected this cruise for a few main reasons: new ship, great stops, leaving from San Juan (as opposed to Fla.) different and interesting. Moreover we had not sailed with NCL for a long time and decided it was time to give them another try. Here are some key points of our experience that I hope may help. The ship is ...

This was a cruise left over from the covid caused cancellations - combined with our 40th wedding anniversary. We chose the Caribbean for its warmth given our frigid weather here in Canada. Although we had visited 5 of the islands previously, St. Thomas and Tortola were new locations for us to try. And we have never cruised on new ship so close to its maiden voyage. Viva is a sparkling, ...

We are regular cruisers on Norwegian and we decided to try out this new ship. We booked an aft facing haven suite with large balcony. The suite was very nice but was not physically located on the Haven floor. The balcony was massive and the room layout was comfortable. Unfortunately we did not feel that on this ship the Haven is worth it. The Viva has much more Haven rooms than some of the ...

In summary, nice new ship, service is mediocre, food is ok, extremely long waiting times to eat, Shows and entertainment are not good. Beetlejuice musical, their premier show cancel due to technical problems. Disappointed, will not travel NCL again. Their New Years Eve party below par. For the money there are better cruise lines than NCL. Again will not travel with NCL again. Their specialty ...

I put this out there in hopes that others will read it and cancel before it is too late. This ship might not be for you. You pay a lot for a cruise and should have a good experience. I have only cruised Royal and Carnival and Viva was an awful experience. I asked for a Pina Colada on the rocks and bartenders looked at me like I was crazy. One gave me a premade canned pina colada and splashed a ...

Overall our experience on the Viva was good but in several ways disappointing. Ports of Call were Fantastic! To summarize, we are a family of four with two grown children 29 & 32, staying in two balconies. Wife and I are recently retired with a decent amount of cruise experience the past few years (18 cruises) on several cruise lines, including Norwegian, Holland America, Celebrity, Costa, and ...

We chose this cruise for the itinerary and because we have generally been happy with Norwegian cruises. With the brand new ship we expected more - beautiful ship, elevated dining and service, etc. The facilities WERE amazing, especially the spa and the outdoor areas. Good ship thing: larger bathroom in the cabin. Bad ship thing: hard to find restrooms around the ship - signage was too ...

Let me start by stating this was our 4th NCL Haven cruise.Starting from arrival at the port it was standing room only, they did start taking guests around 1:10PM about 20 minutes early. By 1:45 we were being served soup in the Haven restaurant. It took roughly 4 hours to get our luggage which was partially soaked. To the clothes inside. We left after 10:30PM over 2 hours late. We ...

We were a group of 28 who booked Jan 2022. This was my 4th NCL cruise. Our balcony cabin was beautiful and spacious. The outdoor decks were beautiful with many places to relax. The main dining room, Palomar and Hasuki were amazing. My favorite bar was the Belvedere. But I will be hard pressed to cruise out of San Juan again. If you are from the island this is the ship for you. The Gym was a ...

Our friends had booked this cruise so we decided to join. We were excited to be part of Viva’s maiden voyage from its home port. New to NCL, we didn’t know what to expect. All we knew was that this was a premium class ship heading to many ports that we hadn’t experienced before. Let’s start with the bad: The glaring problem with this ship is the lack of space in areas that demand it. Buffet ...