Norwegian Western Caribbean Cruise Reviews

We chose the NCL Breakaway because we were in New Orleans for Mardi Gras and have sailed NCL many times before. It’s a beautiful ship but the venues are not capable of handling the number of passengers on board. The showroom is smaller than those on smaller ships and required reservations on the only floor show twice on two days during the week. The show BURN THE FLOOR was good but it was ...

We were looking forward to our cruise on the Prima, which was our 4th Norwegian cruise. We were disappointed, to say the least. We found the ship to be poorly-designed. They substantially reduced the availability of fare-included dining options in favour of 8 specialty, a-la-cart restaurants. They made the tiny, crowded buffet a major thoroughfare to the pool deck. We paid approximately ...

First time on a NCL ship. Previously sailed on RCL, Carnival and Celebrity. This was cruise number 6, I think. I've read several reviews bashing this ship about it being poorly designed, crowded and all the staff was disinterested. I will disagree to an extent. I had zero issues getting a table in any food venue. Yes, they were busy but I don't care what ship you are on that at 6pm, ...

For being a new ship the design was terrible. Very choppy design. The atrium was very small, not enough chairs for watching entertainment only 1 bar. We finally went to the casino and took chairs. The night clubs could only fit around 50 people and 1/2 of that was standing room only. Getting a drink on this ship was very hard, long lines and long waits. Entertainment during the day was really ...

Cabin is clean but small and a bit dated. Quality professional entertainment almost non existent or in too small venues for such a large ship Food Ok, neither bad nor something to write home about. Servers and cabin attendants friendly but over worked. Some of the admin staff could be friendly. STOLE $41 from me. Charged us for 24 bottles of water we received and the same day ...

This was our first time on one of NCL's larger ships - and may be our last. The layout of the Escape leaves something to be desired, because when ship is at full capacity it's hard to even walk properly on some decks. We spent over an hour trying to find just two chairs together on any deck on the sea days - and I'm not exaggerating. The atrium area gets so crowded for shows that you cannot even ...

This is my second cruise. I’m not an expert. My first cruise was a 4-day Mexico vacation on Royal Caribbean (RC). My wife and I wanted to get away. We picked Norwegian gateway out of New Orleans to go to the Caribbean. Embarkation day went smoothly, we picked a 2:30PM time slot and it took about 15 min between arriving at the terminal and getting on the ship. Our room (regular balcony) was ...

We chose a cruise to go to the Bahamas, Cozumel, Belize, and Rotoan. The itinerary changed three times. First two, changing days around. I was told I now needed a passport to get into Belize so no problem my wife and I spent almost $600 expediting passports. Sure enough, they cancel Belize (the only reason we booked this cruise) and add Costa Maya…fine it happens. Next, they canceled the Bahamas ...

My husband and I took our 34th anniversary cruise on the Prima out of Galveston. We parked in the Express Lot and it was an easy walk to drop our bags off and go check in. We checked in at around 11:00 am. There was no line and we were able to walk right onto the boat from there. We checked in at our muster station and then went down to the theater on deck 6 to make reservations for the ...

We’ve sailed with NCL for years, always a great experience. We’ve also cruised with several other lines We choose to stay with NCL because of the “freestyle dining” We’ve booked the Haven once , the owners suite twice all the others have been suite balcony or standard balcony’s We also booked a cruise for the Mediterranean in November prior to boarding the jade … may have to rethink it ...