Venice to Europe - Western Mediterranean Norwegian Cruise Reviews

I've mostly sailed in Mexico and Western Caribbean. I've always wanted to do the Western Mediterranean. I found this big ship beautiful and well maintained. Everything was polished and clean. The service was great as always in the restaurants, room service and attendant. We had a balcony room which was slightly smaller than the NCL cruiseships, but the balcony was generous. The twin beds really ...

We chose this ship and cruise line because we cruised 4 years ago on this ship and really enjoyed it. This time, however, was a completely different experience. We had been delayed getting to Venice to meet the ship because of Air Traffic Control glitch that had affected the UK but we had booked through NCL so they got us alternative flights the next day to meet the ship in Dubrovnik. We were ...

When booking our honeymoon we thought that the price of NCL outweighed the benefits of another more expensive cruise. In hindsight, they are cheap for a reason. The cruise started rough because of some storms which left people waiting in lines for up to 10 hours before boarding the ship. We were lucky and only waited 4 hours after our original check in time. Once on the ship we found out our ...

I chose this cruise primarily because of the itinerary stopping in Spain and Portugal. It was our first cruise on Norwegian. We were immediately struck with how crowded the buffet area was and lack of any seating. We never did find seating in the buffet area the entire 11 day trip. We sat in the Italian specialty restaurant or out by the pool. We tried sit down breakfasts several mornings and the ...

It was my first time in Norvegian company. I had already made many cruises with most of other companies (such as costa; royal carebean, celebrity, princes etc). This was the one which I didnot like much. Ship was ok. It was renovated in a good condition. has 4,5 stars. I always get balcony stateroom (since I am a little claustrophobic). This was normal BA cathegory but ıt was the smallest one I ...

7th time sailing with Norwegian and might not be sailing with them again. Main buffet hall closed more than open, pool way to small for so many people, if you or anyone going, smoke than dont go on the viva, smoking area was dangerous and very slippy, deck was power hosed with people trying to walk across the wet deck and wet stairs, pointed this out and was totaly fobbed off,to little bar staff ...

I chose this cruise for the itinerary and the fact that it was going to be the NCL's Viva's maiden voyage. To start with, you would not know that it was a maiden voyage. They did not arrange for a Fire Boat to send us off from the Port of Triste! If there was a welcoming party you didn't hear about it. Without this beginning party the rest of the cruise was flat. The cruise director could not get ...

We were looking for our first Med Cruise and to possibly branch out to a different cruise line. We settled on the opportunity to take the maiden cruise of a brand new ship, the Norwegian Viva, as it happened to have an ideal itinerary for us as it traveled from Venice (Trieste) to Lisbon. From the moment we stepped on the ship and were greeted with all the new novelties and layout along with the ...

As far as the food was concerned, I felt I was back at a camp cafeteria even though I always ate in one of their dining rooms. It is a shame that their menus far out did the quality of food. Even the 'special' dining was bad news in the quality of food. I had paid extra for 'Priority Boarding'. There was none provided!! One particular day, I had to line up 2 hours just to disembark from the ...

Chose the ship to revisit the Mediterranean. Big mistake. Hair in the food on embarkation lunch. Hair in the food in the main dining room. Ship is very old with tattered carpet and chairs in the theater. If this is a refurbished ship, it needs to be retired. Boring cruise, Director with little to no interaction with us on the ship. Entertainment venues were mediocre at best. One night they just ...