8 Nights Bahamas: Great Stirrup Cay, Orlando & Nassau Cruise

Rome in Limo

Cruise was great! We did round trip from Barcelona. The food was good and there were a lot of options (we are not foodies though). The bartenders were not shy with the alcohol either. For our time in Italy, (Naples, Rome, Florence/Pisa) we did private tours and I HIGHLY recommend Rome in Limo. Jany was great to work with and their drivers and tour guides were awesome! We saw way more than we thought we would and were back to the ship in plenty of time. And they were a lot cheaper than the cruise lines tours. In Rome though, you cannot do the Vatican and Colosseum in the same day because the security lines are too long. We had tickets for the Vatican and saw the Colosseum from the outside. Embarkation and disembarkation went smoothly too. I was expecting that to be chaos but it wasn’t. My only minor complaint is that not all the digits worked on our in room safe so the code we usually use, we couldn’t.

79th Birthday cruise

Beautiful cruise except there was no 'wheel of fortune' . good food and lots of activities. I want to give a shoutout to our steward, Dedy (stateroom attendant) who was outstanding. I was traveling with 4 adult grandkids for my 79th birthday and a waiter in the Manhatten room by the name of Maurice Edison Mark Ian was excellent thru out our trip. He was personable, attentive and went beyond his duty to attend to us. Thank you for a memorable birthday ! I will sail with NCL again . My grandkids enjoyed it immensely. The balcony was great and our cabins were great. My grandson could not eat enough; he loved the food! My granddaughter Kyland who lives in Manhatten New York, love the "Burn the floor" performance. I had limited mobility, and the staff provided me with wheelchair assistance throughout the cruise. All and all it was a great experience, the Cruise

Because it was so much better than our last…

First off, the two of us used NCL bogo air from Philadelphia to Venice and the cruise line booked us the same flights we would have on our own. We stayed the night before embarkation in Trieste, took a cab to the port at noon the next day, and were whisked right through the boarding by a luggage porter and the NCL reps at the Latitudes Platinum line. The ship is in pretty good shape, though there were some signs of wear in our club balcony cabin. Public spaces seemed refreshed nicely though. The dry dock did seem to prioritize revenue producing over cabin upgrades. We didn’t do the Silver Screen and the new top deck open space is a bit of a joke…just AstroTurf and bean bag chairs! That was it for criticism. The really pleasant aspects were the obvious increase in staffing since what we saw on the Pearl in Feb. and the improved food quality in the specialty AND main dining venues. Still somewhat limited selections but we tried Palomar, Cagney’s, La Cucina, and Le Bistro, as well as all three mdr’s. Service and food excellent in all. Since we chose this cruise for the itinerary we had NCL excursions 9 of the 10 days so we weren’t on the ship looking for games or activities and can’t comment on those. One thing that we were really happy about, at Barcelona on disembarkation we had a very early flight. The ship had excellent plans to get us off, in our transfer, and to the airport with plenty of time. Overall an excellent vacation!