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Departs Miami aboard Norwegian Cruise Line – Norwegian Sky

Sailing Date(s): May 24, 2013


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	Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 18 - 29 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Family w/young children Stateroom Type: Balcony Hate the cruise by Aruna from Fort lauderdale, fl Sailing date: Mar 2012 Pros: Just shooting around the basketball and watching my little nephew dance Cons: Everything!!!! The ship was boring. Food was not so good. Room attendant staff was really nice. Ship was rocking lots. No directions around ship that is clear to read to where to go. Front desk staff not so friendly. Boring ship entertainment sucks and nothing to do. The anticipated activities were too late at night and boring. Children activities were too early in day, nothing after 6pm. Pool looks nasty and small. Not kid friendly. Boring arcade. Rooms are ok. Very old ship. I rather stay in a nice hotel and fly to a destination than go on this cruise. Nowregion sucks. Bottom line it was absolutely boring. My entire family didnt like this. Ship Details: Dining/Food Not so good. Needed better variety Stateroom Quality Was satisfactory Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Just boring no variety at all Children's Programs Horiible children activities. The only thing they have is to drop your kid off in a playroom and you cant even stay to have fun with them. 8 out of 11 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Group Stateroom Type: Balcony Over promise - WAY UNDER deliver by A Traveler from Destin, FL Sailing date: Jan 2012 Pros: Food always available Cons: Freestlye cruising means how can we charge you more Worn out and tired. Broken handle railings, nasty stained carpet, just a mess. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food 3 out of 6 restaurants you had to pay to eat in...how is that freestyle dining??? And the kicker...the food that was free was the same...day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4....exactly the same over and over and over...BUT if you pay more hidden fees - you can get hot food and get and assortment - again - how is that Freestyle Dining or Cruising? You can have crappy cold food over and over - or you can pay and have good food... Stateroom Quality It's a cruise ship - the room will be small even with a balcony. Minus the fact that our bathroom light acted as a strobe light (which gives for a fun time showering in a 1x1 foot square)... Ship Staff Quality Most staff really tried to be amazing... Entertainment & Activities When providing service...you need to plan for all circumstances...we had record lows and rain...but not a single backup activity during the day...so we sit twiddling our thumbs... Children's Programs While I did not use - every single kid I heard talk about this LOVED this!!! 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Inside Check Your Sheets!!! by A Traveler from Flushing, NY Sailing date: Oct 2010 Pros: Food was ok, ship did not seem crowded Cons: Housekeeping Staff did not care about changing linens and towels I was not impressed by the ship at all. Seem quite dated. The positive was that the ship did not seem crowded at all. Plenty of available chairs on the deck for taking in the sun. The food was pretty good. Unfortunately, unless you're a huge fan of unsweetened ice tea, that is all you'll be getting in this "all inclusive" trip. Prepare yourself for spending money on drinks. That was the least of our concern. The first day staying in our room we noticed dried blood stains on one of the pillow cases and scattered throughout the sheet under the comforter. We didn't complain about the sheet on the first night and simply left the sheet on the floor expecting the housekeeping to inspect the sheet before making up the bed in the morning. That didn't happen. Came back to the room after having breakfast, same nasty sheet and pillow case covered the perfectly made up bed. That was nasty. I asked the housekeeper for the room, how often did they change the sheets, he said twice a week. Ok. I explained to him the situation...he seemed not really to care. He promised to change the sheet the next morning. Mind you, this conversation was happening on the second morning of the cruise. He expected us to sleep with sheets that had blood stains. So again, we placed the sheet on the floor and slept with just the comforter. But this time, we marked one of the tags on one of the towels, and placed that on the floor in the bathroom to see if they changed towels as well or not. Sure enough, after coming back to the room after having breakfast the next morning, the same sheet and pillow case made up the bed again, and the towel we marked was neatly hanging back up on the towel bar. How nasty can the housekeeping staff there be? Of course we quickly picked up the phone to speak with the receptionist about the matter...he didn't care. He said he would have housekeeping come up to change the sheets and towels. I asked him how ofter were the housekeeping suppose to change sheets and towels, he said twice a day for the sheets, and if you want towels replaced, simply leave them on the floor. What a joke. Well after waiting about 15 minutes we had what we believe was a manager, not a housekeeping staff because of the uniform he was wearing, arrive to the room. Immediately he asked us with an attitude if we had a problem. I explained the problem, showed him the sheets, and his eyes opened so wide you would think he saw a snake. To be honest, we regret not taking photos of the stains to post them online for all to see. The stains were nasty. He mentioned that housekeeping only changes sheets if stains are noticeable. There were many blood drops on the sheet and hard to miss. They simply didn't care. Check your sheets!!!! And complain to management if you want results. The receptionists also seem not to care. Ship Details: Ship Quality Check Your Sheets and pillow cases carefully! And don't be shy about complaining to the receptionist or management team. Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Very small room and bathroom. Not comfortable at all. More like a cabin. We felt punished. Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Entertainment was nice. Performers at shows worked hard to provide good entertainment. Worth seeing. 15 out of 15 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/young children Stateroom Type: Inside Bahamian experience by A Traveler from Miamisburg, Ohio Sailing date: Oct 2010 Pros: people, culture, shopping Cons: old cruise ship The ship was old and outdated. The Norwegian Sky was not what we expected. We took our 6 and 8 yr old on their first cruise and my 8 yr old thought that it was for only older people. Not a lot of kid activites (we were told there was a lot of things to do for their age group) WRONG!!!!!! They only had the kids corner and the pool. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Children's Programs Read this user's port of call reviews: Freeport, Grand Bahama Island; Nassau, Bahamas; Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Freeport, Grand Bahama Island U have to pay for chairs and towels on the beach. So don't forget em. Nassau, Bahamas Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas Same ole food on the island 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Balcony Mediocrity at Best by Dorothy L. from Ft Laud Sailing date: Oct 2008 Pros: My balcony Cons: Overall experience disappointing I have cruised on other lines before and found them to be more opulent, had more entertainment choices, more shopping, better amenities, friendlier crew and better food. The better restaurants on the ship were booked and the only alternative was the main dining room or the buffet which were poor. Poor quality food and the wait staff was unfriendly and unmotivated. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Except the bed was uncomfortable Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Nassau, Bahamas Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Nassau, Bahamas Don't Miss: Atlantis 5 out of 7 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Balcony A cruise to remember by George W. from Ormond Beach, FL Sailing date: Sep 2008 Pros: The most positive item of this cruise was that we didn't hit any icebergs Cons: The ship, the cabin, the food, the service, the deck chairs, and the ship in general A first time cruiser would probably find this ship enjoyable, but as a seasoned traveler most enjoyable item on this crusie was the floral painting on the side of the ship. We wanted to sample "Freestyle Cruising" and took this cruise for a reference point for future traveles. Although we found the concept to be attractive, the exicutation left much to be desired. The food was poor, the service was slow and the amenities were lacking. Ship Details: Ship Quality The ship is small and as such lacking the public areas expected. The pool deck lacked adequate confortable seating in shaded areas. Dining/Food It's sad to say that the best food was available in the buffett. Although the speciality restaurants were charming, the food preparation was lacking. Food was overcooked and portions served cold. During one seating with 8 people, 6 servings were incorrect betwen the appetizers, entrees and desserts, something that wouldn't be acceptable at McDonalds. Stateroom Quality Our balcony stateroom was smaller than an inside cabin we had on another cruise line. There was no dresser and very little drawer space, let alone any space to move around. Ship Staff Quality Although friendly, the service was very slow. Entertainment & Activities Average at best. Read this user's port of call reviews: Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas With each cruise line trying to do something different than the other, purchasing your own island shouldn't be on the list. Stirrup Cay is an example of an effort that didn't make the mark. A private island roughly the size of 2 football fields just doesn't offord something out of the ordinary. 6 out of 8 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Family w/older children Stateroom Type: Inside Not a great cruise by A Traveler from Illinois Sailing date: Mar 2013 Pros: Weather Cons: Food, service, entertainment NO direction, no information when we first got on the ship. Long lines for food, food was cold by the time we got to our seat. Not a big selection of food on the ship, food wasn't that good. Luggage left outside our room, not put in them. Our cards for our rooms didn't work, also we were told it didn't matter who you put on what room because you could switch when you got on the cruise-not true-pain in the but to keep switching keys. The ship REALLY needs to be updated. Ship Details: Ship Quality The ship really needs to be updated. The furniture was old and smelled. It smelled in the Dazzle lounge. Dining/Food All I heard from people was that the food on cruises was awesome. That is not the case on this cruise, and I am not a picky eater. They closed the food way to early. Stateroom Quality Small and not clean. Ship Staff Quality Some staff were nice and helpful but most never smiled and really weren't very friendly. Entertainment & Activities I thought the entertainment was terrible. We went to one comedy act--not good. We went to go to the tribute to the Beatles-there were about 40 seats so we didn't stay because there wasn't anywhere to sit. 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 18 - 29 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Inside Not so great... by A Traveler from Anchorage, AK Sailing date: Jan 2013 Pros: the locations we sailed to Cons: the food, smoking not confined to one area of the deck, size of room I have gone on several cruises before and my newlywed husband had been on one before. This was both of our first on a Norweigan cruise ship. I had heard many positive things about Norweigan before, which makes us both question if the negative aspects of the cruise were because it is a short cruise and so maybe Norweigan does not try to make it as high quality as the longer cruises, but having never been on any other Norweigan ones we're really not sure... The food on all of the other cruises I have been on has always been amazing and the food on this cruise was really not good; for example, one night we both got steaks and neither of us (who are both big eaters) could not finish them because they were just not appetizing. The staff on the ship were also much less friendly, we even had a staff member write a note on top of a room service pizza box saying "this is trash" rather than throwing it away (they would have had easier access to a large trash can). The room was quite a bit smaller than other ships we've been on. We also did not like that people were able to smoke wherever they wanted outside on the ship as it makes it unpleasant to walk across the deck and most cruise ships confine smoking to certain areas for this reason. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities 6 out of 7 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/young children Stateroom Type: Balcony A below average cruise by A Traveler from Andale, KS Sailing date: Aug 2011 Pros: The best part and best person was our room steward Cons: Dining, Entertainment, staff Not what we wanted in a cruise, not what we thought we would get with a Norweiqn cruise. We would not recommend a Norweign cruise to anyone! Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food When eating in the dining areas they would bring the wrong food, or completly ignore us. Desserts were horrable at best! Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Most of the lower staff was good, but anyone with a "title" was not friendly or helpful at all. Entertainment & Activities Children's Programs They did have activites available, but would cancel if not many children wanted to do the activity Read this user's port of call reviews: Freeport, Grand Bahama Island; Nassau, Bahamas; Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Freeport, Grand Bahama Island Nassau, Bahamas We went to Atlantis and it was great, but not sure we would have enjoyed the other option this day, Don't Miss: Atlantis Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas Not much to do here yet 0 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Oceanview Less than my expectation by A Traveler from Kansas City, KS Sailing date: Jan 2011 Pros: Free style dining, shows are good. Cons: Poor food, not up to par service, and poor management in the dinning room. Overall impression of the ship is good and modern, but layout is confusion that most people cannot find the way easily. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Overall quality of the food is below average to us. Cold soup was served to my wife, a soup was served incorrectly instead of the salad. I have 2 soups: the first one was very salty but I still can tolerate, the second one was 3 times more salty and I have to stop afer the second spoon. Free style dinning is good, but when 2 people go to the Palace for dinning at 6:30 pm, we have been told to wait for 20 mintues if we do not wish to share a table with someone. A big joke, ha. The buffet food layout is good but not convenient for the peple to come in from both ends. We will pick up the plates, etc, then goes through fruits, Mongolian barbecue, hot food, desserts, and then salad in the middle to be served by both lines. Inconvenient layout and inefficient. Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Freeport, Grand Bahama Island; Nassau, Bahamas; Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Freeport, Grand Bahama Island Our excursion is cancelled due to bad weather. Just visited the port area of 300 feet radius. Nassau, Bahamas Don't Miss: Atlantis, hotel and casinos. Great Stirrup Cay (Cruiseline Private Island), Bahamas Don't Miss: Swimming in the nice beach. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful?
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