This was a complete WASTE of the $4,000+ that my husband and I spent.

1. The last 3 days of our cruise was HORRIFIC. On Tuesday, January 2nd we were supposed to spend a full day at Great Stirrup Cay but the weather was not good, so Captain Matko cancelled the day AFTER he sent multiple tinder ships of people over to Great Stirrup Cay. If the weather was already bad, he should have NEVER gave the okay to send people. My family and I watched the tinder ships bring back loads of guests and we were scared for their lives as several times the ships almost lost control. Based on the present weather conditions we were disappointed that our day trip to GSP was cancelled, but understood Captain Matko’s decision.

2. On Wednesday, January 3rd and Thursday January 4th we encountered Winter Storm Grayson. We felt incredibly unsafe as Captain Matko sailed directly into the storm. For a good portion of one of the nights the boat was tipped on its side. Our balcony door was frozen shut. Items flew off of our desk, doors slammed open and shut, we almost fell off of the bed, our bathroom flooded, and we spent the better the 3 days sea sick. Captain Matko gave incredibly vague updates and he was not reassuring us that we would be safe. Lights flickered, staterooms flooded, elevators and tv's stopped working, and water leaked into the ship. We all wondered why he would continue to sail into a storm, rather than change the itinerary to keep us safe. With today’s technology it is unacceptable that NCL supported Captain Matko’s decision to continue to sail into this storm as weather forecasts indicated that Winter Storm Grayson was going to be powerful. There were several times during the storm that we all wondered if the boat was going to sink. Read more