Norwegian Spirit Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Exceeding expectations - was wary from earlier reviews - trip of a lifetime

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Norwegian Spirit
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2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jun 2018
Cabin: Penthouse with Large Balcony
Traveled with children

For those of you who were concerned from earlier reviews about how poorly the ship looked or lack of service - PLEASE READ . .we did NOT have that experience at all.

This was my first time cruising on Norwegian - and we chose the 11 day Western Mediterranean cruise from Rome. We scheduled to arrive in Rome 2 days BEFORE our cruise and stayed 2 days AFTER. It was a good decision - no rushing or stress over getting to or from the cruise on time.

SERVICE: Service was great and timely in every restaurant. We did not see any of the wait times as noted in many reviews. The only incident where we waited a long time to get waited on was in Windows the first time we ate there. It look over 30 minutes for someone to wait on us but after that night we experiences no issues.

Cabin Review

Penthouse with Large Balcony

Cabin SE

Our cabin/suite was directly under the Captain's deck. We could see everything the captain saw. The suite was the middle suite in the forward deck. It looked a bit smaller when seeing the cabins next to it, but it had a good layout and extra bathroom that is not promoted or announced. We traveled with our 15 year old daughter and she liked having her own powder room for her stuff and privacy. The cabin was spacious and clean and had the bedroom separate from the main space. Next cruise we will try to stay in one of the corner units, but it was a great space for 3 people for 10 days. The decor was beautiful and we had both US and european outlets to use. The balcony was wider than we expected - had room for 2 chairs and a lounge chair . .but getting in and out meant you had to get out of the way.

Port Reviews

Rome (Civitavecchia)

Had a great 8 hour private tour of Rome . .got a tour of the city and 3 hours with an archaeologist to tour the Vatican. So worth it

Cannes

Used Viator . ..was fun

Palma de Mallorca (Majorca)

Toured on our own . .was a huge pearl manufacturer . .by some pearls for friends and family

Sardinia

toured on our own . .lovely and did another segway tour since we loved the one in Cannes

Malta (Valletta)

used ToursbyLocals . .was great

Barcelona

Was not as impressed with Barcelona as I hoped. Sangria came out of a box. UGH

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