Norwegian Sky Review

The Stinky Ship

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Blueguardian01
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Dec 2018
Cabin: Oceanview Porthole Window

This was my 7th cruise and the first time I ever sailed on Norwegian. Regrettably, I was not at all impressed. Issue #1.... the odor. This ship smells foul, not sure if it's an engineering failure or poor design or ventilation or sewer storage but there are places and times on this ship that you will think you are at a wastewater treatment plant. Even when the ship is docked and you are walking along side to reboard you can smell it, and its putrid. I even asked the cruise director Jasper about it and his reply was "I dont clean this ship" The other odor issue is with Dazzles nightclub. It smells like an old dirty bowling alley. The smell is musty and like dirty feet. It really makes for an unpleasant experience. Cant Norwegian address these issues? They could at least spray air fresheners.. My other issue is with the poor selection and quality of food. From having the same stuff at the buffet everyday to chicken tenders and french fries that taste like hotdog because the oil they fried it in wasnt changed. Even the main dinning rooms menus were subpar. Lots of the same stuff on the menu everynight. And unlike every other cruise I have been on NO Lobster night. Having other issues when we boarded the ship, i requested a single bed on the pre-cruise check in. We get to our room and the single beds arent pushed together. No biggie its 130pm so i call housekeeping and ask them to fix it. Come 7pm we finnish dinner and go back to room and the beds are still not done. So i call again and finally at 9pm they send somebuddy. The 2nd night at 1am i have a "do not disturd" sign on the door and a crew member is banging persistently on my door, we are sleeping and they dont go away so i get up and they are thinking i am someone else and trying to deliver a half eaten cake to me??So i tell them they have the wrong room. Go back to sleep. 6 am the phone rings, again crew member looking for the wrong person. I'm starting to really get irritated. Do you like omelets? They have omelet stations on board but i hope you like waiting. On average i stood in line everyday for 15 min for an omelet. To give credit where it belongs the crew was all very friendly and hardworking. They were attentive and i could see them cleaning everywhere. But i think they are overworked. And i think Norwegian has cut too many corners. Its nice to have included open bar, but the negatives outweigh the positives. Even the entertainment was below the standards of Carnival and Royal Carribean and Princess. We were bored at times because their was simply nothing going on. In summary, if you have low standards you may not mind, or if youve never been on a cruise before. Me personally, I wont be returning to Norwegian.

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