I chose Norwegian because they had a studio room option and i was traveling by myself. I'm only 22 so i was hoping to see some other young adults on the cruise. As soon as the cruise started i noticed the vast majority of the people were either young families with their children or people 60 and over. They had a good amount of clubs and bars on board but i seldom met anyone close to my age while i was in them, and the entertainment didn't provide a lot of options for young adults. When i went to the clubs at night the music they played was old and not appealing to a younger crowd even if they were there. When i was booking my tour Norwegian was offering free options if i booked before a certain date and i opted for the "free" alcoholic beverage package that i still had to prepay almost 200 dollars for gratuity, but it was worth it to me because the drinks on board were pricey. I was a fan of the food on board, they offered a wide verity of dining options that were complementary. I mostly stuck with the buffet because they had Indian food every night that was pretty good, but they also had restaurants like the Manhattan room which was more of a fine dining option that was good as well. The ports were very nice and had good views but the shore excursions were a little overpriced i thought for the amount of time that they lasted. The tours of the Mayan ruins ended up being much more time in a bus than seeing the ruins but it is still an amazing sight to see. I would probably go back on another cruise with Norwegian but i would most likely go around spring break or in the summer because i was told by employees that there are much more young adults during those times.
This port was a private island owned by Norwegian so if you want to see the Belize mainland and culture you have to take a ferry ride and you have a limited amount of time there. The excursion i took there was a wildlife tour on a boat, it was decent the staff did a good job but there wasn't a whole lot of wildlife. I saw mostly birds on the tour, we did see some manatees but honestly i wouldn't have know what they were if i wasn't told all i could see was something slightly coming out of the water to get air and it was hard to make out. The manatees didn't come up to the surface like dolphins do, i did get to see an iguana swimming in the water but i think that was just lucky timing because the guide didn't act like that was real common to see on the tour. The beach was pretty crowded so it was hard to get any good pictures, and food and drinks were expensive on the island.