I have travelled on Carnival and found a great deal on Norwegian Cruise Line and want to know if it's worth it?
2006-07-26 11:11:47 · 8 answers · asked by ApriLyn20 1 in Travel ➔ Cruise Travel
I sailed several years ago on the NCL Seaward... great ship, outstanding crew & service... I gained 5 pounds in 7 days.
The neatest thing is while their ships are a little smaller, it allows them to get right up to the docks instead of having to use the "tenders". More time on shore, less time waiting in line.
Try the Eastern Carribean cruise.
2006-07-26 11:16:33 · answer #1 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NCL Dream was built in 1992 & is almost 51,000 tons, so it's older & smaller - much smaller than some of Carnival's newer "megaliners", so it also depends on what Carnival ship you've been on. Be sure to read the fine print on the "deal"! NCL is a great line for the certain people. I loved my only actual cruise on Norwegian Sea - which is out of NCL's service now - the crew was wonderful. Cabins on NCL are generally much smaller than on Carnival. Hope this helps!
2006-07-27 04:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by Cruisemama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I'd never go back onto any ship from Norwegian Cruise Line. The ship was dirty, the food was mediocre, the service was lousy and the entertainment third rate. For my money, I travel on Royal Caribbean. It's in roughly the same price range that you apparently are looking in, and I've never had a bad experience with them.
Have fun on your cruise! I wish I could do those kind of trips again! Ah, maybe when the kids are older . . .
PS I've been on about 20 cruises, so I kind of know what I'm talking about
2006-07-26 11:17:37 · answer #3 · answered by SuzeY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF it's a a great DEAL to you and if that's what you are looking for then I'd grab it. We sell NCL all the time, they are a mass market cruise line just like Carnival and RCCL.
For every person that might say they had a bad NCL cruise you'll find the same w/ the others if you were to ask.
2006-07-27 21:27:36 · answer #4 · answered by dannyborga 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been on the Dream twice, once before it was streached and once after. Its an older ship but its nice. It does not have the many balcony cabins like the newer ships. But we had an outside cabin that was nice and comfortable.
I have been on many Norwegian ships and at one time NCL was my favorite cruise line until the line. However, after NCL was bought by Star Cruises and they instituted the "Freestyle Cruising", I do not recommend NCL, especially for people who have been on a number of cruises before because of the "freestyle" cruising. Since Star Cruises took over NCL the line it has an Asian flavor; Star is an Oriental company. Some of the performers and musicians were Asian and they had Karioke every evening. Not my cup of tea. It means that you do not have to specify a dining option; don't have a table and waiter assigned to you.
"FREESTYLE" means you can go to dinner in the main dining room any time of the evening. It means you don't have to "dress up" for dinner ,but just go "sports casual". But it also means that you may be standing in line awaiting a table on some days (like we had to a couple times); not what you want on a cruise. Since you go when you want, you rarely get the same waiter and so never really get to know your waiter and he/she never learns what you prefer. The option to this being pushed on NCL is their optional dining restaurants. However, these dining options can cost $10 to $20 a person for dinner each night. This is not what you want after paying for a cruise which is supposed to be all inclusive.
The optional restaurants are nice, including French, Chinese/Sushi, Tex-Mex, Italian, and steak house restaurants. But who wants to go pay to eat on a cruise ship where all the meals are supposed to be included. We always skipped the optional restaurants and just got to the main dining early. That worked fine, except on "at sea" days when everyone wanted to go eat early.
BUT, if the price is right, go for it!!!
2006-07-28 00:31:43 · answer #5 · answered by TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything suzeysaid is pretty much correct though i did like the service. If you want to go on THE best cruise line its definitely royal carribean.
2006-07-28 13:55:21 · answer #6 · answered by go pats 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just got back on a ncl cruise the spirt it was clean and big
2006-07-27 19:21:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have sailed NCL twice in the last year, and would recommend them to anyone.
2006-07-30 07:42:52 · answer #8 · answered by artson1001@verizon.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋