We sailed on the Prima over New Years and it was our first cruise on NCL. Our previous cruises were on Carnival and 1 on Princess. We have always liked Carnival and never had any issues with them, but I had still wanted to try NCL. The Prima is a new ship and was beautiful, but some of the venues were very small. There were no dedicated dance clubs or karaoke bars on this ship, like Carnival had. I liked the entertainment on Carnival better than I did NCL, but I think the buffet was better on NCL. I will say, it was nice not being hounded all the time about pictures on NCL like Carnival does. The only time anyone asked to take our picture was in one of the specialty restaurants. We really liked the food in the MDR on NCL and we always liked it on Carnival as well. However, on the Prima, the menu in the MDR did not change over the 9 day cruise. Luckily, there many items we liked, so it was fine. But we always liked looking to see what was on the menu every day on Carnival. We had a balcony cabin like we usually do and it was very nice on the Prima. The bathroom was more spacious than any we ever had on Carnival, but there were no towel animals at night. Overall, I would say NCL and Carnival are comparable. Like I've always said, is there really a bad cruise??
