summercruiser20

@BirdTravels Thank you for your great review and your fantastic pictures. We too were on this sailing and even though we missed the first day in Bermuda the captain kept us in the sunshine. We were also on the Prima sailing with you last year - one day hopeful to meet you - since our paths have crossed (based on seeing your posts on CC) I felt badly for those who were having their first time in Bermuda but this was an unusually tough year with Tropical Storms for Bermuda and the chance you take at the end of hurricane season. We had a wonderful time regardless. (4th time for us on the Joy looking forward to sailing her after her refurbish)

We have done CocoReef many times in the past going again next month so this is good information do you recall how much was the cab ride? just so I can get an idea - we have done the local bus and also cabs - last time we were there after the storms pretty much beach was gone.

Jackie did you take a cab to Pompano?

It was a great cruise we really lucked out with the weather just the last sea day was not a good day for outside but we have travelled many times during hurricane season so we know you can expect anything - shows were fabulous glad we got to Elements especially since it was cancelled the last night for safety of the cast. Saw Footloose which was our second time. Food and drinks were great first time in Ocean Bleu - it was ok...did the usual Le Bistro and Teppanyaki as our other two specialties I have to say we love Teppanyaki way too much food lol

It was Will, Chris and Jo - they said there were 6 Joes in the vibe lol my husband was one of them All of them were wonderful

We were on the Nieuw Amsterdam this month and we did the club orange upgrade. We ended up being upgraded to an aft-facing balcony which was fantastic. We have used club orange dining on the Rotterdam (neptune perk) and enjoyed it, The dining room was a bit hectic on this sailing not sure if they sold too many club orange but we did have to have a buzzer a few times to wait, but no big deal we weren't in a rush. We enjoyed the smaller dining room and they do offer one extra entree that is not on the main dining room menu. We did board early but there was a little confusion with that at the port as well but it was straightened out. Holland is very good about service so you can be sure no matter what you do it will be a great vacation.

We were on the 7/24 sailing they offered us the wine tasting no ship tour....back in April they offered OBC.

First time on Joy was April 2022 so it was post covid (our 3rd sailing since he start up) It was definitely a different vibe without the crowds. We did have alot of cancelled shows on that sailing since the crew tended to have covid at that time. Service was much better but also it wasn't as busy - we just knew to expect an overwhelming amount of people sailing NY in the summer...I think NCL should have taken more time before sailing full speed ahead lol

Great review! We were on this sailing also it was our second time on the Joy. We sailed not full occupancy in April and we fully knew it was going to be too crowded in July! Bermuda was beautiful as always knew it was cup match week - Lots of crew were ending their contracts so lots of new crew onboard and in my opinion they went to full capacity too soon especially during summer out of NY. On another social media site many are testing positive for covid which is to be expected/unavoidable, would not stop me from sailing again...we had a great time!

yes $79 then it went to $99 - then $129 then $159 then $179 now $229 but paid it always this time so happy to not fight the crowds

Embarkation was very sketchy - we had issues with our pictures not being on the security line after checkin so that brought us back to check in - we had priority boarding as well but it didnt seem to matter hopefully by September as they will have sailed (fingers crossed) all summer they will have a system again. The vibe is always tricky to get tickets but when the weather isn't due to cooperate it usually isn't a problem. We were on the first sailing 9/26 and it was the worse getting on the ship and we were still able to get the vibe on the Breakaway.

Not at all. We spoke with a crew member and he said only 25 tickets had been sold - most likely due to the weather forecast for the week. At the time we spoke with him he said only 5 people were in there