Just off the jade ....great cruise

[pattymo]

First cruise on NCL ....loved it. It compares right up there with RCL, celebrity ,HAL and carnival. Pluses ...availability of food anytime including extended hours of basically non stop buffet from like 6am to 11pm. They even put out a spread in the casino at 11pm ...never waited to dine in the comp restaurants .. Live music ..in the eve 2 to 3 dif venues had singers/guitarist. And they were all great !!! So much to do . Ports were great .staff and service outstanding ...good bar service. It seemed everyone had the UBP .. Our adult kids enjoyed the spa ($129 pp ) Internet slow but doable. Had the unlimited internet. Cagneys was very good. We had 2 mini suites on 11th deck. Rooms 11624 and 11626. Great location under la cucina dining area. Very quiet. Never heard any hallway noise either ..very convenient to pool and garden buffet and the great outdoors. ! Loved the great outdoors on the fantail

 

Minuses....LaCucina. Awful. I had heard bad reviews likening it to Olive Garden but thought it's hard to screw up Italian. Well My Irish MIL who never ate or cooked Italian could have cooked it better. Waste of money and time ... Missed the soaring atriums and nicer public bathrooms of RCL...but there were more public bathrooms on NCL ... Shops were disappointing. Not as much merchandise. Duty free liquor prices were high ....

the trek to the ship from the people mover was long ( not NCL fault). Took the private water taxi back to our hotel in the grand canal. Fabulous. Worth 80 euros ...

Great trip. Sorry it's over !

[www3traveler]

Who were the Senior Officers both on the Hotel side and the Bridge side?

[daveeboy]

So glad to hear you enjoyed your suites as we have the same rooms shortly, nice to hear they were quiet and you enjoyed your cruise.

[pattymo]

Sorry just got home....I do not know who the officers were. I never pay any attention to that, nor did I attend the officer talk .i did notice a lot of officers about and they were pleasant and smiling to all. To Daveeboy. You'll love the location..great room steward, Roderick .

[DMH15]

So glad to hear you enjoyed your suites as we have the same rooms shortly, nice to hear they were quiet and you enjoyed your cruise.

 

 

Hoping you realize these are not suites insofar as receiving any suite perks. They are very nice deluxe balconies however.

[DMH15]

First cruise on NCL ....loved it. It compares right up there with RCL, celebrity ,HAL and carnival. Pluses ...availability of food anytime including extended hours of basically non stop buffet from like 6am to 11pm. They even put out a spread in the casino at 11pm ...never waited to dine in the comp restaurants .. Live music ..in the eve 2 to 3 dif venues had singers/guitarist. And they were all great !!! So much to do . Ports were great .staff and service outstanding ...good bar service. It seemed everyone had the UBP .. Our adult kids enjoyed the spa ($129 pp ) Internet slow but doable. Had the unlimited internet. Cagneys was very good. We had 2 mini suites on 11th deck. Rooms 11624 and 11626. Great location under la cucina dining area. Very quiet. Never heard any hallway noise either ..very convenient to pool and garden buffet and the great outdoors. ! Loved the great outdoors on the fantail

 

Minuses....LaCucina. Awful. I had heard bad reviews likening it to Olive Garden but thought it's hard to screw up Italian. Well My Irish MIL who never ate or cooked Italian could have cooked it better. Waste of money and time ... Missed the soaring atriums and nicer public bathrooms of RCL...but there were more public bathrooms on NCL ... Shops were disappointing. Not as much merchandise. Duty free liquor prices were high ....

the trek to the ship from the people mover was long ( not NCL fault). Took the private water taxi back to our hotel in the grand canal. Fabulous. Worth 80 euros ...

Great trip. Sorry it's over !

 

 

 

I am glad you had fun. Great review. I agree with you re: La Cucina... Which is a shame bacause the Italian on the Sun, which used to be called Il Adagio was something special. Now NCL changed the name and dumbed it down. Wish they had just upgraded the others to be excellent like Il Adagio. Even raising the price $5 to $10 if they needed to for quality. So now they have a mediocre Italian joint to rival the even more mediocre (free) Asian one.

 

As I am often accused of being a NCL cheerleader, in this case I am not.

 

I ate in the Italian restaurant on Carnival Magic in November 2014. It was much better than NCL's.

Edited June 15, 2015 by DMH15

[daveeboy]

Hoping you realize these are not suites insofar as receiving any suite perks. They are very nice deluxe balconies however.

 

Yes we are aware thanks, sound like we will be more than happy with them and the Jade. We are going on a cruise, of course we will be happy.:)

[DMH15]

Yes we are aware thanks, sound like we will be more than happy with them and the Jade. We are going on a cruise, of course we will be happy.:)

 

 

Yes you are! A lot of us would love to trade places with you!

[lgates63]

PattyMo:

 

We are traveling with Daveeboy in 3 weeks. We are staying in 11626 & his family is in 11624 - is there an openable/removeable divider between these balconies? It would be great to have one big balcony.

On our last cruise together on (RCCL), they did not allow the dividers to be opened. :(

Extremely happy to see that you had our exact rooms and thought the location was good - recently we were offered an "upgrade" to a mid-ship minisuite right under the pool deck. Didn't sound like an upgrade to me!

 

Lori

 

First cruise on NCL ....loved it. It compares right up there with RCL, celebrity ,HAL and carnival. Pluses ...availability of food anytime including extended hours of basically non stop buffet from like 6am to 11pm. They even put out a spread in the casino at 11pm ...never waited to dine in the comp restaurants .. Live music ..in the eve 2 to 3 dif venues had singers/guitarist. And they were all great !!! So much to do . Ports were great .staff and service outstanding ...good bar service. It seemed everyone had the UBP .. Our adult kids enjoyed the spa ($129 pp ) Internet slow but doable. Had the unlimited internet. Cagneys was very good. We had 2 mini suites on 11th deck. Rooms 11624 and 11626. Great location under la cucina dining area. Very quiet. Never heard any hallway noise either ..very convenient to pool and garden buffet and the great outdoors. ! Loved the great outdoors on the fantail

 

Minuses....LaCucina. Awful. I had heard bad reviews likening it to Olive Garden but thought it's hard to screw up Italian. Well My Irish MIL who never ate or cooked Italian could have cooked it better. Waste of money and time ... Missed the soaring atriums and nicer public bathrooms of RCL...but there were more public bathrooms on NCL ... Shops were disappointing. Not as much merchandise. Duty free liquor prices were high ....

the trek to the ship from the people mover was long ( not NCL fault). Took the private water taxi back to our hotel in the grand canal. Fabulous. Worth 80 euros ...

Great trip. Sorry it's over !

[NMLady]

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Extremely happy to see that you had our exact rooms and thought the location was good - recently we were offered an "upgrade" to a mid-ship minisuite right under the pool deck. Didn't sound like an upgrade to me!

Lori

 

It was an upgrade because midship locations are considered better than aft.

[pattymo]

My husband asked about the balcony dividers being opened up and the answer was no .. The balconys were quite spacious and we easily fit 2 extra chairs ( from the cabin ) on the balcony ... A midship mini on this ship would be under the pool /garden cafe so maybe noisy. The rear elevators not as busy as mid ship ones.