Hopefully, they've worked out some of the mega-ship kinks that they experienced on early cruises with the Breakaway, Getaway, etc. If you've never been on this size ship before, as opposed to the Jewel-Gem class ships, you'll find it very crowded, as the various attractions are not upsized proportionally, it seems. Our first trip on the Breakaway was absolutely awful, as the ship was some 400-600 people over capacity (4800 guests, we were told, as it was a New Jersey school holiday week. A second cruise, with about normal capacity, after she'd been cruising for some time was somewhat better. But one thing held true: on a Gem-class ship, the passenger to guest ratio is approximately 2 to 1. On our first breakaway, it was 3 to 1, and it definitely showed in the service. It was somewhat better at about 2.6 to 1 on our second trip.
A couple of recommendations: on embarkation day, visit the Box office, and make reservations for ALL the shows that you want to see for the whole trip. If you don't, you probably will not get in. The same goes with anything you need to book in advance: gourmet restaurants, side trips, etc. You're much better off cancelling later than waiting on standby for a show, hoping to get in. Get to the theater early for the shows, as later arrivals end up scattered in the remaining single seats.
Don't plan on being able to play in the casino at the time and machine you want. It tends to be extremely crowded.
Finally, plan on everything taking longer than you might expect - in other words, don't plan on a quick dinner in the main dining rooms and rushing over to make a show. It probably won't happen.
If you have sailed on this size NCL ship before, please forgive the length of my comments, and I hope that NCL has worked things out better, and that you'll have a wonderful cruise.
Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet, you can't win. -Lazarus Long
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. -Yogi Berra
There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe. -Robert Heinlein
From: "slutoo@yahoo.com [vpFREE]" <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:34 AM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Stations cruise on Princess
Enjoy, service and food is so much better on RCL, Princess and Holland America when we take a "break" from the NCL addiction. We do leave in a week for a NCL comp'd (not Ceasers) maiden voyage of the Escape from Hamburg in a week. Wonder how a first time shake down cruise will turn out.
Dave
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