Norwegian Sun recent experiences?

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JandM_NY

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Hi All,

We are booked on the Norwegian Sun Western Carribean cruise in Feb '08 and I was looking for anyone's recent comments on the ship and the itinerary. Naturally, we found a lot of good and bad reviews, but a lot of them were from a few years back. Can anyone tell us of more recent experiences on this ship, maybe within the past year? Accomodations, food and service are our big concerns. Not so much the shore excursions. We are really looking for relaxing time in the sun to get away from the Northeast winter. This is our second cruise, having been on the Golden Princess 2 years ago. That experience will be hard to beat, but since that was our first cruise, we didn't have anything to compare it with. We have an Oceanview stateroom, GG category. Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks and Happy Cruising!!
 
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gillac

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We sailed the Sun in November. It was our firs cruise on NCL. We had a fabulous time, so much that we booked another NCL cruise. The Sun is a beautiful and clean ship. The service was probably the best ever. The food was fine. I am not into super fancy gourmet meals. It met my expectations. My favorite breakfast was waffle in Pacific Heights. I also loved the calzone in Pacific Heights. I am sure you will have an excellent time.
 
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JandM_NY

Guest
Thanks for the response!! Much appreciated. We aren't looking for the gourmet meals either, but will probably try Il Adagio and East Meets West. We'll definitely try the waffle and calzones at Pacific Heights.
Thanks Again!!
 
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gillac

Guest
To be honest...East Meets West was the worst meal of our cruise. My dh looked so forward to eating there and we were both quite disappointed. I know plenty of people have had an amazing experience eating there, but for us it wasn't great. It turned us off to eating at any other surcharge restaurants. Enjoy your cruise. The Sun is a beautiful ship.
 
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duskbat

Guest
cruise is fine on NCL sun. food wasnt very good. i was upset the pool deck area had no decorations or plants.. NCL sun was very clean. staff was nicer on carnival. NCL charges way to much for everything onboard. i never had a bill slipped under my door for more then 500$ and on NCL they took me for 1000$ and i drank half as much.
 
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chitwood

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We just got back (Jan 19-26) and had a wonderful time. Had five kids with their spouses with us - group of 12 and they had the same review. Crew super nice and attentive. Food was good - usually had trouble deciding between options so often got small portions of both! Deserts and soups were especially good - Four Seasons. DH had one bad steak and they immediately brought him salmon, which he said was excellent.

Kids enjoyed the shows - except for the first one (too much talking and not enough review). Ship was very clean. I think you will really enjoy your cruise.
 
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nmnita

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Holy cow, what did you do to have a bill for $1000? I hope this was for 2 people. We love the Sun, have cruised her twice. As for the cost, the only thing on NCL that is higher than a few lines, less than others is booze and certainly only about .50 per drink higher. The speciality dining rooms are the same or less than other lines and the auto tip less than Princess.

We just got off Princess a week ago, our bill was about $875 but that included some gambling money I put on our room account and a visit to the doctors for DH plus $120 for an excursion. We are not big drinkers, did have a bottle in our room but still managed to order wine with dinner, dine at a specialty dining room and have a drink or so each afternoon or evening.

Nita
 
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