Has anyone ever taken a cruise on the Norwegian Pearl?

Question

I am going on the Norwegian Pearl in February and have not be able to find any reviews.

Answer 1

Norweigan is terrible!  if you haven't booked your tickets already, reconsider!

The food is incredibly sparce.  I ended up ordering 2 appetizers, a salad, 2 entrees and 2 desserts--just to get a reasonable amount of food each night.  

The people/waitstaff are quite rude.  I found the paper thin room keys quite difficult when ordering drinks to keep it dry and ended up getting it replaced while on the ship.

And if you are remotely young, yes they check your id and your room key tells them if you can order drinks--but if you look too young the waitstaff still won't bring you drinks.  I ended up having to flag down 5 or 6 waiters just to order a drink.

I'd spend a lot of time in the bowling alley though.  It seems cool.

As far as reviews, http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/revi...

and here are the people who have been on it

http://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreview...

I usually find cruise critic to be overly optimistic but still useful.

http://www.smartcruiser.com/travel/cruis...

http://www.cruisemates.com/articles/memr...

Hope those help.  And a know me telling you that it was terrible means I wont get best answer, but since I hadn't been on a cruise before (it was my first)--so I thought it was an ok experience.  The people who had been on 5 cruises or more were the ones who spent the entire time telling me how much better other cruise lines were.  I'm just trying to give you the best answer to your question (and i did find several reviews!)  Hope it helps.

Answer 2

was on the Spirit out of NYC last October. My stateroom was infested with bed bugs. (I am not trying to freak you out. Most people travel with out incident )Regardless if you are cruising or traveling at hotels, be sure to check the bedding THOROUGHLY. We didn't until the second day! It was 10 days of h**l. We even brought them home. Ten days later we began getting bitten. So we had to have the house treated.

A very expensive vacation!

Here is a link to see what to look for:

http://www.uky.edu/ag/entomology/entfact...

ps: we have been on atleast 10 other cruises and travel 2-4 times per year.