NCL Cruises, Pride Of America Review

Overall Rating

Nothing!

Everything about this cruise!

I don't even know where to start. Everything was a disaster. When I boarded the Pride of America my toilet was plugged, and there was sand all over my carpet (which was stained as well). I was moved to three staterooms during the voyage. First because they would not fix the toilet, then because it was too noisy! All my staterooms were like a jail cell.

The food was the worst part. It was boring looking, always cold, and buns were stale. For some reason, on day 2 they ran out of pineapple juice on a Hawaii cruise. And on average it took 2.5 hours to dine, which meant we missed all shows. One night it took so long we left without getting our food and went to the buffet, which sucks. There is no selection. One day I liked nothing they served, so I was left hungry. The restaurants where you have to pay were no better!!

Entertainment may consist of 6 dancers not in time, and a lousy singer screaming into a microphone. Most people left during the show. Comedians were the only OK part.

We also never saw our cabin steward the whole week. When we asked for our sheets to be cleaned at the main desk, it never happened. The staff for the most part were fine, but some were unfriendly!

In conclusion, if a first cruiser goes on this cruise, they will never go again, and a 4 - 6 time cruiser like us will never sail NCL again!! It was unacceptable!!! I wanted to sleep through the whole cruise it was so bad!!

Members' Comments ondane1212's Review

• socram13 on 1st Sep 2007

  I totally disagree with this review on the buffet food, because it sounds as though the reviewer was on a different ship! How on earth anyone could complain about any aspect of the buffet is totally beyond me.
  
  Breakfasts were fantastic - great poached eggs, corned beef hash, beans, hash browns, two types of sausages, scrambled eggs, fried eggs and omelette's cooked to order, plenty of fruit, fresh waffles and French toast, pastry's, cook your own toast, reasonable espresso coffee, cranberry juice and orange juice, porridge, cereals.
  
  We had plenty of hot food, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe I'll post a pic of one of my breakfast plates to prove a point.
  
  There were plenty of satisfied diners around, lugging full plates of food, to relax on the back deck.
  
  The only area of agreement on the food would be that the main restaurants were a joke - and we must have been on the ship around the same time, as our cruise ended August 25th 2007.
  
  We didn't miss any shows, and we enjoyed most of them except for the opening show.
  
  Our room was very quiet - which is more than can be said for the two sleepless nights in Waikiki. The cabin was compact, clean, comfortable and very efficiently set out, and I am over 6ft tall - but who wants to spend time in the rooms when on holiday anyway?

• rhodeje on 4th Sep 2007

  What year did you cruise? The latest cruise was just three days ago. Do you suppose that just maybe NCL has made some changes? I'm hoping they have. I have been on 7 cruises. We have been pampered on most, but we also have experienced one of our worst cruises on the most expensive cruise lines you can go on. So I guess it's what you make it. Like I said, this cruise is just a means of getting from one island to another. If you want to be pampered, I recommend you go with Crystal!