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Days 1 and 2 of NCL Spirit Boston to Bermuda cruise

I am on the NCL Spirit and tomorrow we arrive in Bermuda. I'm with my wife, my sister + brother in law, and my parents.

We're having a good time, but I don't think this review will be as positive as my NCL Pearl Seattle to Alaska review was. The Spirit seems a bit smaller and older. No big deal but some doors are very hard to open. When we got on the ship most toilets weren't flushing for an hour or two.

One of the biggest things we've noticed is that service at the restaurants is often very very slow. Every time sit down at a restaurant it seems we're in for a long wait. Some of us are not real impressed with the food although I've been liking mine. MY father says that the entrees are like appetizers and the appetizers are miniscule. Since you can order more than one entree that's not really an issue for me. Although you do need to order everything at once since the service is so slow. Although after a good mango, kiwi, and papaya salad tonight I asked for 2 more and they came quickly enough.

A few other small things I'll put down here before I forget. Some of the tiles in the pool have fallen off and the pool seems too small. Also the shower in our room is a little old because there's some palstic or something peeling off it that's a bit irritating.

I know it sounds like a list of complaints but we are enjoying the cruise. I've liked pretty much all the food although that's not true for everyone in my family. The pool emptied out around 5:00 so I did get to enjoy that. I can't swim very far anyway so a small pool is OK by me.

The only thing I've really hated is a pilates class I walked out on today. They set us up next to the engines so we couldn't hear the instructor very well. They took us to a spot where the sun was blasting me in the left eye. The wind was blowing my mat around. I lasted about 2 minutes. My wife and sister enduredf the entire class and both said it was basically just an easy stretch class - not a workout and not real pilates.

Anyway, just a few things I wanted to get down before I forgot. There was also a mix up with some free meals at specialty restaurants we were supposed to get because our travel agent got us a group deal but that'll wait for another day.

And don't worry about the list of complaints because I am having fun. It's hard to pinpoint the things I like. Swimming in the small pool, the food, working out in the small gym that has no pullup bar (the gym's not perfect but I like it), the company of course.

More later!

Posted by James Trotta at August 16, 2009 12:10 PM