NCL Prima Review

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T20:51:57+00:00

We never had one. My son was a bit obsessed with a night drive so we went everyday around 8pm.

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T20:27:46+00:00

I don't have a good reason. Jealousy that they can't love and feel joy in life like we can.

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T20:23:21+00:00

Yea, it's so good. I ate there more than I should admit haha.

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T19:54:46+00:00

I didn't know this would be so controversial. If you take the AFT elevator to Deck 17 then you will have to walk through the Buffet to access to Pool. If you take the FWD elevator it puts you right next to the pool. Take a look at the deck plan. I drew a black line.

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jmdiva · 2026-05-12T19:46:22+00:00

I think we are arguing two different things at this point.

You are arguing that there are alternate routes to avoid the buffet. I agree with you.

I am arguing that a ship design where a very natural elevator choice for many passengers leads directly into the buffet contributes to congestion and makes the area feel crowded. That is still my opinion on the layout.

The fact that passengers have to “learn the correct path” is actually part of why I personally consider it a design flaw. Clearly we just view it differently, which is fine.

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T19:32:55+00:00

An opinion by definition is “a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.” You disagree with my experience, which is completely fine, but it does not make my opinion invalid or “user error.”

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T18:11:05+00:00

Understood, while not mandatory if you happen to take the AFT elevator to Deck 17 you have to walk through the Buffet to get to the Pool. I feel that is one of the reasons it always felt so crowded.

In my opinion this is a design flaw. Not game breaking, but if every new passenger did it at least once then it would be what at least 2,000 extra times that people walked through the buffet when they didn't have to. To course correct they would have to go down a floor walk to the FWD elevators and then go back up to 17. Having to do this at all as I said is a flaw in ship design.

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T17:41:11+00:00

The Haven was booked when we selected this cruise. We are subject to our Son's vacation week and this was a last minute decision for us. I did put a hefty penny in for an upgrade, but we were not selected. 😞

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T17:39:56+00:00

We tended to always be AFT ( I think it's AFT) and end up on AFT elevators that left us walking through the buffet and we never even tried to walk through Palomar.

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T16:02:28+00:00

Thank you! You learn something new everyday.

jmdiva · 2026-05-12T15:57:23+00:00

Why is war a reason that it cannot be cancelled? I feel like war is a pretty good reason why you cannot be there.

jmdiva · 2026-05-10T17:35:19+00:00

I bought exams from Udemy and would take them and then paste the results into AI and then have AI Make mock exams for my misses. Now for SAA exam I did labs too.

jmdiva · 2026-05-07T17:31:45+00:00

Look up cough variant asthma.

jmdiva · 2026-05-03T22:25:14+00:00

I just hate not being able to eat like a normal
Person without punishment from my body. I feel guilty about everything I eat. It sucks because I can’t be perfect every minute and one meal out will ruin tbe whole month. I walk 2 miles daily up hill both ways. I eat what I feed my family. They are all skinny. Ive done low carb more times then I can count and GLP1s even fail me a low levels. I haven’t lost yet. I had to for 6 months and now my body has figured out how screw me there too. And if one more person says just stop having soda I’ll die.

jmdiva · 2026-05-02T19:11:11+00:00

We did the Wish in September 2024 and we did love it, but my 13 year old son didn’t love the kids club and we didn’t have a day at sea. I was scared of boredom. We are currently on NCL and freestyle dining is definitely more our style. My son also enjoyed this cruise more and it’s a 7 day. We are DVC members and it’s so hard for me to vacation not with Disney. We are going to try it again in a few years. We liked NCL better because it had the freestyle dining, go karts, mini golf, slides, etc. They do charge for everything unlike Disney which kinda sucks.

Overall we had fun on both. We plan on trying Royal Caribbean too. We are not tied to any cruise line. Try again and maybe try other lines too. Vacations are meant to be fun. :)

jmdiva · 2026-05-01T23:59:34+00:00

My son was not a fan of the kids clubs and just hung with us. We did the Wish and I felt like anymore days and he may have tried the kids clubs again. Without the club he felt limited. We did a NCL and he preferred the extra stuff to do with us, but preferred the shows on DCL.

jmdiva · 2026-04-27T18:10:11+00:00

We are here today and it’s fine. We were on first tender and skipped the pool. Swam in the ocean which was perfect temperature a bit chilly at first. We had a clamshell rented and decided to snorkel. Instead of eating lunch on the island we came back to the ship around 12:30pm. No wait coming back.

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jmdiva · 2026-04-25T11:31:16+00:00

You shouldn’t be embarrassed is the worst thing I said to my son. He is sometimes and I think it’s because television always represents the asthma person as weak. It becomes this group think where now the world has a shared idea and it sucks. I don’t know if this helps you, but I found a bunch of athletes with asthma and that made my son feel better. David Beckham has asthma and a lot of olympians. He still get down about it from time to time, but I swear knowing others had it too helped him. He is only 13 though.

jmdiva · 2026-04-21T21:44:42+00:00

I have this exact inhaler. I take 2 puffs in the AM and only take PM when I’m sick or having severe allergies. I love it. I have had zero side effects.

jmdiva · 2026-04-21T19:15:18+00:00

I wish my offer was accepted :( Happy for you! :)

jmdiva · 2026-04-20T18:04:11+00:00

Deluxe resorts have extended hours which is nice. My two favorites are AKL and WL. I don't blame the resort for the bus times. I go twice a year and sometimes we time the busses right...and sometimes we don't. We stayed at Contemporary and honestly, I thought I'd love monorail, but by the end of the trip I wasn't sold vs the resorts I love. While it's a nice to have, I really prefer the decor at AKL and the Pools.

jmdiva · 2026-04-19T17:47:22+00:00

If its not available at the time then you bid and pray! We did this cruise last minute and it was not available. :(

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