I’ve just disembarked a cruise on one of the most exciting cruise ships in the world where I braved a 10-deck drop slide and raced other passengers around a three-storey race track on the top decks. The cruise was onboard the newest Norwegian cruise ship Norwegian Prima and even though I’ve been cruising with Norwegian since I was a child, this ship took me by surprise in every way possible.
Our cruise took us to Bermuda and in between lots and LOTS of live music, entertainment and eating I saw and did things that most people wouldn’t imagine were possible on cruises. The cruise was anything but ordinary and like every cruise, it wasn’t all plain sailing.
I took my first cruise with Norwegian when I was 11 years old and I’ve been cruising with them ever since but always on the smaller and older Norwegian ships. Prima has 19 bars and 15 different restaurants, she is 20 decks high and as long as 13 tennis courts or 75 full-sized cars so she's a relatively big ship. I knew that Prima had far more choices than I was used to at sea so I did wonder if I would find it all a bit overwhelming.
I hoped that it wouldn't feel too busy sharing the ship with over 3000 other people and I wanted to come away from the cruise feeling as though it was worth the price tag.
I’d been told that Prima was a more luxurious and premium kind of ship but I didn’t know if that would suit me and the way that I cruise. For the sake of little Emma here who was enjoying her first Norwegian cruise, I hoped that the experience hadn't changed too much from what I loved in the past. I was hoping for the same, but better.
When I saw a sailing onboard Prima sailing to Bermuda from New York City, I knew that this was my time to give it a go. Sailing out of New York city is beautiful and Bermuda is always fantastic. This itinerary had 3 days in Bermuda too which I was excited about. It's rare to stay in a port for that long.
