We chose this cruise because of the number of days, sea days and destinations. We prefer cruises with minimal sea days. The ports and shore excursions were great. NCL has finally begun to use personal audio devices to hear the tour guide with larger groups. The main dining room & buffet were average to fair. Sometimes there was a wait in the dining room to get coffee refills, etc. and the food was sometimes hot, sometimes warm, and unfortunately sometimes cold. The selections in the buffet and dining room were plentiful for soups, salads, entrees and desserts. The specialty restaurants were great, except for the Teppanyaki which was the worst I've ever had on shore or on a cruise.
Steward for our room was superb and very friendly. He changes our towels sometimes more than once a day and our bed was always made up.
We did hit a storm and had one port missed, but that wasn't NCL's fault. Can't blame them for bad weather.
Great service from steward. Bed was made every day, sometimes 2x. Fresh towels 2x a day some days.
Took 2 day Hop On Hop Off tour bus (2 lines in Rome) and got to see a lot in a little time.