watching movies on pride of america

[bowiekins]

hi i am travelling with 3 teenagers on the pride of america this december. I was on a ncl ( jade) cruise earlier this year and the entertainment was terrible,there was no movie theatre and the tv was awful. Great for reading but if the Pride is the same -3 teens ahh. I was thinking of taking a portable dvd but the screen is small. does anyone know if the tv's have accessory ports? otherwise I may have to take a big laptop with a disc drive. any info will help

[grand isle joe]

Originally Posted by bowiekins

hi i am travelling with 3 teenagers on the pride of america this december. I was on a ncl ( jade) cruise earlier this year and the entertainment was terrible,there was no movie theatre and the tv was awful. Great for reading but if the Pride is the same -3 teens ahh. I was thinking of taking a portable dvd but the screen is small. does anyone know if the tv's have accessory ports? otherwise I may have to take a big laptop with a disc drive. any info will help

We were on the POA last year and I'm sorry to say that the entertainment as well as tv was AWFUL! Never noticed about the ports because we tried to stay off ship as much as possible. Plus with the Islands being the focus the onboard experience is really lacking. The crew is U.S. based and IMHO just dreadful. The islands are truely beautiful and enjoy the scenery but treat the POA as a large, old, dreadful taxi.

[beachchick]

Originally Posted by grand isle joe

We were on the POA last year and I'm sorry to say that the entertainment as well as tv was AWFUL! Never noticed about the ports because we tried to stay off ship as much as possible. Plus with the Islands being the focus the onboard experience is really lacking. The crew is U.S. based and IMHO just dreadful. The islands are truely beautiful and enjoy the scenery but treat the POA as a large, old, dreadful taxi.

I have to agree that NCL's onboard theater, etc. was pretty horrid (a personal opinion, of course). We didn't pay attention to the tv offerings. We found that the night time entertainment was fairly limited, partly (we guessed) because most passengers are generally busy and off the ship all day, every day.

I'm sorry to hear that PoA's onboard experience was so lacking. That is such a shame. We had fine service on Pride of Hawaii. We found the crew to be very good, even though they were also US-based. The crew members were respectful and hard working (with a few exceptions), but somewhat more relaxed in attitude and presentation than the international crews, which tend to be somewhat too "servant" like in some cases for our tastes. The NCLA officers were as professional as those on other cruises.

One thing I do have a quibble with is the notion that PoA is "old." The ship has been in service for 4-1/2 years and went into service new (not as a retrofit like Pride of Aloha was). That is not old by any means, especially not in the lifespan of a large cruise ship, which is an enormous investment intended to last for many, many years.

beachchick