We are on board the ship now. We’ve had quite a few interesting experiences. I would not recommend the Selfie Tours. We had 1 in Santorini that was so quick that we barely had time to view the domes. The traffic walking up and down was insane and time-consuming; our tour guide rushed us in and out. We tried the same tour again in Athens. It was raining so the guide wanted us to take photos of the Acropolis from the window! We jumped off the bus, leaving the group, and explored Athens on our own, including going inside the Acropolis. I heard a lot of Acropolis ticket-holders were denied, including the tour guide, because their tickets did not have a time-frame on them. If you go to Athens, you must see the Acropolis and make sure your ticket is time-stamped. We have incredible photos from doing our own exploration day!
I’ve cruised NCL many times and it’s usually my favorite cruise line, however, this cruise seems to have random flukes, almost as though the staff are still in training. It’s little things like not having a pen or robes inside the cabin, our room wasn’t made up and when we called to make it up, they somewhat fought us on it?! It was so strange because 100% of the time they’re very accommodating or apologetic. They also forgot to charge us for our Cagneys photo and hunted us down in the Atrium an hour or two after dinner was over. Just very strange tiny things, like we added a small tip for room service and the attendant was like, no don’t, we don’t get the tip anyway. We already pre-paid tips, but it was unexpected he would say that. Anyway, we’re having fun but research your excursions again before committing!
