patseacruiser
Deckhand
I sailed the Sky 7/27/12 - 7/30/12. I have not sailed the Sky previously and I found that I loved it. I am 7 days shy of becoming diamond plus on Royal yet recently have been sailing Norwegian and finding that I am in love with freestyle.
Freestyle is more than just eating at what time you like. It's also not having to dress in formal to go to dinner. They have a formal - or not night. I also like the specialty restaurant choices. Unless you go on the Allure or Oasis on Royal you do not have the choices that Norwegian usually has. In fact, on the ship that is comparable with the Sky in size and itinerary - Majesty of the Seas - there are no specialty dining choices!
While you might say I am not paying to eat and that is nickel and diming us you might change your tune if you tried these restaurants. It's true - you can eat in the main dining rooms and your meals are included BUT the $25 service charge at Cagneys I would equate the quality to that of a Ruths Chris Steak House. You certainly can't eat there for $25.
Il Addagio is a $10 service charge. I could not finish the chicken parmagiana that I had. There was so much of it - and so good. My cousin had the veal saltimbucco and I tasted it - very very good.
Le Bistro is a $20 service charge. While Royal has done away with their escargot let me assure you it is live and well at Le Bistro. Okay they're not really live. Pork medallions that were so tender. Lamb chops cooked perfectly and oh so tender. But the chocolate fondue for two - well I could have licked the bowl clean. In fact, I didn't want to share with my cousin since it was for two.
We got to the port at about 10:30 on Friday morning. It was perfect. Weather was beautiful. Parked at the pier as my cousin is handicapped and handicapped parking is free at Port of Miami. We had VIP check in and were quickly ushered in and processed. I did use my passport card because I was too lazy to dig in my bag for my passport and they did ask me to sign a form that I acknowledge that I can not fly home with the passport card if anything happens.
By 11:30 we were boarding and were ushered right up to Cagneys for lunch. We opted to go to the pool bar and hang out for a little while and have a frozen drink. There I ran into my Norwegian BDM as she had a group of travel agents on the ship for a ship inspection. We chatted awhile and then it was time for lunch.
I will continue this in a little while.
Freestyle is more than just eating at what time you like. It's also not having to dress in formal to go to dinner. They have a formal - or not night. I also like the specialty restaurant choices. Unless you go on the Allure or Oasis on Royal you do not have the choices that Norwegian usually has. In fact, on the ship that is comparable with the Sky in size and itinerary - Majesty of the Seas - there are no specialty dining choices!
While you might say I am not paying to eat and that is nickel and diming us you might change your tune if you tried these restaurants. It's true - you can eat in the main dining rooms and your meals are included BUT the $25 service charge at Cagneys I would equate the quality to that of a Ruths Chris Steak House. You certainly can't eat there for $25.
Il Addagio is a $10 service charge. I could not finish the chicken parmagiana that I had. There was so much of it - and so good. My cousin had the veal saltimbucco and I tasted it - very very good.
Le Bistro is a $20 service charge. While Royal has done away with their escargot let me assure you it is live and well at Le Bistro. Okay they're not really live. Pork medallions that were so tender. Lamb chops cooked perfectly and oh so tender. But the chocolate fondue for two - well I could have licked the bowl clean. In fact, I didn't want to share with my cousin since it was for two.
We got to the port at about 10:30 on Friday morning. It was perfect. Weather was beautiful. Parked at the pier as my cousin is handicapped and handicapped parking is free at Port of Miami. We had VIP check in and were quickly ushered in and processed. I did use my passport card because I was too lazy to dig in my bag for my passport and they did ask me to sign a form that I acknowledge that I can not fly home with the passport card if anything happens.
By 11:30 we were boarding and were ushered right up to Cagneys for lunch. We opted to go to the pool bar and hang out for a little while and have a frozen drink. There I ran into my Norwegian BDM as she had a group of travel agents on the ship for a ship inspection. We chatted awhile and then it was time for lunch.
I will continue this in a little while.