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Norwegian Pearl 10-2007: First Sea Day
By Steph | November 10, 2007
DINING: We ate at the Garden Cafe buffet for breakfast. They had a great selection. The French toast was wonderful. A few tips: It seemed to get more crowded each day. If the lines are too long you can walk all the way to the back and head to the Great Outdoors. They don’t have as big of a selection, but you can find most things out there without the wait. They even have an omelet station there. Also, seating can be difficult to find. Head to La Cucina it is open for seating. It is quiet and cool inside there and empty most of the time.
We dined at The Summer Palace for lunch. The food and service were great.
For dinner we had made reservations for La Cucina, the Italian restaurant. We had a table for two by the window. I had the Land and Sea. It was wonderful. I can’t remember what Scot had. We had Tiramisu for dessert. It was good.
ACTIVITIES: We spent the day at sea relaxing. We purchased a spa day pass and our time at the spa was wonderful. It was $20pp for a day pass or $75pp for a cruise pass. If I went on a 7 day cruise I would probably by the cruise pass.
The spa day pass gives you access to the thermal relaxation suite and gender specific relaxation areas. Within this space are a thalassotherapy pool, hot tubs, saunas, steam rooms, tropical rain showers and ice rain showers, a plunge pool, heated tile loungers and loungers with a great view over the bow of the ship. We spent 3-4 hours enjoying the space and felt very relaxed when we left. Once again there are some great pictures here.
ENTERTAINMENT: Tonight’s show was the South Beach Rave a Jean Ann Ryan show. It was dancing, singing, not really our thing. It was a very well done show for what it was, just not to our liking.
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