EXCLUSIVE高級な vs 予算 on the Norwegian Viva 巡航する ship: Travel 専門家s experience life on board in two different ways on a Miami sailing... to see if splashing out on a £13k 控訴 is 価値（がある） it

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They’re travel 専門家s who decided to seas the day ? and find out if splurging over £13,000 on a 高級な 巡航する is 価値（がある） it.

The sailors in question are Nicky Kelvin, Editor at Large of travel 場所／位置 The Points Guy, and ex-Carnival 巡航する Director Matt Mitcham, who packed their ビデオ camera 道具s and 始める，決める sail on Norwegian 巡航する Line’s newest ship, the Norwegian Viva, and experienced it two different ways on a sailing from Miami to Puerto Rico.

Their （映画の）フィート数 is fascinating.

Matt stayed in a swanky 港／避難所 首相 Owner’s 控訴, which costs from $17,049/£13,320 (加える 税金s and 料金s), and then experienced a host of paid-for extras, 含むing the 高級な Vibe Beach Club and Mandara Spa Thermal 控訴.

Nicky stayed in a 予算 windowless '特別室', costing from $1,479 (£1,155) per person (除外するing 料金s), and experienced the ship's all-inclusive features, from the Infinity Beach club to the ‘scary’ 10-deck high slides. Read on for their 判決s…

BUDGET

The Points Guy's Nicky Kelvin in his 予算 windowless ‘特別室’

Nicky's room costs from $1,479 (£1,155) per person (除外するing 料金s)?

Nicky told MailOnline Travel that his room on the ship was 'basic', but 'cosy'?

Nicky and Matt sailed from Miami to?Puerto Rico (above)

Nicky 述べるs Norwegian Viva on the ビデオ as 存在 like a 'swanky hotel'

Nicky told MailOnline Travel that his room on the ship, which he 述べるs on the ビデオ as 存在 like a 'swanky hotel', was 'basic', but 'cosy and comfortable for a 予算 trip'.

He 追加するd: '全体にわたる, it was a good way to travel.'

The dining also impressed.

Nicky said: ‘The food really blew me away. For an inclusive 一括 you got so much, with a variety of 広大な／多数の／重要な 質 food ? there was plenty of choice.

Above is Nicky hanging out at the 注目する，もくろむ-catching infinity pool at Infinity Beach, which is open to all guests

This image shows the sunlounger area at Infinity Beach

Yum's the word: Travel 専門家 Nicky said the food 'really blew me away'

‘It was also 広大な／多数の／重要な to receive dining credits, which 許すd me to try the fancier 味方する of the menu 同様に.’

The activities on 申し込む／申し出 for the 予算 sailor also got the thumbs up.

Nicky’s （映画の）フィート数 shows him having a 鯨 of a time 急落するing 負かす／撃墜する Norwegian Viva’s thrilling slides ‘The 急ぐ’ and ‘The 減少（する）’, splashing around at Infinity Beach club in the 注目する，もくろむ-catching infinity pool ? which sits 権利 on the 辛勝する／優位 of the ship ? and, with Matt, watching award-winning Beetlejuice The Musical and racing around the ship’s impressive multi-deck go-kart 跡をつける.

Nicky’s （映画の）フィート数 shows him having a 鯨 of a time 急落するing 負かす／撃墜する Norwegian Viva’s thrilling slides 'The 急ぐ' and 'The 減少（する）' (above)

Norwegian Viva's slides curl 負かす／撃墜する 10 decks of the 大型船

Nicky said: ‘There is so much to do on this ship that you will never be bored.’

Any downsides?

Nicky 認める that ‘while not a necessity for the price’, his room ‘would have been more enjoyable with a balcony’, and 結論するd that while his experience was ‘very pleasant’, he would ‘love to try the fancier 選択 next time’.

LUXURY

Above - Matt's 港／避難所 首相 Owner's 控訴, which he 述べるd as 'so luxurious'

The owner's 控訴 comes with a living room and three bedrooms, and costs from $17,049/£13,320 (加える 税金s and 料金s) per week

Matt is 明確に delighted with his 控訴's bathroom, which features a balcony hot tub

Matt’s comments carry 負わせる, as he has lived on board a ship ? and he said of his owner’s 控訴 - which comes with a living room, three bedrooms and bathrooms and a balcony with a hot tub - that he’d 'never seen a cabin so luxurious'.

賞賛する indeed.

And the plaudits kept coming.

He told MailOnline Travel that his entire experience was 'incredible', 明らかにする／漏らすing that the 乗組員 were 'amazing and very hospitable', the food at the 排除的 港／避難所 Restaurant 'exquisite ' and the Mandara Spa Thermal 控訴 ($339/£264 per person) 'an activity 最高潮の場面'.

The 高級な Vibe Beach Club, which costs $259 (£200) per person for a seven-day sailing

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Matt and Nicky go 長，率いる to 長，率いる on the ship's multi-deck go-kart 跡をつける (above two images)

Matt enjoying the 'exquisite' food at the 排除的 港／避難所 Restaurant?

On the ビデオ Matt 述べるs the Mandara Spa Thermal 控訴 as ‘素晴らしい’, with （映画の）フィート数 showing him having a massage and relaxing in a ‘salt floating pool’

The Mandara Spa Thermal 控訴 costs $339 (£264) per person for a seven, eight, nine or 10-day pass

On the ビデオ Matt 述べるs this spa as '素晴らしい', with （映画の）フィート数 showing him having a massage, relaxing in a 'salt floating pool' and taking an 'ice にわか雨'. 'I’ll do anything for a paycheck,' he quips.

He also 完全に enjoys the?Gal axy Pavilion entertainment centre, which costs?$199 (£155) per guest for the voyage, $29 (£22) for an hour, and $49 (£38) for a day.?

And good times were had at the 高級な Vibe Beach Club, which costs $259 (£200) per person for a seven-day sailing.

Any downsides?

Matt 結論するd: 'This experience had no 消極的な factors for a 高級な trip. The 巡航する had so much to 申し込む／申し出.’

To see the 初めの ビデオ visit www.youtube.com/watch. For more from The Points Guy visit thepointsguy.com/uk-travel.

The 星雲 Pavilion entertainment centre - $199 (£155) per guest for the voyage, $29 (£22) for an hour, $49 (£38) for a day

The 港／避難所 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業, where the staff show off their cocktail-making wizardry