Wonderful itinerary/Horrible Ship

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Getaway

12 Night Southern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 08, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10308

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This is a wonderful itinerary so search to find it on another ship. The getaway is a disaster. Do NOT recommend this ship.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
You will only get good food on this ship in the specialty restaurants. The complimentary offerings are old country buffet quality. Poor quality, mass produced frozen food is served in an overcrowded buffet environment. Their daily fish offering isn't salmon like most cruise lines, it is poor quality tilapia. Food is highly disappointing. I ate fish n chips in the O'sheehans every day, because that was guaranteed to be hot. Everything else was mediocre. My best meal was LA Cucina. Excellent pizza.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Nothing like the Norwegian Bliss, Royal or Carnival. Unfortunately this ship is just bad.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
My room steward was great. The rest of the staff is great as well considering their poor working environment. You could tell they were not happy at all and that made me sad. I tipped as often as I could and made them feel appreciated unlike norwegian.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
This is by far the worse ship I've ever been on and I've been on dozens. There are major functional issues with the ship. Many people had breathing issues due to the exhaust fumes at the top of the ship. This ship is an environmental disaster and I worried about my health and safety with the constant, thick smoke clouds.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
The cabin is not the issue it is the location. Please do not book an AFT cabin on this ship. It is horrible. I literally had breathing issues so bad I had to be moved to an interior cabin with no refund for the price difference. This ship is bad for your health.

Ship tip

Do not do it. Try the Bliss or one of the order newer ships. This ship needs to go to dry dock for repsirs.

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
Had a wonderful, authentic dinner at Bebo's Cafe. An easy cab ride from the port. Highly recommended.

Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5
St. Kitts is beautiful. I enjoyed an excursion sailing the coastline. We were taken to Cockleshell beach. I do not recommend this beach as it's quite rocketry and the sand has a lot of debris. St. Kitts is so beautiful so try another beach or a different land based activity.

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
Wonderful port. I highly recommend booking a day tour through viator. I had such a wonderful experience.

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5
Beautiful beaches but choose a beach that's not Carlisle Bay. Although the water is gorgeous, everyone on the ship goes that so it's quite crowded.

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5
My favorite port!!! Every beach is beautiful. You'll love it.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas Did not visit port

I missed this port due to getting sick with covid. Where your mask on this ship. I wore mine the whole time but hygiene is poor on this ship. No one washes their hands.

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Did not visit port

Norwegian skipped the port with no explanation.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy disembarkation process

Traveler Photos

Smoking is unfortunately allowed on the balconies You will not be able to breathe on your balcony. Guests are allowed to smoke and the exhaust fumes are so bad 24 hours per day.
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