First time cruising- and this ship exceeded all of my expecatations!

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Norwegian Getaway

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 05, 2014

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

Talk about great customer service ;-) The staff is so nice and polite everywhere you go- you can tell they really love what they do. My room steward was really helpful and did a good job cleaning our room twice a day. My biggest concern (as a 1st time cruiser and a foodie) was obviously the FOOD on board. I was really surprised that the food was delicious all of the time (that is all 3 courses + plus late night snacks). I liked the different restaurants on board too ( too bad I didnt have enough time to go to all of them though- make sure you get your reservations early on...)  I tried booking at the Japense restaurant (similar to benihanas) and they were all booked up =-( My fave restaurants were: Garden Cafe, O'Sheehans (for a late night snack), and Le Bistro (french food for dinner).Despite being a buffett the garden cafe had good food and plenty of it, ALL of the time. The seating was not hard to find so that is what I liked as well. I did try the French restaurant to switch it up a bit for dinner one night (couldnt get a reservation to seat inside they were all booked up, so we ended up eating outside- we still received the same service, I tried the duck it was delicious!)...  Good variety, good quality food on board- I was happy!  Will definetly cruise again with Norwegian- thinking of Hawaii summer 2016!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Plenty of storage a BIG ++

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
long line to get on board- but wasnt bad at all

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Dont be afraid to rent a car and explore - the roads and locals love tourists!

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
If you plan on going to paradise island - there is a FREE beach walking through Atlantis- why pay when it's THE SAME BEACH! Glad didnt get the excursion and saved some $$$
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SimonTravels    10 years ago

Thanks for the great review! Glad you enjoyed your first cruise! If you have any photos from the trip that you'd like to share, please add them at http://cruiseline.com/photos Thanks!

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