Review of the Cruise

Item: Norwegian Getaway
Rating: 3
Author: reumar

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

reumar

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 58

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 27, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5214

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Everything was ok. Really no complaints. However, if I had to compare Norwegian with Celebrity and Royal Caribbean, I would rate Norwegian as the 3rd in line for various reasons. It was very difficult, if not impossible, to get reservations in the speciality restaurants, it took a long time to get off the ship when going to Norwegian's private island in the Bahamas as there were 3 tenders to disembark an entire ship so the waiting was long and uncalled for. The staff was ok but did not really go out of their way to be welcoming. To disembark the ship in Miami, we were supposed to disembark by about 10:00 AM and then at about 9:30 the Captain states that anyone who has not left should proceed to leave. It took well over an hour to finally get off the ship and nobody had the courtesy to inform us of the delay; very irresponsible. I am from Montreal Canada and my reservation was made in English and all my documents I received from Norwegian prior to getting on the ship were in English but then for some reason Norwegian assumed that because we came from the province of Quebec they deemed us as French speaking and gave us welcoming information in French. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that Canada has two official languages and that out of courtesy, they should have sent a bilingual welcoming letter to play it safe. Customer Service was close to where the band always played and if you happened to be at customer service when a band was playing, it was very difficult to hear what customer service was saying. When checking in at the port of Miami it took an exceptionally long time to check in' perhaps close to an hour and a half. I have been on other cruises and this by far was the longest I ever at to wait.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Ports of call

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

3 out of 5

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

19 Comments

StevenItsSteven 8 years ago

Call you? Oh lord.

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Ejan 8 years ago

Different people like different things. That being said, if you like a traditional cruise experience, do not book on the Breakaway. Despite the size of the ship, there are too many people on board, which makes for lines for everything. Pretty much everything requires a reservation (and additional money). The ship is extremely noisey. Some people like the mall on Black Friday.

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simplyerica 8 years ago

Why not post your reasons? Who is going to call you???

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penzay 8 years ago

I am going to make sure i have a wonderful time thnx cruisingcindylou

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penzay 8 years ago

yes they just need to change ports because of done western and eastern on the Oasis already

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teesexy55 8 years ago

I heard that rrcl last 2 ships are huge. going to do them next year. with my husband the cruiseaholic.

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penzay 8 years ago

the buffet was great but i hope it will be even better on the bigger ship

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teesexy55 8 years ago

I agree you have to sees for yourself. everybody different since you did ncl how's the food? my husband lives to eat.

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cruisingcindylou 8 years ago

I think you don't need to worry about the mixed reviews. She is a wonderful ship and you will have a wonderful time!

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penzay 8 years ago

yes i did Oasis the ncl sky thn Oasis again now we are doing the Getaway and im hearing mixed reviews but its all about what i take from it no one else. I will definitely find something i love about it

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teesexy55 8 years ago

OK thanks

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cruisingcindylou 8 years ago

Penzay was talking about NCL Sky. We went on RCL Serenade...which was small. That was ship that taught us we like bigger....I consider Getaway to be pretty big.

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cruisingcindylou 8 years ago

The Getaway is big....but not quite as big as Allure and Oasis. I found plenty to do. And the shows were really good. JC was our cruise director and was entertaining. We had a great time.

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teesexy55 8 years ago

I thought the getaway was big and there would be so much to do. am I wrong?

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penzay 8 years ago

yes thts what we plan to do

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cruisingcindylou 8 years ago

I learned I don't like the little girls. I like the big girls. More activities. Better entertainment. Just book all entertainment before cruise.

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penzay 8 years ago

yea i took a short 4 day on NCL Sky the ship was tiny and boring but everything else was great

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cruisingcindylou 8 years ago

I go back and forth between NCL and RCL. Love them both.

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penzay 8 years ago

Harold i would love to knw being that I'm going on the Getaway in 2017 and I've been on the Oasis twice. The Oasis is amazing but i dontvwantvto do the same line all the time. I knw tht the staff will be different ship is a lil smaller but what could have been so bad is my question

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