Very upset with NCL on this cruise

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
Norwegian Getaway

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 06, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 14732

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This was our 22nd cruise, my wife chose it for our 40th Wedding anniversary. part of the cruise was comped by the casino because of our rate of play. overall ship was nice, food was sub-par, cabin butler was poor, person went over the rail on 16th deck and ended up on the bar on the 8th deck where he passed away.  Now the details:  we stayed in Haven Suite 14732, cabin steward was always very nice and handled all of our needs. Cabin Butler failed to tell us about a few items that go along with our suite, such as the haven area on the ship, we found this out by accident ourselves on day 3 of the cruise. the haven area has it's own private restaurant, private pool, sun area and spa. again our Butler, failed to tell us about these details.  The ship has to many restaurants and some of the ones we visited were sub-par.  The steak house was nice as was the Brazilian restaurant, walked away feeling good about these. The French restaurant was a joke, I ordered lamb loins and when they delivered my dish, there were 3 loins about the size of a quarter and 5 lima beans, was asked how I enjoyed my dinner and I asked what dinner, I haven't been served yet. A French restaurant without a soufflé or crepe's ?  Italian restaurant was  a joke as well.  We had a person who went over the rail on the 16th deck running from security and ended up on the Sunset bar on the 8th deck, talk about a spoiler on a vacation, when you see this right in front of you.  Security could have handled this much different, and for the rest of the week we had to be reminded each time we looked out our cabin and seen the tarps draped over the areas. had an issue with a few folks at the dice table that didn't like the way I play dice (I play the house way) meaning I want a seven when everyone else doesn't, seven I win, seven they loose. a person at the dice table insulted my wife over the way I play and I had to get security involved. Each day I made purchases on the ship and I would track the purchases on my online banking, at the end of the week I spent $9,000.00 on the ship.  What the cruise company did was deduct the full amount again and left the pre-approvals sitting out there for a week. when I get to Miami to spend a week I use my card and it gets declined, because the cruise line has a hold of $18,000.00 on my card. I never received a statement in my cabin, was told by public relations for NCL that those pre-approvals would drop off my card in 5-7 days, I asked them for a letter to support this so I could fax to my bank and they would release the $9,000.00 hold  was told we couldn't get a letter for 3 days as they haven't downloaded the information from the ship yet.  of the 21 prior cruises this ranks towards the bottom. Very Disappointed in NCL. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

1 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
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14 Comments

travelingmama    8 years ago

Norwegian getaway is an awesome ship, some people are just rude and cruel and will find anything to complain about.

lovescrusing23    8 years ago

Unowhorj12..... You and your review are a disgrace!!!!! You've taken 22 cruises and didn't know wot perks you get for booking a suite with a butler makes me wonder wot kinda cruises you have actually been on.! I'm kinda of glad you had a bad vacation

trishglenn69    8 years ago

P.s. @ beaners12304 GO STEELERS!!!!!

trishglenn69    8 years ago

Was on a cruise and watched a man be given CPR and later pass away....the entire rest of my vacation was with a VERY heavy heart and praying for his family!!!! Shame on you for being so selfish!!!!! I feel bad for the people you "share" your time with....what a waste for them!!!!

BarcoFin    8 years ago

Exactly Klcarr you are Sooooo right !!!! 👍🏼 enjoy life people and stop complaining so much.

goblue45    8 years ago

LOL! Amen!

klcarr    8 years ago

We just got of this this today. (March 27). We were treated like royalty the whole week. Right from embarkation to disembarkation. The crew is so friendly and totally willing to go that extra mile for you. We sat in the atrium one evening and saw people at the customer service desk constantly bitching about the smallest, not picky things. Seriously people....loosen your panties and enjoy vacation

jsaddler    8 years ago

Wow. I had a person on our first cruise have to be airlefted and I was sick the rest of the time knowing he died. I'll never forget it.

MandyCruisesToo    8 years ago

What a piece of work.

c2jmerritt    8 years ago

I am thinking of putting 2000 on our ship cards to use on the ship. Is that a good option if I don't want to use my cards?

carmenconley    8 years ago

I know what the Haven has to offer and I haven't even stepped foot on any NCL ship, yet. You find that out when you are making your choices how to spend your money wisely. You take 2 credit cards, one for those who put a hold on it and one to spend. We go next week. I have done my homework.

legallorelei    8 years ago

I wasn't going to comment on your post unowhorj12, but you open yourself up by posting this! That has to be one of the most insensitive things I have ever seen on the internet. To ask people to feel sorry for YOU because of some poor man's accidental death is pathetic. While you may have been mildly inconvenienced, imagine the pain of his friends and family, some of whom were probably with him on the ship!! Regardless of how he died, the fact is he DID die! You realize this is a public forum, and there is a chance his loved ones could see your heartless comments! Maybe you could pause, take a moment to think, and remove this selfish post before they do. Shame on you.

dacia3905410    8 years ago

So, maybe prior to my vacation I would have tried to find out about what the Haven had to offer, especially if I was paying that much. That's really not NCL'S fault.

beaners12304    8 years ago

Wow that sucks! I can spend $2500 for 4 people and have a amazing time. Shows getting the best of the best isn't always all its cracked up to be.

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