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Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Getaway

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 17, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9284

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The best I liked was the music. The food buffet area is a disaster, no variety and nit enough space for the amount of people. The menu in the main dining rooms was ok.  The beach tours we took we're very nice. Our stateroom attendant was excellent. But I didn't like the mega size ship. I prefer personalized treatment in a smaller environment. The guest services desk is under staff. The lines were long and the waiting Unbelievable just to ask to punch a hole in a card or get an account printout. Embarkation was a nightmare. Disembarking the ship was better. The AC in our room was constantly turning off at times during the night.  I had to get up every night 2 or 3 times to turn switch on again (not good).

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Except for the air conditioning issue. Read my comment above.

Ship tip

Read my comments above. I do not recommend cruising in such large ships with that amount of guests. You loose quality in everything.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

Pinklover954    8 years ago

The AC issue scares me! Me and my gf sleep with our AC on 65. Hopefully they will have fan availability at the first desk like CCL does. Our sailing with them for the first time will be on 10/09/16.

alinda1114    8 years ago

My experience with the Getaway was positive.Food was good.Lots for the kids to do.Rooms were kind of small.

rmulligan    8 years ago

My Getaway experience was quite different. The ship is very clean. The staff was super friendly. I like the idea of a very large ship. There is always some place to explore and discover. I noticed that if you just go earlier or later the buffet crowd was not so bad. I thought the variety was pretty good actually. Same goes for the line at the Guest services desk, just try again later.

4kids4me    8 years ago

My kids loved the breakaway, so much for them to do! Didn't like "adult only" pool tho! I enjoyed the Gem & Sun too. Smaller ships had bbq right next to the pools occasionally.

chris1500    8 years ago

Same thing happened to us with the A/C in the room. It was so frustrating.

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