Everythings extra, including the Doctor
Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: March 06, 2016
Ship: Norwegian Getaway
Cabin type: Inside
Cabin number: cant remember
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
Cruised NCL before and actually the NCL Dawn was my first ever cruise. That hooked me on cruising, this cruise may have unhooked me. My initial turn off was all the "selling" at the spa. I am an endurance event triathlete and love a good gym. I asked to see the steam and sauna rooms and was led on a tour. A tour that ended with the knowledge that there was NO steam or sauna unless you paid for the upgrade. You can sell me mineral baths, massages, hot rocks etc. but don"t charge me for steam. It's just greedy. And my training requires it most times. My main problem, however, was with the ships doctor. I was quite ill on the last Friday and went to the infirmary. I paid for the additional insurance when I booked but was told I needed to pay $189 plus any meds. When I told them I had the extra medical coverage they said I can "apply" for the refund after the cruise with a third party. I asked if they were refusing to treat me and they said "that's our policy". Imagine that, you can't go anywhere without being sanitized, but when I said I'm leaving they let me. I looked down the hall at the doctor and asked if he was ok with me going back into the general ships population and he ignored me. So I stayed on the ship a full day and a half with pneumonia. I was treated after I left the ship in Miami. Absolutely crazy. I know I'm a stubborn jerk, but putting passengers in jeopardy over a few bucks is nuts. I will not sail Norwegian again. And when I complained after the sailing they never responded. EVEN Expedia gave me $50 to reimburse me for some of the extra medical coverage I paid for when I complained to them. Too many cruise options out there to choose from to ever use Norwegian again.....
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Ports of call
Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas
5 Comments
grandmarnnurse 7 years ago
picalo 7 years ago
TERRI1962 7 years ago
Not sure what to say on this one , couple hundred bucks to get some meds to avoid infecting the entire ship yeah stubborn jerk you said it I didn't. Find it hard to believe you had an pneumonia and ships doctor let you just walk out sounds like a quarantine situation, but hey your review.
cruisincouple06 7 years ago
banaford 7 years ago