Spring Break Cruise
Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: April 09, 2017
Ship: Norwegian Getaway
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 14278
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
Excellent ship. Large, new and comfortable. Good trip with ports that are more unusual than most cruises. Roatan very interesting and underdeveloped. Harvest Caye a beautiful NCL resort. Cozumel as gateway to Tulum but a long trip. Ferry ride from Cozumel to Carmen 45 minutes and rough seas. At Majahual, ignore the purpose built NCL cruise resort at the dock and take the 4$ taxi ride into the village. Much better, but still touristy. A lot of kids on this trip due to the timing. They loved it due to the multitude of climbs, slides, games and activities on the top deck.
Biggest upside: The crew were extremely friendly and patient.
Biggest downside: The top decks were very crowded with no free space for adult areas, due to NCL's 'Haven' and other 'you must pay more to enter' areas. Kids kept going into the adult pool, which was relatively small for the ship size. Other cruise lines have gratis adult only areas. In connection with this the buffet was also always crowded with narrow aisles and lots of bustle. Food quality in the main dining rooms was only average, as is the case with most cruise lines nowadays. If you want to eat well you will need to pay extra in the 'specialty restaurants'. Used to be cruise lines were famous for quality food, but now the marketing geniuses get you to pay once for the main rooms and then again for the specialties. Who says, those marketing guys don't earn their money? Between paying for food and for the 'Haven', etc. one must ask oneself if one could get better cruise value elsewhere.
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Ship Quality
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Ship tip
If an adult, eat in the main dining rooms rather than the buffet. Staff are very good and attentive. If you like alcohol consider the unlimited drinks package. Well worth it and less hassle. WiFi not so good. We had a package and that was probably worth it. But better Wifi in a Honduras beach hut!
Ports of call
Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras