Great cruise; Get off the ship early in St Petersburg!

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Getaway

9 Night Baltic Capitals (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 19, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 12704

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Good cruise overall. If you book a non-cruise-ship tour of St. Petersburg, as we did, make sure you get off the ship at least one hour before your tour is scheduled to start in order to get through Russian immigration. The cruise lines mislead passengers who do not book their tours through them, so that they can get the ship tour groups at the head of the immigration line. I asked the ship personnel when I should get off the ship in order to make an 8:30 am tour and was told to get off at 8:00 am. At that point I was at the back of a one-hour queue, and barely made the tour. The ship cannot refuse disembarkation once the ship has been cleared. (No announcement was made when the ship was cleared.)

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

4 out of 5

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

4 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

4 out of 5

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

4 out of 5

Nynashamn (Stockholm), Sweden

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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GIL155    7 years ago

I will have to start paying attention to ship debarkcation announcements. Cannot say if I have heard them or not!

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