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Item: Norwegian Getaway
Rating: 4.4
Author: mikey12

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

mikey12

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 70

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Nice clean big ship. Drink package with required gratuities makes it less desirable deal, but worth it for us. Bar lines were usually not bad and therer were servers to take drink orders during many events.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

They started to let the platinum cruisers on around 1115 am.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Large main dining room was big and noisy. Recommend Savor or Taste. Complaint would be only buffet or O'Shehans available during port days, no sit down lunch.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Burn the floor was the much-hyped show and people seem to love it. The performers gave 110% and did a beautiful job but the show lacks a plot and it also lacks familiar music so if you like great dancing that's what you get. I however found the Million Dollar Quartet show with Johnny Cash and Elvis much more entertaining. Anyone over 50 will really enjoy this show. It is truly Broadway quality.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

This is one of their big ships with all of the advantages offered by big ship. Oddly, many of the game shows are held in the atrium on this ship instead of a large room usually available for those things. That space was probably allocated for use by The Haven, there seems to be greater disparity between the Haves and Have Nots even on board this ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5

The port they now use in Belize has a free beach right there along with excellent non-aggressive shopping

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

5 Comments

grandmarnnurse 6 years ago

I believe it’s 20% of the $89/day rate times the the number of days if your cruise

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anetteslife 6 years ago

How much roughly?

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grandmarnnurse 6 years ago

When you choose the drink package as your free perk, you still have to pay the gratuities on it. But it is still an excellent bargain, and really nothing to complain about.

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anetteslife 6 years ago

Can you explain more about the gratuities with drink package?

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grandmarnnurse 6 years ago

Heading out on this ship in 17 days! This is my second time on it, and loved it!

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Other reviews of this sailing

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Smelly bathrooms

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