Great Family Vacation - Western Caribbean

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Getaway

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 24, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12882

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The Disembarkation score is giving me pause. We were late returning to Miami due to a crew member overboard, and we circled back to search for them. At the time, we presumed he had not survived, which was very sad. The reason I am giving a low score on on the disembarkation is due to the fact that NCL knew we would arrive in Miami late, yet they were not prepared to handle the chaos that would ensue as people ignored instructions on lining up, and they continued to allow people to use the stairs and elevators down to deck 7. Deck 7 became total chaos with ZERO "law". People were shouting at each other, being aggressive, and this delayed the exit even more. We saw only a few NCL workers, and NO OFFICERS. Again, this was all due to the fact we were late and normally people are sleeping when the ship arrives in Miami. While the circumstance was sad, NCL still knew and had time to plan for what to do. They didn't. Pure chaos. It took us 2.5 hours to exit deck 7 after we were asked to go there. I won't let that sour the trip ... overall it was amazing and we WILL do it again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Cagney's was just "ok", the buffet was good, but lack of diversity day to day made it not so exciting towards the back end of the cruise. Ocean Blue was great. Drinks were all excellent

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The design was good, however the cleanliness was questionable. On a past cruise it felt as if things wouldn't sit empty for more than a minute. On this ship, it wasn't uncommon to see trash left at the pool area for hours at times.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
We didn't spend time in Miami ... but its Miami. :)

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
The locals did a nice job making us feel welcomed.

Harvest Caye, Belize

4 out of 5
Again, the locals were friendly - The monkey river tour and crew were AMAZING

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Best stop we had, in terms of welcome committee, send off party, etc. We did the island beach day, great staff and experience

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Rio Secreto ---- WOW! Stunning.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
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3 Comments

tomkitten    6 years ago

It’s nice that Carnival is able to retain the staff that abandon other cruise lines.

ginakristan    6 years ago

Crew member was saved by another cruise ship, Carnival, 22 hours later. They say it is a miracle.

renaedave    6 years ago

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