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Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 15, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11834

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Embarkation in Miami left much to be desired. They give appointments like ours was 9 am. They didn't even open until around 10:30. The building was packed to the hilt when they finally began boarding around 12:20. Was not a good 1st impression to say the least Disembarkation was a breeze though when we returned. We were off the ship and through immigration literally in minutes. We took our own bags and that made it easy. If you check them I suspect it will be much longer

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Many activities were so crowded my kids didn't even want to do them. Pool and deck areas very crowed

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Shows were excellent

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

The shopping tour person was late for our disembarking because we had to wait for her sister-in-law

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

If you don't mind not using the pool or deck for sunning it is ok

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Ports of call

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

enjoyed the excursion to Gumbalimba park with monkey and maccaws.

Thumbs Up 2

Harvest Caye, Belize

2 out of 5

Like the ship very over crowded. Hard to get lounge chairs. Little to no shade and everything was way overpriced

Thumbs Up 0

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

We liked it. The snorkel trip was fun although the reef was in pretty bad shape

Thumbs Up 1

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Dis the submarine and stingray beach. Probably the highlight of the trip

Thumbs Up 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

5 Comments

mkrep 6 years ago

Interesting. I've heard people say they were provided boarding times but I have yet to receive this from NCL for the two cruises that I sailed on. Had no problems embarking and was eating lunch at 12:30 in the dining room.

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pinkie6n3 6 years ago

Yes in deed the worst part about a cruise is getting on and off the boat it seems to take forever but well worth it I’ve been on several cruises and all the waiting and chaos is worth it I love cruising if you don’t like to wait get on later and you will normally walk right on or you have a better chance of just walking right on anyway

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

You just never know.

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LobsterPot 6 years ago

No idea what made you think you’d board at 9am... You must have selected that as your arrival time... Folks don’t get off the ship until about 10am, the crew then clear the ship and get it ready for the new guests. Priority boarding starts usually between 11 & 11.30, general boarding around 12noon.... You’d obviously been given incorrect information if someone told you 9am was a boarding time...

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DreamCatchers 6 years ago

The ship usually has no control over times it starts boarding and deboarding. This is regulated by the border patrol. The ship has to be checked. Also, while at sea, the roster of guest names is run and if something pops up they will escort this/these guests off first. This can of course hold things up as well.

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