Never again NCL

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Getaway

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 04, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 5639

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

After 15 times going with RCCL, we decided to try NCL. This was totally disappointing. To many things as describe them all here. Just a few: No refill souvenir cup for the soft drink package, but every time disposable PLASTIC cups! This in the time of "to much plastic on the Ocean". So, NCL doesn't care about environment :-( The Casino is wide open to all sides in the middle of the ship. That means the ugly smelling smoke was everyway! This is disgusting. We were reading about that issue on review before we went, but we never expected, that it was so bad. The guest service people don't care. We have had some issue, but they didn't help. On a RCCL ship the Windjammer Buffet is wide, bright, open and has a lot of space for seating. On NCL everything was very narrow, which means people in front of you, at the side and behind you. Also, the crew was not cleaning the tables. It was a disaster. WE LOVE FISH and it was very difficult to find fish meals at the buffet! Sometimes they did "fried fish" which is not healthy at all. So, you are on the middle of the Ocean and they don't serve FISH at a buffet? That's funny. We are just glad, the now we know for sure: RCCL forever!

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Never again NCL

Ports of call

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

4 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

Islandlife515    6 years ago

What do you think theres a guy sitting on the back of the ship with lines in the water catching the catch of the day?! Lol. Get real.

cruisinwrights    6 years ago

Agree with shh813, there was fish that was not fried on the buffet plenty of times. They got rid of the plastic straws so some care for the environment. You can buy a souvenir cup if you wanted. There was always enough seating we ate the buffet all the time. Idk. Some people I’m telling ya.

graham123    6 years ago

LoveCruising333    6 years ago

Shh813, I agree - fake news.

Shh813    6 years ago

15 cruises on RCCL huh? None listed at all. Fake news. Read all the great reviews for Getaway.

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