Wonderfully frustrating

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5

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7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 20, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11242

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We were very conflicted about our experience. The staff felt like they were being held against their will. I don’t recall having a positive staff interaction. The shows were absolutely amazing. The food was on par with cruise food. Salty but tasty. The buffet seemed to only fill a third or half of the trays. This caused some waiting for more food.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

We had an appointment set. It took a total of 2 hours to get through. There wasn’t anywhere to sit or anything remotely comfortable about the experience. Just long lines.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

To be expected. One annoying thing was the lack of utensils at the buffet. A couple of times I attempted to find a fork and knife and simply couldn’t.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Seemed like there were too many people for the activities. Lots of things were packed most of the day.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The shows were amazing. Cirque steam was fantastic

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Every encounter we had with staff was not pleasant. It felt as if we were being bothersome and inconveniencing them by asking a simple question

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Nothing negative but nothing over the top

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Everything we expected, quite Nice

Ship tip

Don’t bother

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Ports of call

New York, New York

3 out of 5

Embarkation point

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Port Canaveral, Florida

2 out of 5

We arrived 3 hours late. This cut into our expensive excursion. We were offered to cancel. No sort of partial refund for us having less than half the time

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Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5

It took hours to tender. The lines were immense. Returning from the island we were greeted with a 90+ minute line

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Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

We didn’t do any excursions and just explores the city. We did not involve Norwegian in these plans at all.

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