Not happy with NCL ...will stick with Celebrity

Item: Norwegian Getaway
Rating: 3.7
Author: rmnehls

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

rmnehls

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

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9 Night Scandinavia Russia & Baltic (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 31, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 13228

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Food not impressive...good meal at Ocean Blue and Le Bistro...very loud ship . Very nice room decorations for our 50th anniversary ....lovely cakes for our anniversary

Embarkation

4 out of 5

No problems

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Buffet areas very small and very congested...LOUD

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Didn’t use

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Loved the entertainment

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Had problem with hostess in le Bistro... very rude in front of other guests insisting we had no reservations...and said the other restaurants only accommodated us...went back to the room to get the NCL conformation paper. Ruined our last meal on ship....I was angry and reported the incident to guest relations..who got the manager to talk to us...

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Did not like the low ceilings.... noise level was loud...very clean ship

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Clean...great bathroom...balcony so small

Ship tip

Great activities for kids

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Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Arrived before cruise and spent several days exploring the city

Thumbs Up 2

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

3 out of 5

Informative guide...poor lunch very crowded Hermitage

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Helsinki, Finland

4 out of 5

Hop on hop off bus...was good

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Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

I loved the walled city...you need stamina for hilly walking on cobblestones

Thumbs Up 2

Stockholm, Sweden

4 out of 5

Vassa ship incredible...walked the city

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Visby, Sweden

3 out of 5

Loved the hill town... no excursions available...couldn’t used excursion $50 credit

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Not a lot ofinformation

3 Comments

yk07us 5 years ago

I assume you were a part of that crowd in the Hermitage.

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DebandMarkC 5 years ago

Happy Anniversary

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jpmato16 5 years ago

These are all subjective assessments, of course. I thought 90% of the food on the ship was really quite good, and I consider myself to be picky about food quality. The specialty venues were really outstanding (Cagney’s, Teppanyaki, Le Bistro). There were very few items I felt weren’t that good. The fruit was very fresh and of good quality. And the selection of items was outstanding. Overall, I was extremely pleased with this ship (Baltics on July 31st).

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