Great itinerary - average ship

Item: Norwegian Getaway
Rating: 3
Author: mbin8910

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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9 Night Scandinavia Russia & Baltic (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 14, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10828

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The mini suite was nice, although the balcony was tiny. The walking area on 16 was fair, there was no full ship walking area on 7 or 8. The smoking area on 15 was inhuman, the cigar lounge stuffy and over lit. Cruise director was nonexistent. All complementary dining very weak.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Fairly fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Main dining options were terrible. Slow service, mediocre food. Cagneys and El Cucina were great, Moderno was poor. Buffet was poor, just a trough with poor food.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Room attendant was poor. Room wasn’t clean when we moved in. Slow, one day did not make up room until after 4p.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

No full walking decks on 7 & 8. Shopping area small. Smoking areas were ridiculous.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Good shower.

Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

4 out of 5

Nice city.

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Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

2 out of 5

Not much there. Cute town but not a lot to see.

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Tallinn, Estonia

4 out of 5

Old town area is excellent b

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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

Hermitage and palaces were amazing. Shopping weak.

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Helsinki, Finland

3 out of 5

Nice city. Loved the open air market.

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Nynashamn (Stockholm), Sweden

2 out of 5

Nothing there.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

5 Comments

bacchus5 5 years ago

True, buffet was gross and so sick of a million employees not seeing the people put their bare hands directly into food. Washy washy that!

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CVCruiser 5 years ago

Im not a huge fan of the Getaway or that class of ship either. Too compartmentalized. But I think the food and shows were amazing!! I agree to call the Getaways buffet a "trough" a rediculas comment. It had great diversity and the best quality of buffet food Ive seen on a cruise ship yet!!

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jenlburt 5 years ago

I call BS

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THEBRAZ 5 years ago

Why is it a big deal to walk 7-8 all the way around

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jpmato16 5 years ago

It’s like you went on a different Getaway than I did. Just did the Baltics on the same ship last month. I am picky about food quality, and I thought the main dining rooms and buffet were really good. NCL makes 98% of their food from scratch. The specialty venues like Teppanyaki, Cagney’s and Le Bistro were outstanding. To call the buffet a trough is really absurd.

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