St. Thomas portion of trip was canceled!

Item: Norwegian Getaway
Rating: 3.2
Author: feartheviers

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

feartheviers

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Caribbean: Great Stirrup Cay & St. Thomas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 16, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14786

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Cancelling St. Thomas was a BIG negative and will make me probably NOT go on a cruise ever again. the Ship and staff are excellent. Food is mostly good. entertainment is top notch. the Pool is so small it might as well be called a hot tub due to is size and the fact that the water was HOTTER than the 90+ degree AIR. The pool is too deep (no place to stand in the pool) and so crowded that i maybe spent 20 minutes in the pool in 7 days at sea.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

As soon as we boarded the NCL Cruise Ship, we were given a sheet of paper telling us the St. Thomas portion of our trip was cancelled and replaced with a day at sea. Excursions for St.T were refunded, but St.T was the only reason we BOOKED this cruise. This cancellation is enough to make me never want to book a cruise again! Re: NCL's Great Stirrup Cay. We arrived at Stirrup Cay and NO beach chairs appeared to be available. Hundreds of empty seats but with towels on them “reserving” them. My incredible wife could see my frustration, so she bought the $600 cabana for the few hours we were there. The NCL coordinator gladly sold it to us, but of course didn’t tell us if we just walked a little farther down there were PLENTY of empty seats. Made me even more furious!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Be aware that any part of your trip can be changed or cancelled and i guess they dont have to tell you until you are already in Florida and boarding the ship!

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

2 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

2 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

1 out of 5

this port was cancelled but we were to notified until AFTER we were in Florida and boarding the ship! I put 1 start instead of checking off that we didn't visit so I could rate this 1 star!

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

2 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

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