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Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Norwegian Getaway

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

Sail date: August 06, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11728

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I loved this entire cruise from the time I embarked to every excursion I prepaid for to when I got off the ship. This was the best cruise I experienced even as I went Solo.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Effortless and Extremely Organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The complimentary food was very delicious especially the Caribbean food served in the Buffet Cafe. I also loved Cagneys and Ocean Blue Specialty Restaurants. I prepaid for 2 specialty meals and chose these two restaurants. I love the servers who are very friendly and will help bring your water or coffee to your table.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Thermal Suite, hot tubs, thermal chairs, and loved the quietness of this area. I had two Full Body Salt Rub and Full body massages because the first one was the absolute best. I used the gym and loved watching the games and family games played in the Atrium. It was so much to do for EVERYONE daily.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Burn the Floor is absolutely what they did. How can anyone dance that well salsa and Marenge for one hour of intense all out dancing. It was amazing.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All are welcoming, kind, and I love how they greet me as Madame. They showed so much care and respect. My room was cleaned and bed made daily.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything cleaned and beautiful. I love the area they displayed about the ship with a small replica of the ship. To have over 3000 people on a ship and maintain it shows how professional and caring the leadership is.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
I love the Balcony and watching the sun rise some days and watching as we pull into ports. Just stunning to see the sun glistening off of the water. This is peaceful. My room was only for me and enough space and stayed clean.

Ship tip

Everyone's experience is different and this ship has done their parts. We have to go and make it what we enjoy. Don't focus too much on someone else's experience but make your own the way you like it. Remain flexible and don't expect everything to be perfect. Overall you will get everything you paid for and more.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
I drove to this Port because I reside in Florida. Parking was easy and because I'm a disabled Veteran with Florida tags it was free to park for the week. I didn't do any excursions at Port Canaveral but will my next trip.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

3 out of 5
I signed up for a Villa because I needed tranquility and peace. It's overpriced and wasn't cleaned thoroughly. It was not much to do here even though I relaxed. After 4 hours I was ready to depart and did. I noticed lots of other people were leaving too.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
I loved St Thomas Panoramic view excursion as we were in a opened truck with a tour guide who took us all the way up to the highest mountain to get the view from on top and it was beautiful. We also had shopping on our excursions and I purchased some really nice dresses and beach bag with wrap included.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
I did the excursion take a Selfie and we walked for 4.5 hours and 10k steps afterwards visiting so many historical sites. I really enjoyed this tour but be prepared to take steep hills and walk on cobble stone pavements and lots of broken pavers too. Look down while walking to make sure you are safe. Overall I loved it.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
I had so much fun at the Emotions Resort all inclusive excursion. Despite the rain and dark clouds at the beginning the sun came out blasting while we swam on the beach and also in the pool. The lunch buffet was included and we had a nice comfy bus to and from the location. Only issue is that I wanted more time to enjoy and didn't want to leave at 1 pm after we got there at close to 9 am.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
I did the self assist and carried my own luggage off the ship. EXCELLENT way to disembark if you can handle your own luggage. I was off the ship by 0830 passing through customs and everything. Easy process and they all work together to make it pleasant for you. As we all gathered on Deck 7 I like how the floors go downward making it easy for your luggage with wheels to move.
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