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Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review

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Reviews: 10
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Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Norwegian Getaway

9 Night Caribbean: Dominican Republic & Antigua (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 17, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12310

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

One for the books! Highs and lows but went with the flow and had the best time!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Ship was two hours late so they kept us outside the cruise terminal. Then a storm came through but they were so nice and let us in and sat us row by row so no one got out of place in line. The only downside was that those of us that had purchased the priority pass did not get our priority boarding. (Worse things in life have happened haha). Everyone was amazing kudos to managing everything!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Sugarcane Mojito Bar

5 out of 5

Best place ever! The ginger mojito is a must try!

Shanghai's Noodle Bar

3 out of 5

Let me say I love this place. But for some reason it's right next to the casino. I mean like they cut out a place in the casino to put this restaurant. There are no barriers to enclose the restaurant so while eating the good food your dying of second hand smoke inhalation. Get there early because there is always a wait. Ask for help with the menu because it can be confusing.

Ocean Blue by Geoffrey Zakarian

4 out of 5

This was my first time at this place. It was good, the service was fine but I had to send my steak back twice before I just told them to forget it. I ordered it medium well and it was medium rare.

Savor Restaurant

1 out of 5

This was the WORST experience ever. Made a reservation for two people and when we arrived it was another two hours to eat alone or we could be sat now at a group table.Opted for the group table, we sat down at 630pm. By 730pm we had just gotten our appetizers. No refill on drinks or coming by to check on us. I ordered the bruchetta and thinking I was gonna get several ones, nope I just got one and the Baggett it came on wasn't even toasted. Glad I ordered the salad but wait the waiter asks me "do I want the salad now?" You mean with my appetizers. Main course came at 830pm and we didn't leave till 9pm just in time for our 9pm show. We didn't do Taste due to this.

Carlo's Bake Shop

5 out of 5

Ran out of Macaroons unfortunately before I could get some but the Bon Bons are good

O'Sheehan's Neighborhood Bar and Grille

5 out of 5

Get the fish and chips! Service was good but food only took a delay one day and they were very apologetic about it

Le Bistro French Restaurant

5 out of 5

Very good would definitely try it again

Moderno Churrascaria

5 out of 5

Always good so much meat!!!

Atrium Bar

5 out of 5

Always busy but never much of a wait

Garden Café

5 out of 5

Always well stocked literally have everything you need!

La Cucina Italian Restaurant

5 out of 5

One of my favorite venues! Never disappoints

Teppanyaki

5 out of 5

Food was excellent and show was nice!!

Cagney's Steakhouse

5 out of 5

Everything was delicious and they were fast with the service

Skyy Vodka Ice Bar

5 out of 5

Nice that they have something different than the standard bar on board cost 25 bucks to get in

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
For some reason this is outdated. But bowling was so much fun. The mini golf wasn't there.

Ropes Course

5 out of 5

You have to do this it wad exhilarating and so much fun!

Free Fall

5 out of 5

Amazing experience I made it all the way around!

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Million Dollar Quartet, I wouldn't recommend. There was only one or two times where they all sang together. It was more of a history musical lesson using some choice borderline racial words.

Spice H2O

4 out of 5

The bar is right in the smoker section and the pool should be heated but it was nice that it was at the back of the ship and secluded.

Burn the Floor

3 out of 5

Dancing was good but wasn't what o was expecting. Was hard to follow the script.

Bliss Ultra Lounge

5 out of 5

One of the better lounges never crowded nicely laid out

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Always the best staff

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Never dirty someone was always cleaning something!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Best cabin ever don't book it so I can have it!

Ship tip

Just know there are no elevators in the atrium they are either forward or aft

Ports of call

St. John's, Antigua

1 out of 5
Worst port ever. I have never been husseled ant attacked to buy an excursion from the locals in my life. We just wanted to walk around but almost didn't even make it out of the port area and almost turned around. People were rude when you didn't go into their shops. Two people followed us. It was terrible.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Love the place, didn't like the rainforest excursion. We thought it was gonna be more hiking in the rain forest but it was 95% driving and 100% of the guide talking for four hours.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Easy port to navigate went to Maho Beach to watch the planes!

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Love this port took the tram up and had drinks at the rum hut

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
The best port with the best excursion! Everything you need is right there at the port including a pharmacy!

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5
Typical no signage mess

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Normal Port Canaveral mess. No signage for anything and they split our color up so my bag was in one place and my boyfriends bag was in another pile not even near mine even though they got put out together.
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5 Comments

Dumfy75    1 year ago

Good detailed review thank you! Glad you didn’t let the shaky start stop you from enjoying it!

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed and informative feedback. What an enthusiastic review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Glad you enjoyed your cruise!

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your insights

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