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Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Getaway

9 Night Mediterranean: Italy France & Spain (Lisbon To Rome)

Sail date: June 15, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 5615

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The crew was great. I only met 1 staff member who I thought was not great. The ship was nice. Tender and getting back on the ship needed help, Excursions needed more information for some or to do what was listed. Overall it was a fun time with the family and we did buy more cruise vouchers. DO NOT USE THE AIRFARE THROUGH NCL WORST PART OF THE TRIP. IF I THOUGHT THE OTHER PARTS WERE LIKE THIS I WOULD NEVER GO BACK.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Drink and staff 5 Stars for 3.5 Stars for the food

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Karaoke, Howl at the moon, Bingo, Some contests, Spa, and Shows

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Shout out to Marie taste Dining room, PJ and Romeo Awesome Cruise stewards, Christine Bartender in the Atrium, Kenneth our room steward, and there were others.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

The food is ok on this ship not great.

Ports of call

Lisbon, Portugal

2 out of 5
From the plane to the ship no time to see anything. Did the airfare with NCL. DON'T DO IT THEY WERE THE WORST PART.

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5
Caves and local food was a hit. Enjoyed the tour guide the caves and the food. Had time to look around in town.

Ibiza, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5
Was a nice relaxing day looking around and eating.

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5
Mallorcan Medley: The brunch was local food (for my taste I did not like it but it was authentic, fresh, and gave you a great idea of the food). The Peral Factory was 2 min of factory and 1:45min wander around their shopping plaza (Waist of time, if I wanted to buy imitation pearls I could buy them online) We were then to be dropped off in old town for an hour and returned to the ship. When we got there the tour guide said if we went into old town we would need other transport to the ship. WTF. Que's to get back in were long.

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Montrubi Winery, food, Outstanding Views: Great excursion, the winery is beautiful the only problem is it did not tell us it was 1 hour there and 1.5 hours back with traffic so we did not get to see Barcelona. Que's to get back in were long.

Marseille (Provence), France

4 out of 5
Went on our own. NCL nickeled and dimed 15 euro's for each port to go from the ship to town.

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

5 out of 5
Went on our own. NCL nickeled and dimed 15 euro's for each port to go from the ship to town.

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5
Went to Pisa and a local sent us to an amazing restaurant best octopus I have ever tasted. The train was the best way to travel between locations.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

1 out of 5
They set our flight back at 12pm we were unable to see anything. Did the airfare with NCL. DON'T DO IT THEY WERE THE WORST PART.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
They did not direct to our transport. We had to ask to find it.
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6 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Great itinerary. Appreciate your detailed review. I’ve only heard frustrating comments about flights booked with the cruise lines. Haven’t done it, but your comments solidified that . Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Sorry about your flight issues.

BeeKimball    1 year ago

Thanks for your detailed review!

Carnivalfoodie    1 year ago

Good details. Thanks

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