Overall good experience.

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 17

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 number: 5150

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall Enjoyable onboard experience. Nice ship. Great staff. Shore excursions were overall poorly managed and did not meet expectations, and, thus, overpriced.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Some stress. Minimal time between arrival at airport and embarkation. Flight selection was out of our control

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The food quality in both of our 2 premium dining rooms could have been better. Otherwise all of the regular dining places were good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Nice selection.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
One hour limits at most events was too short.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All great staff. Two Medical Center treatments for knee injury was very good but way too expensive and lacked transparency on pricing.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Great.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Great with the exception of size. Website says sleeps up to 5 but we were crowded with just 3.

Ship tip

Shore excursions were short. Most guides were not well prepared at all…slackers…shame on you Norwegian….no excuses. Lack of transparency on dining and beverage packages. Confusing telecom options.

Ports of call

Lisbon, Portugal Did not visit port

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5
Great visit bit poor guide.

Ibiza, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5
Great…but too short. No excursion.

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5
Great. Mediocre excursion/guide.

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5
Great visit…but mediocre excursion/guide.

Marseille (Provence), France

4 out of 5
Mediocre visit/guide.

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

5 out of 5
Great visit.,Good guide.

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

3 out of 5
Lousy visit. Lousy guide.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
Great visit. Great guide!

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Agent failed to arrange for hotel to airport transfers. NCL agent at your partner hotel tried to help but failed. I had to arrange my own taxi to get to airport. Stressful. Bad way to end an overall nice trip.
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6 Comments

JoePunch    1 year ago

Sorry to hear your bad experiences, never can you enjoy Florence and Pisa in one day from Livorno. I love those two places and it really takes a lot planning if you want to maximize the cruise.

BeeKimball    1 year ago

Sorry about the bad end to the trip!

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Sorry about the end of the cruise. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the feedback

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