Cold and crowded

Item: Norwegian Getaway
Rating: 4.5
Author: gabecastellanos

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

gabecastellanos

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

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10 Night Europe: France Germany Poland & Belgium (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 12, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11206

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

The weather was not right for this ship as since most of the days where cold the pool area and the waterfront were useless. The ship felt very crowded because of that reason.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Since it was cold anything outdoors was mainly a no go except for one day in France.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

This ship is definitely not designed for cold weather as there is not enough room for everyone on the ship when the pool and waterfront areas are not an option. I’ve sailed this ship in the Caribbean and in warm weather it’s great.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Don’t go on this ship in cold weather.

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5

Le Verdon-Sur-Mer (Bordeaux), France

4 out of 5

There was a train strike so our plan to that the train to Bordeaux went out the window. Soulac-sur-Mer was a cute town but after 2 hours you have seen everything there is to see. This was the only day with nice weather were I took advantage of the pool deck water slides and the rope course.

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Le Havre (Paris), France

5 out of 5

Went on our own to Rouen gorgeous town.

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Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

4 out of 5

There was a terrorist attack in Brussels so more people ended up going to Bruges. Bruges is gorgeous but a bit on the crowded side which we had stayed with the original plan to go to Ghent.

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Hamburg, Germany

5 out of 5

It was very cold in the 40s. Norwegian had already change the time of arrival for this port and as we were on the river to get to the port they tell us due to traffic that we will arrive later. We missed out on our tour guide giving us the Beatles tour but a few of us went to the red light district where the Beatles used to play and saw their plaza. The next day since it was sprinkling we went to the miniature wonderland which was way more amazing than anything we could had expected.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

1 out of 5

Port was cancel due to the high winds as it would not be safe to go through the looks.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and easy.

5 Comments

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