Wet, cold, rough seas, missed ports - other than that it was OK

Item: Norwegian Getaway
Rating: 3.7
Author: ironburns1

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

ironburns1

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

Verified Review

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

Sail date: October 12, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin number: 9282

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Meh!! It would have been a great cruise if it had not been cold and raining and that combined with rough seas made it quite uncomfortable. When we missed one of the most interesting ports ( Amsterdam ) due to bad weather we ended up spending over 30 hours in a very rough English Channel before returning to Southampton.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Very well done

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Fine, nothing outstanding, nothing terrible

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Couldn't do much as it was cold and rainy most of the time. The outside venues looked great, but were never open due to weather/rough seas

Entertainment

4 out of 5

VERY GOOD!! The Million Dollar Quartet/Broadway Unplugged were just wonderful

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

The entire staff were very accommodating as we were mobility challenged

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Everything was in good shape and clean. Design was good.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Confort was good. size was a little smaller than expected and it was kept very clean by wonderful cabin attendant.

Ship tip

Don't book a fall cruise that goes into the North Sea and English Channel

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

4 out of 5

Le Verdon-Sur-Mer (Bordeaux), France

3 out of 5

The port facility does not exist! it is nothing but a slab of concrete that they bring busses up to take the tours on. If you did not book a tour there was nothing to do as the town of LeVerdon was too far away to walk to. Tours were great and very interesting

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Le Havre (Paris), France

4 out of 5

Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

5 out of 5

Hamburg, Germany

3 out of 5

Amsterdam, Netherlands Did not visit port

This port stop was cancelled due to bad weather which was a bummer as it would have been one of the most interesting ports

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