Horrible Cruise

Item: Norwegian Getaway
Rating: 1.7
Author: BobCz888

Norwegian Getaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

BobCz888

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

1.7 out of 5

Sail date: January 02, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Getaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9206

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Very uncomfortable ship. Will never sail with Norwegian again.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The food was only average. It never changed and became quite boring. I believe this is because they want to funnel people to the more expensive specialty restaurants.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The Million Dollar Quartet was definitely a 5 star show. In fact, it was the only bright spot of the whole cruise.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

They no longer tidy up the room in the evenings.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

To much space for speciality restaurants. Plus not one comfortable seat on the entire ship. Way too crowded.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

This was a tiny cabin. It was about half the size of similar priced cabins on Carnival. Bathroom was nice though.

Ship tip

Don't cruise Norwegian. Go Carnival.

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Ports of call

New York, New York

1 out of 5

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

1 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Royal Naval Dockyard, West End, Bermuda

1 out of 5

Norwegian cancelled our stop here. We sailed 4 boring days straight.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Unorganized, no instructions as to where to go.

12 Comments

Dumfy75 9 months ago

1 star for service because they didn’t clean your cabin in the evenings? Do you know everything else the staff do for you on a ship?

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javawoody 9 months ago

Appreciate your comments

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Gammi6 9 months ago

We were on the getaway for 15days in November. We missed a port because of weather which gave us three straight sea days. We had an amazing time. To me any time I can wake up and go to eat and drink if I want to or go watch a show or participate in games is a good day. You can also hang out at the pool and read a book. To me the enjoyment of the cruise is doing anything or nothing and not having to think about it. Sorry you didn’t enjoy it.

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karlgrgurich 9 months ago

Hope your next cruise is a better one

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AuntPinkie 9 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. As others have mentioned, most cruise lines have gone to once per day service since the restart. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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Gwbigdog 9 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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bubbles60 9 months ago

Sorry you were not pleased. Unfortunately, most cruiselines have gone to once a day cabin service.

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Skooby 9 months ago

Same food everyday has almost become the norm on some budget ships. And specialty restaurants in some cases aren't really better. Actually in my case room service food (pizza) was the best meal I had on my previous cruise. So, I feel you. Thanks for reporting back.

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BnCTcruising 9 months ago

We went on the Breakaway in 2022, sister ships. I can relate to some of your concerns. We generally liked the food and entertainment, however, we have branched out to other lines and have been happier. NCL has a lot to improve on. Their embark/disembark process is miserable, lines, lines and more lines. Also, they nickel and dime to death.

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Niavlys 9 months ago

Ouf, not your best cruise I gather.. Tks for sharing

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enjoyurdaysmile 9 months ago

They haven't done turned down at night since covid so you can get your towels and things in the morning which is what I do and then if I need more towels I go to the pool and I get a towel if I need it for the shower great idea put it into the shower you can get another one if you want you know just get your towels in the morning and make sure you put the light on to have cabin service. I went to the pool deck and I got a towel and I use it for the shower and I hung it up in the cabin on the hook and my cabin Steward did not take it. When I used it I put it in the shower and it goes to the laundry and laundry Department of washes it. As long as you bring these towels back you won't be charged.

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enjoyurdaysmile 9 months ago

We had five C days after we was supposed to have four because we couldn't go to the private island. We've cruise with Norwegian many times but now going to sell with them for a long time our next up is Princess and we did Carnival once. It's not their fault that they can't go to Port sometimes it's the weather and the captain makes the call. Two ports were taken away from us Virginia Beach and Bermuda 2 months before we were supposed to go away and two weeks before for the cruise they took away Port Canaveral overnight. A lot of people might be tired of this company. I'm glad that we went with four other companies which was Princess Holland America Royal and Carnival.

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