Norwegian Getaway Review

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iararegina
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Nov 2016
Traveled with children

First time on NCL, after Disney and Carnival. Cabin was as expected, everything was working, our cabin steward was great, Gerald worked really hard, one evening I forgot to turn off the "do not disturb " sign, therefore he did not come in to turn down the beds, but with a simple phone call, he came right away! Staff was rude to my teen daughter many times when she was without me, not serving a cup of water at the pool bar!!!!

Food was good in all places we ate, hard to get a reservation while on board for the specialty dinning places, impossible to get a table at the noddle bar, loved the Moderno Churrascaria! Free shows (YES, certain shows you have to pay for it!!!) were good, comedy place was great as well as the Howl at the Moon. The sexy legs contest at the main pool got really R rated, and there's no way to keep the kids away from it. They need to focus more on the fun without the raunchy aspect on all the shows, including The Perfect couple show, and the Newlywed show.

We had been to the same ports in a previous cruise except for the private island Harvest Caye, and... get ready to pay!!! No place to eat without charges, and if you have the beverage package , IT DOES NOT WORK THERE!!! Island itself is nice, big pool, nice beach, everything else you pay!!! The nickel and dime mentally gets old after a while, $5.00 per person for bowling, S1.00 for darts, $1.00 for pool table at the pub, but the best is the $13.50 a day/per person service fee (tip for cabin guy and all dinning staff), it bugged me to no end! I'd rather decide on my own what i should pay.Not sure I'll be cruising with NCL again. It took 50 min to disembark and reach the Customs area, very disorganized process.

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Miami

Easy embarkation, found a garage in downtown , 10 min away for half price, good shuttle service

Harvest Caye

new island, beverage package CANNOT BE used in the island!!!! There's no free dinning also, you had the get back to the ship or pay. Beautiful pool and beach

Cozumel

Love Cozumel, rented a Jeep, drove all around the island, ate at Playa Linda on the East side of the island.

Costa Maya

Not sure why cruises stop here. Went to the village Mahahual and despite the beauty of the beach, the garbage laying all over the way on the side of the road to get there was a turn off.

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