Like the title says, overall this was a decent winter getaway. The ship was sold out which meant elevators were sometimes crowded, and the pool decks were almost always crowded but luckily not a huge amount of chair hogs. People were definitely camping out though.
We booked this cruise and travelled with 3 other couples. All of us were booked in regular oceanview cabins (1 couple booked an ...
Our first NCL cruise was on spirit (amazing cruise) but all bigger ships since. Didn’t think we’d go back to a small older ship till we saw this itinerary. 13 Caribbean islands on a 14 day cruise, no sea days, leaving from Dominican Republic.
Took a few days to adjust to the layout and know our way around. Bliss lounge took the place of the atrium and we loved it. Much more seating but ...
Ths cruise was a 14 day Caribbean cruise that visited a different island every day. The itinerariy was fine, but two major things prevented being able to give a good review, which I always had done before on all of our past cruises.
The first was that they should NEVER sell a cruise with three adults in those tiny basic rooms. We could have made do with two people, but three were an ...
First of all, our family room veranda and balcony were very small and impractical. The food menu contained no variety and the food itself was below mediocre. The swimming pool for the entire ship was only one very small, uncovered pool for all of the passengers aboard. It was unusable for at least 5 days because of cool/cold temperatures. The public bathroom nearest to the pool was out of order, ...
Took this cruise because of the itinerary, 14 days and 14 ports. Was a bit disappointed as 2 ports were changed. However from when I reached the NCL Hotel to getting back to Santo Domingo Airport I was not disappointed. Every one from guests to crew were very friendly. Hotel: Falcon Suites, only stayed for 6 hours, what a luxury. No information given by NCL about pick up time to port had to ...
Cruise assessment:
Ship feels cramped, lots of staterooms, poorly laid out for social settings. No quiet areas except in state room.
Smoking in open casino at atrium flowed smoke through whole ship
Smoking glassed area wasn’t sealed - pool area was smoky
Pools: 3 listed on ship description…
One was useable, one was the kiddy paddle pool/slide area
The third was private for ...
This was my first time on an NCL ship after years of sailing Celebrity and Royal Caribbean, and I was apprehensive - but the price for my solo studio cabin was SO much less than sailing solo on either of those lines that I decided it was worth taking a chance. I obsessively read reviews of Getaway beforehand and was pretty worried about the smoke-in-the-atrium issue and the overcrowding issue, ...
We have been on many cruises with NCL and other lines.
By far this is the worst food ever on a cruise ship, poor quality, poorly prepared and the same food over and over again.
The public areas of the ship needs to be gutted and redone; many small venues with limited space for patrons.
The entertainment was very poor with the exception of the comedian and a singer by the name of ...
Never again!-Well this cruise was sold to us on the basis of visiting some exotic and fairly off the beaten track unusual places -we paid for a 12 day cruise with stops in Madagascar and Mozambique.In the end NCL provided a 10 day trip which didn’t stop in either of the two countries above and involved 4 days floating slowly across the Indian Ocean at a speed designed to save them fuel and ...
We chose this cruise because of the destinations, and had heard good things about Norwegian. I’m a very positive person and always focus on the positives and try to diminish anything negative, however - there was NOTHING good about this cruise ship and their staff. Nothing. First, they allow smoking in so many places on the ship, including the casino on the 7th floor - which pretty much made ...