My husband and I have cruised many times on most all major cruise lines. We had never sailed on a brand new ship and were very excited to meet the Getaway, Norwegian's newest! Unfortunately, the first minute in our mid-ship mini suite was a shock of disappointment. If you spent extra money on a mid-ship to be close to elevator save your money! There are only two elevator stations; forward and aft.

The cabin is smaller than other ships regular balcony staterooms. You have to sit on the bed to get into the closet and no drawers anywhere! The two of us had enough storage but we are light packers. The balcony was a joke. Tiny, tiny tiny! Our room steward must have been a newbie. He was pleasant enough, but was late most time in cleaning cabin, so most of the time we came 'home' to a still untouched room. He did not call us by name until the last few days. And what is with leaving the cleaning carts all day in the hall? Could not open partisan between cabins due to 'safety reasons' even though they were designed to open.

The drink packages are disappointing. Not limited to bottles of wine brought on board but you WILL pay a corkage fee of $15 per bottle. Everyone in the cabin has to sign up for the same package. (I'm sure to cut back on sharing, but they make soooo much money on alcoholic beverages I would think they would give cruisers the benefit of the doubt.) My husband drinks, I don't, yet had to pay for the same drink package. Specialty coffees and pastries (always free on other cruise lines) at coffee station are not included in package nor ice cream/geleto. Ice cream in buffet is free. Read more