I am on the Norwegian Getaway in Southampton as I write this waiting to get in the never ending immigration line to get off of this ship. Maybe we will and maybe we won't. This is my 3rd Transatlantic and I can't believe the mishandling of events that this ship.
The first event was bad weather in the Azores which prevented us from docking. Ok, disappointed but understandable. Wasn't expecting 10 sea days! The British immigration officials were supposed to get on there to do inspection on a sea day. Instead they waited until we docked here today.
But it gets better. Yesterday in Brest, France they had one gangway open for 4000 people. Due to a change in tides ( which the captain should have known about, the water level dropped around 18' which made the single gangway very precarious and slow. I don't know how people with mobility problems even made it back on. Shore excursion buses didn't have room to park at the port, which made shore excursions an hour late leaving. Because of the gangway problems, people who did not have shore excursions never made it off of the boat. Those of us on shore excursions had to wait in line up to 4 hours, sometimes in the rain. To top the day off, while we were leaving port, the ship (captain?) hit something that damaged one of the propulsion devices. We were then told that the stop in Belgium would be cancelled because of repairs.
Needless to say, there is a ship full of angry passengers. There is a rumor going around that Norwegian does this on purpose to save money. Who knows?
I've had a cruise addiction problem for years, but I think this experience has cured it. Especially for Norwegian. :mad:
Getaway Transatlantic, Most Mishandled Cruise Ever
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I am on the Norwegian Getaway in Southampton as I write this waiting to get in the never ending immigration line to get off of this ship. Maybe we will and maybe we won't. This is my 3rd Transatlantic and I can't believe the mishandling of events that this ship.
The first event was bad weather in the Azores which prevented us from docking. Ok, disappointed but understandable. Wasn't expecting 10 sea days! The British immigration officials were supposed to get on there to do inspection on a sea day. Instead they waited until we docked here today.
But it gets better. Yesterday in Brest, France they had one gangway open for 4000 people. Due to a change in tides ( which the captain should have known about, the water level dropped around 18' which made the single gangway very precarious and slow. I don't know how people with mobility problems even made it back on. Shore excursion buses didn't have room to park at the port, which made shore excursions an hour late leaving. Because of the gangway problems, people who did not have shore excursions never made it off of the boat. Those of us on shore excursions had to wait in line up to 4 hours, sometimes in the rain. To top the day off, while we were leaving port, the ship (captain?) hit something that damaged one of the propulsion devices. We were then told that the stop in Belgium would be cancelled because of repairs.
Needless to say, there is a ship full of angry passengers. There is a rumor going around that Norwegian does this on purpose to save money. Who knows?
I've had a cruise addiction problem for years, but I think this experience has cured it. Especially for Norwegian. :mad: