NCL Getaway - April 12-19 trip pics

Hi everyone!

First time poster and first time cruiser. My wife and I went on our first cruise on April 12th. We chose NCL for our first cruise and we have a WONDERFUL vacation. Definitely will cruise again based on our experience.

Here are some initial photos from our trip. I'll post more soon.

Here is a shot of what I was greeted with when I opened our balcony door one morning. We were approaching the island of St. Maarten just after sunrise...

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Okay, so here are some initial photo highlights from our trip.

First a shot of Miami before we departed.

The pilot boat coming to retrieve the pilot after we navigated out of Miami.

The first sunset.

The endless ocean. Made me realize how small we really are.

The bridge! Here are the fine folks running the ship.

Moonrise over the ocean.

Independence of the Seas preparing to leave port.

Westward over the ocean.

Maho beach.

Tied up in port.

A rainbow... make that 2 rainbows over St. Thomas.

St. Thomas harbor.

The lighthouse at the Port of Nassau.

Gorgeous pictures! Getaway tied up in port was fantastic. So glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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Lovely pics!!

Wow great pictures! 9 days left for me to wait to get to experience this myself! The wait is brutal. Thanks for sharing your trip with us :-)

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Thanks for the great pics! I'll be on her soon. It'll be my first time on a big ship! I've been on the Spirit and Sun with NCL and when I was 12, I went on the Carnival Sensation (which of course was huge when I was 12). I'm interested to see how much I will like being on a ship with 4000 people. lol

How'd you get the bridge pic?

Beautiful pictures!! We have 9 mo to wait!

Great pics! We were on the same sailing. Wish we were still there!

Great photos! We are leaving in two weeks and your photos made me even more excited! Thank you !

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I am blown away by your photos. The colors are incredible. Could you share what type of camera you used? I think the harbor shot of St Thomas is my absolute fav. Maho Beach is a close second though.

Wow, just wow.

Beautiful pictures!! We have 9 mo to wait!

Still Dreaming we are in the same boat, actually on the same boat. :) We will be sailing the same date you are! :D

First time NCL cruiser.

Thanks for your replies everyone! I have quite a few more photos to share from our amazing cruise on the Getaway.

Here is our nice cabin. I'm really glad we went with the balcony since I ended up sitting out on it quite a bit on our days at sea. It was the perfect cabin for the 2 of us.

The wonderful balcony view. Couldn't get enough of this.

Now for some photos of the ship...

Here is the main staircase at the center of the ship and the beautiful chandelier that changes colors at different times of the day. I was fascinated with the ever changing colors of this space.

Here is the uppermost decks of the ship.

Some of the interior spaces of the ship...

We also took the behind the scenes tour which was excellent. This was a 2.5 hour tour of the crew areas of the ship. We visited the galleys, laundry, environmental and the bridge.

A typical hallway in the crew area.

The butcher shop.

The freezer.

This is one of those sea doors on the sides of the ship that they can open to allow access to the ship.

And this is a bulkhead door. These are always closed when the ship in underway and you must obtain permission from the bridge to open one. They are hydraulic and nothing stops them from opening or closing.

The laundry area. Lots of huge washer machines.

The pinnacle for me was visiting the bridge. I was able to talk with the first officer and we were shown the controls of the ship. I found it extremely interesting. Here is a shot of the bridge and the view from the port side wing.

Now for some pics of the places we visited...

Fist port was St. Maarten. I absolutely had to visit Maho Beach as I'm a huge aircraft fan and have watched countless videos about this beach. It was VERY crowded since there were a few cruise ships in town and it's a popular destination for tourists.

The flight schedule for the day. The main attraction is the daily KLM 747 arrival.

The crowds...

The KLM arrives!

How the "one percent" lives... Looks like fun!

The tourist stores at the pier in St. Maarten.

A shot that shows the size of our ship.

St. Thomas and one of the many houses up in the hills.

In Nassau, we signed up for the Blue Lagoon Beach Break excursion. It was a small private island with lots to do...

Some shots of our ship as we prepared to board for the final time in Nassau.

Thanks for the great pics! I'll be on her soon. It'll be my first time on a big ship! I've been on the Spirit and Sun with NCL and when I was 12, I went on the Carnival Sensation (which of course was huge when I was 12). I'm interested to see how much I will like being on a ship with 4000 people. lol

The only time we really noticed how many people were really onboard was during the muster drill on day one. Once that was over, people spread out and crowds were never a problem.