Live From The Getaway..... 1-8-2023

[Laszlo]

4 hours ago, intrepid_guy said:

Unless I am missing it, no mention of tendering on the above Daily.... Hopefully, that will be the case when we arrive.

~Intrepid.

No tendering, I never thought it would happen. Last time I checked, with the exception of San Juan we are the only ship in port when we dock. That was a few months ago when I checked

 

I’ve got the first two of 8-10 videos done. I won’t even attempt to upload a 6GB 4K file to YT from the ship Lol

 

 

 

 

 

[Laszlo]

5 hours ago, intrepid_guy said:

 

Current bath products in the Haven. From previous videos I thought the shower was larger in our Haven Spa Balcony.

 

In 2019 when we sailed in the Haven on the Escape I thought the robes were Terry Cloth, now they are a pretty thin cotton

Laundry is $29, our cabin has two larger nylon bags. We have coupons for Free laundry will use on Sunday or Monday 

Edited January 13, 2023 by Laszlo

[Laszlo]

A few more from the Haven before breakfast 

 

 

[dudput]

6 hours ago, intrepid_guy said:

Unless I am missing it, no mention of tendering on the above Daily.... Hopefully, that will be the case when we arrive.

~Intrepid.

On day 6 and it looks like burn the floor is on for 3 nights already.

[cruiseinfoseeker]

6 hours ago, dudput said:

On day 6 and it looks like burn the floor is on for 3 nights already.

When I booked tonight was the last night of it.

Whether they add more I don't know, but I don't expect you'll see it again 

[Laszlo]

[Laszlo]

Whoever said a bad day at the beach is better than a good day at work never did this beach excursion. We leave 30 minutes late, takes an hour to get there, now we have two hours on the beach. Meet us promptly at 2:00pm. Everyone shows up, the bus is 45 minutes late😡

 

 

[Mike C]

3 minutes ago, Laszlo said:

Whoever said a bad day at the beach is better than a good day at work never did this beach excursion. We leave 30 minutes late, takes an hour to get there, now we have two hours on the beach. Meet us promptly at 2:00pm. Everyone shows up, the bus is 45 minutes late😡

 

 

Which beach did you go to?

[cruiseny4life]

37 minutes ago, Laszlo said:

Whoever said a bad day at the beach is better than a good day at work never did this beach excursion. We leave 30 minutes late, takes an hour to get there, now we have two hours on the beach. Meet us promptly at 2:00pm. Everyone shows up, the bus is 45 minutes late😡

 

 

Noooooooo!!!! I think I'd still choose work, but definitely expect some compensation. I know, it's NCL, so none will be had, but you should.

[mking8288]

Beautiful and stunning pictures & photography !!  Thank you for sharing.  

 

Freestyle Dailies are tremendously helpful, giving us heads up in what to expect and adjusting plans.  

[registrar]

Please tell us what excursion you went on.

We are on next cruise! Don’t want to travel an hour. 

[Laszlo]

11 minutes ago, registrar said:

Please tell us what excursion you went on.

We are on next cruise! Don’t want to travel an hour. 

It’s north of the port, I forget the name, our beach access was next to the Sandals Resort…..it was the Fun Bus Excursion to the beach…. lots of people complaining how lame it was. Since it was a weekday traffic in the city was horrible 

 

[Laszlo]

Just checked my account and we did get full credit, glad I complained. I could have sworn when I checked two months ago the Getaway was the only ship here, guess not. Where we docked was a cluster

[cruiseinfoseeker]

Day 7 - Jan. 14, 2023

 

I don't have the eye of @Laszlo so I leave all the smancy photos to him, but I did get a shot of Epic (which I know is a little funny looking, but I like her a lot nonetheless)

[kitkat343]

7 hours ago, Laszlo said:

Whoever said a bad day at the beach is better than a good day at work never did this beach excursion. We leave 30 minutes late, takes an hour to get there, now we have two hours on the beach. Meet us promptly at 2:00pm. Everyone shows up, the bus is 45 minutes late😡

 

 

We were docked at the commercial pier, not the normal cruise ship one.  The commercial pier is in the heart of the city, so it has more traffic.  According to my tour guide, there should have been space for both ships at the cruise ship terminal, but it might have been the government that sent us to the commercial pier.

[Laszlo]

5 hours ago, kitkat343 said:

We were docked at the commercial pier, not the normal cruise ship one.  The commercial pier is in the heart of the city, so it has more traffic.  According to my tour guide, there should have been space for both ships at the cruise ship terminal, but it might have been the government that sent us to the commercial pier.

Interesting….

I was confused what was going on when we past the pier and landed over by the containers, not real passenger friendly

 

Today we are headed over to Silver Moon for 5 hours of sailing and snorkeling. At 5:55am we are at the Barbados breakwater

[Rubybadu]

How has it been with 3 and half thousand on board, I make the numbers about 75% full so interest to see how busy it has felt. 

[Laszlo]

Just now, Rubybadu said:

How has it been with 3 and half thousand on board, I make the numbers about 75% full so interest to see how busy it has felt. 

To be honest most of our ship board time has been spent in the Haven which has been very nice. I’ve heard complaints of it being too crowded from friends not in the Haven. We experienced really bad service in the Tropical dining room with our friends. However we had dinner at Savor Thursday night just to mix it up and the meal and service were great. One thing NCL needs to change especially on longer than 7 day cruises is the menu…. It needs to be rotated during the cruise with other choices 

[LouChamp]

Aloha. Thank you for taking the time to post. Loving the pictures! All the best.

[registrar]

Please give us a review of your Silver Moon trip. Was this booked thru NCL or privately?

[Laszlo]

6 hours ago, registrar said:

Please give us a review of your Silver Moon trip. Was this booked thru NCL or privately?

Awesome day with Silver Moon, this is always booked thru them direct. It was $120 each if I remember correctly. We had 8 people with a 3 person crew on a 55ft cat. We saw sea turtles and large leopard rays and first site, second second site had two wrecks, we then sailed north a few miles. Anchored off the beach, swam, had a great lunch and swam again. It was 5 hours start to finish 

[Laszlo]

6 hours ago, registrar said:

Please give us a review of your Silver Moon trip. Was this booked thru NCL or privately?

I’ve got about 50GB of video from two cameras to go thru

[www3traveler]

Do you by any chance know who the current Head Mixologists are?

 

Looks like you are having a wonderful time.

 

The last time I was in Barbados there a tour out to the Concorde Museum.  Is it still offered?

[Laszlo]

55 minutes ago, www3traveler said:

Do you by any chance know who the current Head Mixologists are?

 

Looks like you are having a wonderful time.

 

The last time I was in Barbados there a tour out to the Concorde Museum.  Is it still offered?

Sorry I don’t 

[cruiseinfoseeker]

Day 8 - January 15, 2023

 

and a random from a stop during tour today in Barbados

 

Harrison's Cave in Barbados

Edited January 15, 2023 by cruiseinfoseeker