NCL refined and improved that idea with the introduction of The Haven on Have your meals delivered so that you didn't have to eat in the busy restaurants with all the other regular passengers. The Norwegian Star,īuilt in 2001, featured a couple of amazing courtyard suites featuring a huge private outdoor area and the ability to but the roots of the Haven actually go back even further than that. The Haven made its debut with Norwegian Cruise Lines back in 2005 on the Notice the big umbrellas hanging over the Jacuzzis, to help prevent sunburn The surrounding water keeps the temperature cooler,Īnd to cool down even more you can dip your hands or toes in. Once I actually sat down in one, I "got it". Private sundeck with a swimming pool, two Jacuzzis, and lots of comfortable loungers and day beds.īefore the cruise, I thought those brown loungers in one inch of water seemed like a dumb idea. The focal point of The Haven is known as "the courtyard". The Haven is all walled off from the rest of the ship. Traditional room steward that all cruise ship guests have. Everyone staying within The Haven has a butler and a concierge, in addition to the with it's own swimming pool, Jacuzzis, outdoor sundeck, sauna, There are about 4300 passengers on the Norwegian Getaway, but only aboutĢ50 of them have access to a special V.I.P. Took this cruise totally over-the-top for us, I have to tell you about The Haven. The easiest way for me to do that is to have you watch thisĤ-minute video of highlights from our cruise: (click the triangle in the center, to I'm going to get in to a whole lot of details about our cruise.īut before I do, I want to give you the overview. The best entertainment we've ever seen on a cruise ship, and the best spa facilities we've seen, too. We were impressed with the huge variety of dining options onboard, some of Largest in the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet) the Norwegian Getaway has got some amazing features that make it stand outĪs one of the best cruise ships in the world, in my opinion. While it's not the largest cruise ship in the world (it's not even the It was cool to be sailing during the inaugural season of this very and ourĬruise was during the first week of September of that year. The Norwegian Getaway made it's debut in January of 2014. Now that I've introduced myself, I'd also like to give you a little Lines (including giving NCL a second chance) and see if anyone else could give us a better cruise experience than what and it got us to thinking that maybe we should try some of the other big cruise and it really opened our eyes! We discovered some things about Princess that we really Lines that I couldn't refuse (it was an almost-free cruise) and so we found ourselves on our first non-Carnival cruise But earlier this year, I got an offer from Princess Cruise Stuck with Carnival for years and years after that. and it just didn't measure up well to the Carnival experience. We did a cruise toĪcapulco on the Norwegian Star. Back in 2008, after our first couple of CarnivalĬruises, we decided to give Norwegian Cruise Lines a try. We did over 20 Carnival cruises, and we were quite happy with them. Most of our previous cruises have been with Carnival Cruise Lines. but only our second with Norwegian Cruise Line. We've been cruising since 1996,Īnd this was our 26th cruise overall. a littleīeach town on the California coast about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. (Pronunciation tip: it rhymes with Helen.) We're from Grover Beach, California. I'm Jim Zimmerlin (everyone calls me Jim Zim) and I always cruise with my wife, Kellyn. I want to start things off by introducing myself. Here's my review, with LOTS of photos and videos:īefore we get in to the story of our incredibly great cruise on the Of the Norwegian Getaway, one of the world's best cruise ships. We did a 7-day Caribbean cruise in a luxurious V.I.P. Norwegian Getaway Haven Spa Suite Cruise Review Norwegian Getaway
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