We just got off the Getaway this morning. Our 5 day trip to Bermuda was rerouted to New Port, Portland, Maine and St John, New Brunswick because of the hurricane.
I understand that thinks change because of the weather, but what I don't understand is how a cruise is going to a sunny beach location ends up going north to Canada, a place also where vaccinations are required. Also, we were notified Weds night at 8:42 pm by text for the Thursday departure. It said to refer to my email for further details, an email that I did not receive. Other people on the ship also said they did not receive an email.
My husband had been reading the forums and thought the ship was heading to St, John. I actually called the St. John port authority on Tuesday afternoon and found out that the Getaway was scheduled for there already. The only reason that I can think of as to why Norwegian withheld the information about the port changes is because they didn't want more people to cancel. Apparently, 1500 cancelled the cruise because of either the vaccination requirement and/or the ports.
We had a nice time on the cruise, despite the ports. The ports were boring and cold. And New Brunswick was on Sunday, where everything is closed on Sundays, so not even any decent shopping.
The service on the ship was excellent. We especially enjoyed our dinner at Cagney's Steakhouse.
We did receive our $ 40 travel authorization fee to Bermuda back (for each of us) in the form of an onboard credit. We also received a $100 credit per stateroom for the port changes.
We purchased a large balcony specifically to enjoy the weather on the balcony, which did not happen.
This was our 5th Norwegian cruise and because of the way this was handled, will be our last.
