Norwegian Encore 11/17/19

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Norwegian Encore

Great Stirrup Cay Round Trip

Sail date: November 17, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11208

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Fantastic from start to finish. I felt like I was on a luxury cruise line. Beautiful ship. Great food, entertainment and venues.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth embarkation process. Short lines that moved quickly.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food was amazing. Did not get to experience the specialty restaurants but the main dining rooms’ food was exquisite! Great selections and presentations with food cooked perfectly and tasting fantastic. Buffet food was great too, much better than “typical” buffet food.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
So much to do on board: the amazing waterslides, the Go-Karts, Laser Tag, virtual reality game room, old time game room with pool and darts, ping pong. All was great: the only thing is there’s some fine-tuning needed for Laser Tag and the VR games. The lasers and the notifications of how you’re doing were a little off and some of the VR games were not working. The waterslide with the 50 foot drop was exhilarating!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The band in the atrium, Guns and Rojas, was fantastic! Played an eclectic mix of rock and roll that you never usually experience on board a cruise ship. Comedy shows were really good. Had the whole room laughing.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Perfect. Attentive and helpful with anything needed.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Easy to get around the ship and find what you’re looking for. Beautiful ship overall. Very clean and pristine.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Perfectly clean, easy access to anything you needed. Just a bit small, but perfectly fine.

Ports of call

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5
Great set up. Tons of available lounge chairs. Easily accessible food and bar areas. Food was amazingly good; didn’t expect that in the beach environment. Large prawns and superb ceviche.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Smooth. Had to take some odd detours on the way out, but no problems.

Traveler Photos

Ocean Loops Waterslide Savor: First Night Seafood Buffet Surf and Turf Day 2: Taste Restaurant
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5 Comments

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Sounds wonderful

Cruiserike0322    5 years ago

Great review

bobduck1993    5 years ago

So glad that you had such a good time,that's why we cruise!

daddydoug11    5 years ago

Looking forward to being on her soon, hopefully they keep up the good work!!!

maer17    5 years ago

Thanks 🙏. Nice review. Now im looking forward to my trip.

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