Poorly designed ship

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 3.5
Author: F9avi8tor

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

F9avi8tor

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 08, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14136

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

We’ve been on many Norwegian cruises but will never cruise on this ship or itinerary again. Many passengers complaining. Pick a different ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Overall very good. Los Lobos is terrible. If you like Mexican food do not eat here.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Shows were great. Race car track is a great novelty item but boring and a complete waste of space. Same can be said for laser tag. They desperately need more pool space but that doesn’t provide revenue. Pool area is way overcrowded, loud and obnoxious.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Shows were very good as were the comedians.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Generally just not very friendly. Appeared not to want to be there.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Design is terrible but always clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Room was very nice as always.

Ship tip

There is no H2O spice area on this ship. For those who aren’t familiar this is the 18 and over area on other ships. There is an area called Vibe Beach Club you can pay to access for 209 dollars per person for the week but it doesn’t have a pool. There is only a fairly small main pool area that all passengers are funneled into. Super crowded, very loud and kids running around everywhere. Terrible design.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

We boarded here. We didn’t do anything in Miami.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

1 out of 5

Complete waste of time. The ship gets in about sunset and leaves at midnight. Nothing to do at all and no time or daylight to do it. Absolutely ridiculous stop.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Beautiful island and great day at Megan’s Bay.

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

4 out of 5

Another beautiful Caribbean island.

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