NCL Encore was nothing great. The ship was too big and could not accommodate the amount of people. The specialty restaurants were too crowded to book on day 1. We precooked and everything was skewed up. Hubby wanted to do go carts and nothing available

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 1.7
Author: SBR

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

SBR

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

1.7 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 29, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13172

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Nothing good. Too crowded, did not know what was going on. Bar by atrium closed 12, piani bar did not play every night

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Not good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Nothing great

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Everything was not available and you never knew what was going on

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Shows were great but small venues and way too crowded

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Not good

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Design was terrible, no main area to meet and greet

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Could not get to closet because of coach, no drawers.

Ship tip

Not enjoyable

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

2 out of 5

Only there 3 hrs at night

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Nice

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

1 out of 5

Rained all day, boring

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

8 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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KevinOMReb 4 years ago

What an odd review. Nothing made sense.

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UncleBeer 4 years ago

We just finished our 7 day vacation aboard Encore and our experience was nothing like yours. We LOVED it!

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Ddancers 4 years ago

Thank you for you review. I will be sailing on her in April - surely hope things improve.

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iamkates 4 years ago

Sorry your experience wasn't pleasant. I'm very much looking forward to my sailing on this ship in April.

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TravelingSmis 4 years ago

I can’t wait to get on the encore!

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

Sounds like cruising isn’t for you. The first mistake was cruising during the holidays, which was the busiest time of year. The 2nd mistake seems to be that you didn’t research and plan ahead by booking things on the ship well before you left so they weren’t booked up when you sailed.

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4Goodtimes 4 years ago

Wow!!!

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