Plenty of rooms but need more pools and jacuzzi’s.

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 2.5
Author: llgarcia5

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review

llgarcia5

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 23, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14108

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

7 day cruise or more is too much. 4 day cruises and resorts would probably be the better way to go. No, time strains.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Employees work really hard but can also tell that a lot of them are not to happy.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

1 gym for this large ship is not enough.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ship tip

Pull out couch is very uncomfortable and this room is not comfortable for a family of 4. Room is non-smoking but I believe that the room to the right is a smoking room or the person was smoking in a non-smoking room.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5

Hate that the luggage area Norweigen and others don’t have enough seats or charging areas.

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

3 hour tour with 1 hour beach was worth it.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Port is awesome and Megan’s Bay Beach is all right.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

2 out of 5

Not a long enough stay to do anything.

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

10 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Wow, for us the longer the cruise the better

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DebandMarkC 4 years ago

7 days is not enough

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messyshack 4 years ago

Smoking is prohibited in all cabins. One thing I liked about the Encore is the lack of smoking areas; a small area on deck 8, another small area on deck 16 and a separate room in the casino; these are the only places people can smoke.

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

7 days is the minimum we even consider. I can’t imagine going back to a 3-5 day itinerary.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

For us we prefer 9+, did a 17 day about a year ago and it was great. 7 days we are just getting settled in. We are on one now and have another in November but it was what worked for the time.

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ewo1992 4 years ago

My last cruise was a 10 and it was over way to soon going on a 12 next. Maybe you just had a bad experience, try a different ship or cruise line.

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jrobley 4 years ago

We've done 10 days plus the last few cruises & love it!

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bobduck1993 4 years ago

Perhaps after some very special experiences on ships you will feel as we do ,7 ,no less unless you are going with newer cruisers who feel as you do now!

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katelynolson 4 years ago

Sorry you had a bad experience! I’m crazy and think anything less than an 8 day is too little haha

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