Best cruise we have taken by far!

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 5
Author: fireray

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

fireray

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 06, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13806

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Was better than we ever expected! No complaints other than the price dropped significantly compared to our booking price we paid and we never received any perks or credits to make up for this, but we heard others had.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

No waiting! Clean open large space, quick, easy, organized!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food had amazing flavor portions were large more than we could eat and the convenience of dining whenever and wherever you choose is what keeps bringing us back.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Multiple music venues live shows poolside entertainment atrium entertainment night time fun top-notch musical and Broadway style shows along with multiple live music and comedians! Best entertainment so far saw choir of a man and kinky boots along with comedians and other live music venues.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

Not traveling with children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Everyone was respectful and servicing all our needs before we even needed anything. We have never gotten better service anywhere else!!!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Beautiful rooms to get away from crowds or you could be in the center of it all. Ship was being cleaned nonstop. We have never seen such a pristine clean organized ship!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Average size room but had plenty of storage space for our clothing and toiletries. Probably the smallest of the balcony sizes that are offered but plenty of room for us with a sitting area and mirrored countertop. Balcony had just enough room for to set up chairs and a small table. No noises above or below us but occasionally heard noises in the hall possibly the cleaning people removing items from storage but basically very quiet.

Ship tip

The observation lounge on floor 15 had snacks drinks and a large quiet area that overlooks the whole ocean it was a wonderful getaway when you did not want to be around the crowds.

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Ports of call

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

We booked the Damajagua Waterfalls excursion through TripAdvisor and it was amazing but if you choose to stay in Port they had newly built shops and a free pool with free loungers and a small beach right at the port. Also had some bars and a couple of places to get food. one of the cleanest, best ports we’ve ever been at!

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Took an island taxi to Megans bay and then to downtown for some shopping. Great beaches great food great shopping top-notch!

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

The Port itself is small and not much to do but we took a island taxi to her for 20 bucks each. It was two hours long we saw the distillery many lookouts the islands natural living, I need to wall of history and went to Cane Garden Bay. Perfect day!

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Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5

This is a tender port. Tendering was organized and quick. All you can eat food and drink on the island if you have the drink package. Plenty of loungers and beach space and other activities if you are interested such as zip lining snorkeling kayaking etc. Shops were not good and very overpriced and we’re not ran by NCL. Also had live music and dancing if you were interested.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

No waiting luggage was immediately ready and did not even have to go through customs. Shuttle bus was waiting for us immediately and took us to the airport we were off The boat and luggage in hand before it was even our disembarkion time.

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7 Comments

Breese3 2 years ago

Mine cruise price went down over 500.00 and because it was past the 60 days before sailing they said NO CAN DO giving us anything(obc, fcc, refund) nothing ! I talked to my PCC and NCL themselves. The only actua thing they could do was offer me an upgrade from my balcony room to a spa balcony room for a little more money from us! She said we could have put in a request form for some kind of reimbursement and see if they accept it but then she saw that we did our flights thru NCL also and said sorry u can only submit the form if u didn’t do airlines thru NCL which I can’t for hire out how one thing has to do with the other !

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jlynlevis 2 years ago

We have sailed on a few cruises with NCL in the past. When the price drops, you have to be proactive and call them. They offered us OBC equal to 1/2 the price difference, but we had to ask for it.

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WileyE 2 years ago

Thanks for the review. I'm glad to read your positive reviews of Puerta Plata. I have nothing planned there yet, but I can see there are good options. 🙂🍹🏝🛳

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natelorip 2 years ago

Thanks for the detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Nice information about the ports. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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johnny059qn 2 years ago

Thanks for the review!

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed yourselves. Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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