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Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Encore

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 10, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14874

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Great to be back cruising! No mask requirement was FANTASTIC!!!! Thank you NCL staff for your hard work & efforts making a very enjoyable vacation for our family!

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Extremely Slow. Enforcing the embarkation time you were given would help. The option to complete your forms online would help. Who has a pen with them...and two full sheets of paper for each guest? Going digital might speed the process. Why did we need to take pictures of each person in our party when we had to get them re-taken?

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Delicious, Plenty of Options & Always Clean

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Race Track, Water Slide, Comedy Clubs, Theater

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room Stewart was amazing. Always friendly & the room was so clean when he left. The food service staff was always friendly and busy cleaning up behind everyone.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
We have been on ships with better layouts, but this one was fine.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Very tight! I don't think this room should be advertised for 4 people.

Ports of call

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

4 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Slower than anticipated. It would be nice if the face recognition could be used vs having to dig out passports & key cards for the entire party.
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6 Comments

mysticcruiser    2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your trip and thank you for the review. We sail in Dec and can’t wait! 😊

PaulzyJC    2 years ago

The embark photos are required so the facial recognition system has a current photo of you at all times.

PaulzyJC    2 years ago

"The option to complete your forms online would help. Who has a pen with them...and two full sheets of paper for each guest?" What forms were you filling out during embarkation? I did the online check-in for my 14day In January, so there wasn't a lot of forms to fill out. Just at the counter when we verified our -COVID & singed in for NCL testing. But that was it, it only took an hour from arrival to boarding. Have things changed that much since January??

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate you sharing your experience

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

natelorip    2 years ago

Thanks for the review. Glad you had a great time.

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