One star BARELY

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 3.1
Author: ginawho

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review

ginawho

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 6

Helpful Votes: 67

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 04, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Would not return to encore. Staff was SO unhappy. Not fun like we are used to with NCL.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Fine. Nothing special.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Food was good. Le Bistro was outstanding.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Pools. No chaise lounges in the sun. Only chairs. Who can relax in a chair? The only chaises were under the roof by the sides of the ship. The two hot tubs were on the deck above pool and were the size of teacups. Five people were a CROWD. One staff member in a yellow shirt actually came right up to me as I was in the hot tub sipping a pina colada, and told me cocktails WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THE HOT TUB. Hellooooo!?!? I told him I’d been served the cocktail while I was IN the hot tub, and put my drink down. Why on earth?!?!?!? We won’t sail on the Encore unless it’s redone.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Worst experience on NCL ever. Bars were horrible and staff in restaurants and bars was very underwhelming. Have been on several NCL and staff was always wonderful. Encore was different ballgame. Rude bartenders who made it clear we were inconveniencing them. Ignored us more than once. We got up and left a couple of them. And we typically tip $1 per drink. Not on the Encore. Refused to mix certain drinks that we’ve had on all our other NCL cruises. It was our daughter’s first cruise and we talked about how amazing everyone would be. They made liars out of us.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Don’t

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Ports of call

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Didn’t get there. Instead went to Carnivals Amber Cove. Highlight of the cruise. Fabulous. Water slides fun and included. Zip line very inexpensive and no limit to number of rides. Lots of great shops, staff there were wonderful. Pools gorgeous.

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

4 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

4 out of 5

Can’t remember.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Three other ships in port. Beaches were jammed. Meh

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