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Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 2.7
Author: DrEric1

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

DrEric1

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

2.7 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 31, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin number: 5101

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Too crowded, way too little deck space, food service painfully slow, and 18-21-year-olds in nightclub made it awful.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Way to crowded, way too slow

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Still don't know who cruise director was

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Best shows at sea

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Great staff, but way understaffed

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Really clean but far too little space for lounging in the sun

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Split twin beds on closet end of cabin made closet nearly inaccessible - lack of drawers and shelves in bathroom - worst cabin I have been in

Ship tip

Don't go when crosed

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Ports of call

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5

embarkation of tenders slow and disorganized

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

9 Comments

Remuel016 8 months ago

Then Big Ships with more 4000+ guest capacity is not for you, tbh,

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javawoody 9 months ago

Thanks for your comments

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natelorip 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing. We loved the Encore for Alaska.

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Ruby13 9 months ago

Sorry, for youyour experience

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karlgrgurich 9 months ago

Argh. Sorry for your poor experience

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Gwbigdog 9 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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NCLARRY 9 months ago

Try a smaller ship 🚢

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Niavlys 9 months ago

A busy time of the year to travel.. Tks for sharing with us

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BnCTcruising 9 months ago

We weren’t fans of that ship either and frankly, not big on NCL as they were all we knew when we first started cruising but since have branched out and I’ve been so glad that we did. Two of our NCL cruises were supposed to stop at Great Stirrup Cay but neither did due to rough seas and I’m thinking a company with this much money cannot scrap a few dollars together to build a dock to keep their guests happy? It’s pretty silly.

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