It was okay
Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: July 09, 2016
Ship: Norwegian Escape
Cabin type: Inside
Cabin number: 12665
Traveled as: Large Group
Reviewed: 8 years ago
Review summary
In all honesty, the hospitality of all of the staff members was amazing. However, this cruise catered to a specific demographic of people and I do not feel as if the activities that were available were intended for all. Don't get me wrong, I made the best of my experience and enjoyed my time but I did feel out of place at times.
They permitted kids to attend the evening dance events which I believe should have been strictly for adults, we paid over $1000 and could never get access to the sorry excuse of a pool that was available. I mean really, with over 4,000 people on the ship, the designers completely dropped the ball with the pool layout. One for kids, one for "adults" a couple of hot tubs and no where to sit. It was ridiculous. I won't go as far to say that I will never go on a cruise again, but after this experience I can definitely say waiting for the next one won't kill me.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Onboard Activities
Entertainment
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ship tip
Bring cash, prepare for extracurricular expenses that are not included with your cruise fare and make sure you have comfortable shoes! The ship is huge and you will be walking A LOT. Also, kids are welcome everywhere it seemed like..just an FYI
Ports of call
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
11 Comments
MrChocoholic 8 years ago
There are size limits on the pools that are located higher on decks. It's a simple problem: the bigger the pool with a few thousand pounds of people lounging it raise the center of the gravity on the ship that makes it top-heavy. Inherently instability. As for your statement that onboard activites "needs to diversify not only by age group but also ethnically" need explanation. How do you divide the activities ethnically?
lianaacev 8 years ago
Wow, sorry to all of the parents out there who are obviously offended by the kid comments. Sheesh, never said I hated them lol However, the point of my review from MY experiences regarding the dance events was to simply imply that it would and could have been more enjoyable without the super young, crying children that were front row center near the fog machines and loud speakers, but I digress.. to each their own. I still had fun regardless, happy sailing to ALL in the future! :-)
tzntay0208 8 years ago