Good value for the money.

Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 4
Author: ski126

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

ski126

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 144

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 23, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10822

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

I have over 30 cruises. NCL has a lot going on for everybody. Plenty to do even for old time cruisers. Brought wife, daughter and granddaughters. Everybody enjoyed themselves. Nightly entertainment had lots of variety. Ship was beautiful and easy to navigate. Only negative was food was poorer than in complimentary dining rooms than on other cruise lines. Felt it definitely could use some improvement.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Adequate for a cruise ship.

Ship tip

Make entertainment bookings in advance.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

3 Comments

markedwtx 8 years ago

I ate the buffet at breakfast and ate at probably every other restaurants and the best were at least $30 per person. This was my first cruise so let's just say I learned a lot and know what to look for if I ever cruise again. I'm not sure it's for me. I will say I loved the staff. They were all so nice and personable. Many of them Arron that ship for 6-8 months at a time. i would go crazy.

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nickman684 8 years ago

I still find it funny that it's called complimentary food, now. Used to be, you went on a cruise and they fed you and fed you and fed you and when you were full, they fed you some more. Sorta like grandmas house. Now its a gift when they feed you.

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keng23 8 years ago

Seems like the cruise lines are putting a bigger emphasis on specialty restaurants so you will pay for them and instead of eating at complimentary places

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Other reviews of this sailing

NCL is trying to change the industry to NOTHING INCLUSIVE! It's a shame!

Going back to Royal (Caribbean) cruises.

great time aboard Escape