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Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Norwegian Escape

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 08, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 12679

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

We cruised on the Escape Oct 8th.  Loved the ship, for me the food was some of the best I've had on a cruise.  We ate at only one pay restaurant the Food Republic - it was oh so good.  Loved being able to pick several different smaller dishes to be able to try more.  3 of us ate and it was $70 not bad at all, we had tons of food.

The pool area as mentioned in some other reviews was smaller - but we didn't really have an issue finding chairs. People where nice and would move over to give us 2-3 close to each other.

Everyone on the ship was so nice, service was great for the most part.  I will say in the Complimentary restaurants food service was quiet slow.  At times we felt they where rushed and did not want to allow us time to look over the menu. So that would be my only complaint - I felt maybe the servers where new maybe - but could be wrong.  Every complimentary dinner was like that.

Lots of fun activities - the Atrium always had something fun to do.  The guys that did our Scavenger Hunt at Tobacco Road area did not know how or what a scavenger hunt was - so hopefully he will learn before he does the next one LOL

Wonderful sitting areas on the Waterfront side in loungers - didn't find those until last day almost.

Shopping on the ship isn't really that great - minimal places to shop and the last day sale went so fast I missed it 

We had a wonderful time and would recommend this ship.  It is a very large one so be prepared to walk

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Best I've had on a cruise in a while

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Mixed service - the overall was great. Complimentary dining service was not so good - had long wait times for them to come to table

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Great - we've always stayed on inside staterooms - so comparable to most others. We did get to see several other room types - next time I'm going for a balcony.

Ship tip

Bring comfortable shoes - it is a huge ship and you walk a lot.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
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3 Comments

Nanax2    8 years ago

Down to 30 days.. Come on 4 weeks.. Super excited that you loved it.. Can't wait to experience this too.. 😀

mhill24    8 years ago

Did you keep any of the daily agendas?? If so, can you post pictures?

sjohnson44    8 years ago

31 days to go and counting. Hubby and I can't wait to go on our 1st mega ship. Reading your review has made me more excited if that's at all possible.

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