NCL Escape

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Escape

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 01, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13882

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The unlimited drink package and the dinner package were the best. The only thing I have to complain about is that the casino is on the center of the ship and the smoking was so bad and you can't avoid it. The atrium is open and the smoke travels to different decks. You have to walk through the smell. Why don't they have an area closed off away from where restaurants are. We also complained to guest services that someone was smoking on their balcony and we were on deck 13 aft and we were told that it was the wind blowing the smoke from one of the smoking areas and basically just ignored us. The pool area is way too crowded and they should come up with a way to stop the chair hogs who put their towels on chairs and then disappear to have breakfast or lunch or dinner. Maybe they should start charging for a pass to reserve a chair and if you disappear for more than an hour or more and you are not in the pool area than you lose your deposit. 8 am and 50+ chairs has towels on them and there are only 10 people in the pool area. Parents also need to keep an eye on their kids. There were 4 to 9 kids that would get together and run the halls. They also got ice cream and threw it at each other and one elevator was a disaster with ice cream on the walls. They also smeared ice cream on the walls of the hall way. We never saw a parent with any of them. We went to a movie and there were kids telling talking loud shining flashlights. They also grabbed as many bags of popcorn that they could carry and then ran back to get more. I know kids will be kids but we chose to go in October because kids should be in school. You don't go on a cruise and turn your kids free to have others have to deal with them. You brought them therefore you should watch them. Other than that we had a Very good time. The ship was beautiful and our stateroom steward Dave was awsome. He took great care of us. We would go again but hopefully we will get to the Bahamas. The captain done a great job of keeping us out of harms way. It would have been nice to go to another port. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Dave our stateroom steward took great care of us and made sure we had whatever we needed. A few of the wait staff could be a little more helpful. Overall most went above and beyond to take care of people. The washy washy guys were awesome and kept people laughing.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We left our stateroom steward Dave an extra special tip for taking care of us and making sure we had ice and whatever else we needed. Room was spacious and comfortable with a great view.

Ship tip

Have an adults only non smoking cruise.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

If we go again we will leave from Cape Canaveral.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
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