NCL Escape....not so much
Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: November 12, 2016
Ship: Norwegian Escape
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 13846
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 8 years ago
Review summary
Was not a fan of this ship at all. Dining rooms were ugly (Manhattan was nicer), and the menu choices were bad. They throw one thing in new each night, and then they have supplemental choices for like $24.99. Looks cheap to me. Carnival still has lobster night, and you have to pay extra on ncl to get something decent. We actually liked the food at the buffet better. O'Sheehans was always good. Also better food than the dining rooms. Had Tapas one day and it was good, but cost us almost $80 for the 4 of us. Everything is extra and it really ruins the experience. The theater is small. They brought us the wrong food one night so we ran to our show and were literally 2 minutes late and had to stand in the back. All three of us couples had several errors on our bill that required another stand in line at guest services. I could go on. We had fun, but it was of our own making. I think we are going to try carnival again next time.
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Ship Quality
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Ship tip
I wasn't impressed with this "new" ship. I've been on the Getaway and loved it, and I have been on older ships that were much more beautiful than this one.
Ports of call
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
4 Comments
noname111 8 years ago
Thank you for leaving your review. It is unfortunate that you had so many problems. I definitely recommend trying other cruise lines. We started with NCL but soon jumped over to Carnival, then Royal Caribbean, then Princess and Celebrity. We even tried one cruise on HAL. After 18 yrs of cruises, we prefer Princess and look to them for the type of experience we desire.
Happy sails, which ever line you decide to try next.
capeman 8 years ago
Funny, if we like a curtain cruise line we are critical on everything little thing on a different line. One has to experience all the different cruise lines and what they have to offer, then stick with one that best suits our wants and needs. We still have to venture out to know what is right, no matter how much you like a particular cruise line. If one cruise line can get it all right, boy o' boy that would be the day.