It was Heaven with The Haven
Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: January 14, 2017
Ship: Norwegian Escape
Cabin type: Suite
Cabin number: 16104
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
We flew into Miami the day before disembarkation and stayed downtown. No issues with walking out of the hotel and catching a taxi to the port the next morning.
Once embarkation started (security lines opened) up everything went pretty smooth. We checked in via the Haven area due to our room category. The only thing we didn't like is that although we were escorted up to the terminal we were "put in a corner" for holding (for about an hour) before boarding the ship.
Once on the ship we at lunch at Margaritaville and checked out the ship.
Main pool - seemed a bit crowded for our liking most of the day. So we would go the Haven or Thermal Spa to relax.
Thermal Spa - Amazing, enabled us to relax in the therapy pool and the various salt bath, sauna, snow and steam rooms.
Haven Area - We were always greeted by the Concierge with a smile. The restaurant was amazing, always happy staff. The Bar staff was also equally nice and personable. The only real complaint we had was the hot tub in the Haven area (top deck) it didn't circulate the water so it was like sitting in a bath tub. Also, the other two hot tubs on deck 17 the timers shut off every five minutes.
Entertainment was impeccable - The Brat Pack was our favorite show. Although we did enjoy several comedians and the Howl At the Moon (dueling pianos).
Port and Shore excursions were excellent at St Thomas and Tortola. Nassau we won't get off the ship the next time. Nassau has become way to commercialized for our liking in the past two years - e.g. $8 for a beer with 18% tax included.
We are already planning our next cruise with NCL. Thanks for an amazing time :-)
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Ports of call
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
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Garyfisher1 7 years ago
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Garyfisher1 7 years ago