Great trip on the Escape!

     Once again we had another awesome vacation on Norwegian! Our balcony was upgraded to a mid-ship mini suite. The room was lovely, plenty of storage beautiful balcony. Honestly the only noticeable difference was the bathroom. It was large with a rectangular shower with spa shower jets. Very nice. Our steward was very pleasant and helpful.

    Our package included drinks and three specialty restaurants.  It's so much fun to try different frozen cocktails or an after dinner drink and not worry about how much it costs. I just wish coffee drinks were included. Cappacino or espresso would be great after dinner. 

    We chose Cagney's Moderno and Bayamo. Outstanding food and service in all three. I never understand what people complain about. All of our meals were delicious, served in a timely manner and brought by friendly well trained staff. Honestly one of our favorite parts of cruising is to talk to staff members from all over the world. We have met the most lovely people in our travels! I find that a kind word and a nice smile is always returned in kind! 

    The servers work very long hours and go out of their way to give you a great experience. My husband and I occasionally tip extra, but find that we get great service with or without a few extra dollars.

    Some  of our Vacation Heroes are Via and Wilma in Margaritaville and The Manhattan Room, Irene in the Atrium and on the pool deck and , Jananina in the Atrium. Also Prosper in The Garden Buffet is apparently going to show my husband all around his homelands of Zimbabwe! Speaking of the Buffet, it was yummy especially for breakfast! 

    Our dayALWAYS got off on a cheerful happy foot with Rowen and Karen the "Washy Washy Kids"!!!  They sang and danced every day with my husband! We even got hugs goodbye as we disembarked! They were adorable! They made using sanitizer fun! 😜Would love to have more upbeat people like that in my life!

     Honestly we had a wonderful trip! My one and only issue is something I've seen mentioned in many other reviews.The smoking in the casino area is awful. It drifts several floors and you can't avoid it. The nonsmoking areas are pretty useless. The smoke gets into all the sections. I don't understand why you built this beautiful ship and centered everything around the Atrium, but allow smoking to take over the whole area. Sad. 

After Midnight was fabulous! The Brat Pack was very high energy and fun. We adored Harry Potter Trivia ! The pool area was lively but crowded. We ended up in Spice H2O a lot. 

To wrap it up, all food venues that we tried were very good! Entertainment was excellent. The ship is new and clean and beautiful but smoky in certain areas. The service was outstanding. We even ended up using the ships doctors and had a fabulous experience there! Thanks Dr. Fernandez and NurseJoan Suezo!

     We would recommend The Escape and look forward to traveling on Norwegian again!