southernbelle27 Cruise Review on Norwegian Escape on Mar 10, 2018

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review

southernbelle27

Contributor Level: Purser

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 21

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3 out of 5

Sail date: March 10, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Reviewed: 5 years ago

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This is from the March 10th sailing. I wrote this right after disembarking but life got in the way and it sat in my notes file until now. This will be a long review that I broke into sections with input from my family. My parents (in their 50s)a and my brother and I who are college students. This was my first Norwegian Cruise, I have cruised many times on Carnival and once in Royal Caribbean. The ship: 3 stars The ship was hard to get around on. There is not a single deck you could walk around the entire ship on so there was a lot of walking around. And up and down one floor to get around something. The bars/ Restaurants close early which was annoying. Most every bar and restaurant was closed by 11:30-12am including the buffet. The only things open past 12am was O’Sheehan’s bar/restaurant, the skyline bar (the night club) and the casino. The skyline bar closed at 2:30am. This was unusual to my family not having anywhere to grab quick food late at night. The District Brew House was a favorite to sit and play cards but unfortunately did not serve food (snacks) until 5:30pm. It was also closed a few time in the afternoon when we went to go play. The Food: 5 stars Excellent food at every restaurant we tried and every Dinning room. The main dining rooms (Taste, Savor, and the Manhattan room) all had many things we all wanted to try and we were never disappointed with what we ordered and they had great wait staff. We ate at the steakhouse and it also was excellent, expensive being an al carte restaurant but was great food. We also tried food republic and the sushi was excellent and it was a nice place to sit and eat and not overly expensive. Be careful here however because you order from an iPad and the food comes out to the table as the food is finished being prepared, one of our meals did not come until everyone else was finished eating. The ports: 2 Stars Jamaica was fine, weather was perfect for us as we just went to Margaritaville and ate lunch. Great food and drinks but VERY expensive. Grand Cayman was kind of a bust. It was cold and rainy but since we had book an excursion through the ship (stingrays and turtle land and sea adventure) we still went. It was a long day of driving around to “Hell” And a rum factory (rum factory was not in the tour) and then we finally Got to the turtle farm. We felt rushed through the turtle farm and only help a turtle for 30 seconds before moving on. The stingrays where also a disappointment. We had don’t the Stingrays 6 years earlier and there were thousands of stingrays in the water to the point you had to not pick up your feet to not step on them. This time there were about 15 boats of people and 6 stingrays. The guide had to catch the stingrays and it again was a quick picture and you’re done. The pictures then cost $50 to have them emailed to you if you wanted. Great Strip Cay A nice day but very very hard to get a chair. We got off the bat at 11pm and never did get a beach chair and needed up sitting at the Bacardi bar the whole day. It’s a nice island and I look forward to seeing what they have done with it in a few years. Tendering however took forever and two of four stops (here and grand Cayman were tender ports) is a lot of waiting for a tender. Nassau We did the Atlantis Aquqventure. Very neat place to see but very expensive for what it is. For younger kids (y’all enough to ride the rides but young enough to still be scared and enjoy the park) would enjoy this a lot. For two college kids it was a lot of waiting and a very expensive day for what it was. The “Lazy River” was the highlight of this park. It is very cool but not very lazy. The Crew Members: 5 stars Very great staff. While the ports were not the most fun they always had water, popsicles, cold wet hand towelettes and a great welcome back for us and it was really a nice touch I have noticed the other cruise lines are lacking. They were also HUGE on clean hands. “Washy washy wash your hands wash you had wash your hand washy washy wash your hands” will forever be in my mind in a good way. Sinks are found around the buffet area as well as a crew member ready to squirt your hands clean. The Shows: 1.5 Stars We attended the comedy club multiple nights, the supper club, the midnight show and the Brat Pack. The comedy club was good but if you saw the same comedian twice you will see mostly repeat material. The supper club was terrible. The food was okay at best and the show was boring. The Midnight Show was great until about 30 minuets in when there was a obvious lack of plot and the songs all started to sound the same. We left 60 minuets into the show and t showed no signs of ending anytime soon. The Brat Pack was better in that it had somewhat a plot and the performances were entertaining with more dancing. The cruise overall was 3 stars. Had some amazing things and some things that could be improved.

southernbelle27 Cruise Review on Norwegian Escape on Mar 10, 2018

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