Great Time

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Norwegian Escape

7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 11, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13802

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Great time. Even though a little squeezed in cabin with 4 adults. careful in Nassau (they all want your money on island!!!) washy washy!!!!! Have fun!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was "cruise food", not the best but not the worst... have to find what you like. Specialty restaurants were very good but not great. My experience with service was that it was less as it got closer to end of cruise. Bad experience at O'Shea's with very bad service and cold food. All in all a good experience.

O'Sheehan's Bar and Grill

2 out of 5

our 2nd visit.. Service was non-existent. Food cold. We are not difficult people, but couldn't get a waiter to reheat.. so we just left. only place on ship that I felt was truly uncaring or just poorly managed.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Only saw one show (90's theme) was very good and entertaining.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Some staff friendly and attentive while there were a few that seemed angry or indifferent. Certainly don't know behind the scenes (treatment & pay, etc...) however, they signed up for it and can quit. most cruisers seemed friendly and relaxed. So, I was not witness to any bad treatment from "customers". Maybe a plant from management to survey staff attitude & quality is in order??? Like undercover boss...!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Overall very clean. Design on Escape was efficient but lacked roominess of past smaller ships. not as luxurious. It definitely is a work of engineering marvel!! but I missed the Las Vegas big hotel feel.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Comfort = Bed was very comfortable, a little less so for 3rd & 4th guests on bunk bed style beds. Size = Great for 2. Not so great for 4. Balcony seats 2 - so again, size limited. Cleanliness = Not perfect. but, not dirty at all. just not made up 2x daily all the time. and with 4 people crammed in, we weren't always the neatest with suitcases & misc items on small counter area.

Ship tip

Keep it to 2 persons per cabin unless you have a large full size suite.

Ports of call

New York, New York

4 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

dawn88    5 years ago

This is a long shot but any chance you have dailies? We leave March 17.

jerry1125    5 years ago

Bermuda is very laid back no pressure from anyone to buy anything

yankeed    6 years ago

What Island doesn't want your money.

jerry1125    6 years ago

Bermuda is so much nicer than Nassau no one hounding you for money or wanting you to buy there crap in the straw market

dcregar    6 years ago

Thanks for the tip.

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