Nice ship overcrowded for Xmas cruise

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Norwegian Escape

7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 21, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Nice time convienent leaving out of NYC food just ok in main dining room, rooms tend to be small, staff great. Casino nice no. Smoking area. Bars and bar staff very nice. Gave a lot of perks. Overcrowded for Xmas week

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Terrible had to wait a very long time on lines to check in

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Ate in restaurants French was best for me and Cagneys for my husband. Main dining room one night and it was ok

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Adult area nice and quiet. Cool cruise so no swimming for us.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows were good. Couldn’t get into the last show even got there 30 min. Early couldn’t find two seats.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Great cabin steward and loved the French restaurant staff all great

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean and nice

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Very small cabins on all Ncl couldn’t get into the closet bed was too close

Ship tip

Reserve all shows and dinners. When you get on ship sign up for comedy at night. Take a balcony or bigger room.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5
Never get off ship at this port to far to go to disney and we got in two hours late not worth doing anything

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

4 out of 5
private Island was the nicest day. Too cool for water but Beach was nice. My brother swam with the pugs and had fun

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5
Went into town on our own shopped and came back to ship. Been there a few times so we had done beaches and Atlantis already

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth experience
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