Amazing Time on and Amazing ship!!

Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 4.9
Author: firetrucker518

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean

firetrucker518

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 9

Helpful Votes: 183

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

14 Night Eastern & Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 23, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11728

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Fantastic!! As you can see from the photos, We had an Amazing time both on and off of the ship. We have not sailed on other lines and I am not sure we will. NCL has been so good to us. I can not say enough about how kind everyone was nor can I express how much fun we had. I am just happy that there is an outlet for people to share thier experinces. Thank you Cruiseline.com for the opportunity to share.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth and easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

We had the beverage package and dinning package. As with our previous cruises with NCL the food was great. The drinks were plentiful and the staff was the best.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Spice H2O, what a great place to relax and unwind, until it's time to party!! and then it's none stop fun! Movies, Dancing, Living it up!! So Cool! Ropes curse with zip-lines.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Top notch all the way. Magic, Music, Ventriloquist, Karaoke, Newly Wed game, Towle folding, trivia games. so much to do.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Simply the best. Always ready to help and great you with a smile.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

I had followed this ship and booked this cruise from before it was complete. Watching the updates on line during the construction and counting the balconies from the photos to pick out the one we booked. Her journey from the ship yard to the outfit and sea trials. To her first docking in Miami. She is exactly what I had expected from NCL. Perfection!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

14 Days of comfort and cleanlyness. Wow we felt like the world was just outside our doors. One way the vews of the sea and the other adventure and exsitment. Inbetween our own quite sanctuary.

Ship tip

Explore every part you can. If you like a quite place to relax that is adult only. Get passes for the Vibe beach club. Worth every dime.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

We live in florida and have cruised out of this port before. Easy to navigate and has improved over the years in regards to the flow of people.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

This was our first time in this port as well as the first time for the NCL Escape. Beautiful place. We booked an excurstion through the Shipmate app, with Shore Fox Excursions to The Butterfly Farm and had few hours at Orient beach before going to the shopping district and visiting the Yoda Guy Movie Exhibit. We had a wonderful time.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

A very well organized port. We found walking around fun and easy. We did the SkyRide to Paradise Point and had some lunch and a drink called the bushwacker. Absolutely amazing.

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

My Favorite port on the Eastern portion of our cruise. Cane Garden Bay was pristine. After our time at the beach we went just down the road to Callwood Distillery makeing rum for over 400 years and it is quite good. Great place to see living history.

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Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Our 3rd time to this port we are starting to get the hang of it. we do more and more each time we visit.

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Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Very nice little port. We walk around a bit before setting off on our adventure with SouthShore Zip-line Adventures. This was our first time ever on a zip-line... So Much FUN!! Chance of a life time.

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Belize City, Belize Did not visit port

Hurrican Earl decided to change our plans and the Captain bypassed this port to put us in Cozumel, Mexico a day early so we could outrun the storm.

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Oh My Goodness, what a time we had in Cozumel. I booked an excursion through NCL, "Save the Baby Sea Turtles and cultural adventure. This was the absolute highlight of our Amazing cruise. our group ha the privilidge of working with a conservation group to help dig out baby sea turtles that were not able to get out of the nest due to the compation of the sand from all of the others in the nest as they dug out three days prior. Thanks to the efforts of this team the hatching rates go from 70% to nearly 95% some eggs just dont hatch. Our group pulled 11 babies from the sand as well as the eggs that did not hatch. the team was able to account for all of the eggs and this nest ended with a 98% success rate. Amazing!! Shopping in the port aera was kinda fun as well.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

NCL and Port of Miami. A lot of people to move and a lot of luggage to check. Hats off to ALL of the people that work in this busy port. Great Job!!

Traveler Photos

Two times in Nassau in two weeks. Thanks hurricane Earl.

3 Comments

cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Great

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firetrucker518 5 years ago

I look forward to seeing you on the Gem.

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pgmcruise 5 years ago

It is such a pleasure to read about HAPPY cruisers! I have been on the same ship and also many others thru NCL. I personally have enjoyed all of my cruises, looking forward to my next one in 99 days to Bermuda. Glad you enjoyed your cruise and I have to agree 100% on your feeling towards NCL....They are wonderful!

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