A not so child friendly cruise

Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 2.7
Author: lorenaferry

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Bermuda

lorenaferry

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

2.7 out of 5

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7 Night Bermuda (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 21, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9798

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This ship is not family friendly. Too many drunk people and not enough family oriented activities despite the photo gallery of the pool , aqua park and mini golf area. The kids pool is extremely small and crowded.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Relatively easy process if you are there early

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Repetitive food options, not many healthy choices.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Kids pool extremely small and not monitored to remove adults without kids. Adults pool kids not allowed. Kids splash academy not well ran

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Low level not family friendly

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

At the splash academy someone took my kids diamond earring

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Average at best

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Haven level may be the only way to go, assuming pool there was better

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Ports of call

New York, New York

3 out of 5

Dirty

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Royal Naval Dockyard, West End, Bermuda

3 out of 5

Dangerous. Experienced a brutal beating of a man right off the cruise ship. My two kids and I were feet away from it with out a way back. Police arrived several minutes later but the images of the brutality will forever stay with us.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Not haven level so it took a solid 30-45 min

10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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dwright323 5 years ago

Come 1:00 am saw a few drunk loud people but they were spoken to by staff very quickly. Certainly the rest of the day people were happy and friendly. OK there was one incident with a person one evening however he came and apologized the next day. The rest of the time I think it is very child friendly.

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surfandsnorkel 5 years ago

I guess cruising isn’t for you.

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jerry1125 5 years ago

BS review not real fake fake fake

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ccgal6 5 years ago

Did they take the earrings out of her lobes?

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rtownsend10 5 years ago

Why Why Why is your child wearing diamond earrings? Why? This takes irresponsibility to the next level.

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PhillyBrownGirl 5 years ago

I have been on the Escape twice. It’s a great ship. The pool area is crowded during peak times. We would swim later in the evening for a perfect experience. I enjoyed the food. There were several healthy options, especially the salad of the day in the buffet. Sorry it wasn’t what you expected. For a better kids experience, Disney is the best option (been on the Dream four times).

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iggyfurd 5 years ago

Mine was family friendly. My question...what is a child doing with diamond earrings at the splash academy?

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crusinwithkeith 5 years ago

I was on the escape back in april it was one of the best ships I've ever been on.you just probably had a bad crowd on your ship which sucks I'll do ncl over carnival anyday

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rbobl 5 years ago

Have you been on a Carnival ship lol, Norwegian ships arent your party ships per se like carnival not saying people dont get wasted thats any ship, i didn't experience this at all on either of the 2 Norwegian ships i have been on but plenty of them on the carnival ships lol

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