Escape to the Caribbean

Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 4.9
Author: aventurella

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

aventurella

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

12 Night Southern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 09, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 15712

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I love the southern Caribbean and finished my back to back with this one. Was my favorite cruise so far. I will be doing it again January 2020 on the NCL BLISS!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Everything moved smoothly once security opened .I was on board by 12pm

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Had great meals in all dining rooms and buffet.Had dinner at Cagneys and LA Cucina once each and they were both great.

O'Sheehan's Bar and Grill

5 out of 5

Great for late night foods open 24 hours. Also have dinner specials nightly.

Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville

1 out of 5

Not for me. Used to be complimentary burger bar with fantastic burgers and build your own salad bar while you waited for custom made burgers. Now you pay. No comparison.

Savor

5 out of 5

One good complimentary dining room.

The Manhattan Room

5 out of 5

The biggest complimentary dining room with entertainment and dance floor.

Moderno Churrascaria

5 out of 5

Must be hungry! Serve yourself appetizer bar but go easy because they come to your table with skewers of meats, chicken and pinapple ect.

La Cucina

5 out of 5

Great Italian food with wonderful waiters and host.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

I mainly relaxed and read and enjoyed hot tubs and waterfalls on Spice H20

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Excellent shows (book early)

Spice H20

5 out of 5

Adult only during the day, with bar and two hot tubs, sunloungers and cave waterfalls to cool off.

Headliners Comedy Club

4 out of 5

Would have given 5 stars if it wasn't so hard getting reservation ..

Children's Programs

Single cruiser ,my kids all grown and wish they could come.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Waiters and room stewards were wonderful got to know them well on back to back cruising.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Everything was spotless and layout was very much like Breakaway. Two sets of elevators was only a problem on first day and when Theater let out.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Again being a single cruiser it was great and very comfortable with 2 chairs on balcony and room to sleep 3.

Ship tip

Spice H20 is adult only during the day a lot quieter than the pool with two hot tubs a bar and cave waterfalls

Thumbs up

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

Sailed out of here. What can I say it's NYC! !

Thumbs Up 1

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Love St. Thomas took a cab to Coki Beach for the day.

Thumbs Up 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Beautiful island took cab to beach

Thumbs Up 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

Ahh Barbados went to Carlisle bay by taxi and went snorkeling with the turtles . no excursion just swam out 50 yards

Thumbs Up 6

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

Took a cab to Reduit beach (pronounced red wee )

Thumbs Up 3

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Took taxi to Reggae beach bar and walked next door to mom's beach shack, not as classy and a real shack but I always give this local my business. It's all part of Cockleshell beach.

Thumbs Up 5