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Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
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Norwegian Escape

7 Night Canada & New England (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 29, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11712

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Probably won't do Norwegian again, primarily due to service.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Ugly! out check-in time was 12 noon but we stood in line for almost 2 hours. We discovered that all the agents went on break at noon, so we are not sure whay they scheduled us at noon.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was amazing, especially the specialty restaurants. Even the buffet was excellent.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Too cold to enjoy the pools and there were only two hot tubs which were always full.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows were great but very hard to get a reservation

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Service in the lounges was non-existent. Only one server per lounge, overworked and rude. We figured out after day 2 that you needed to order at the bar if you planned on having a drink.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Loved the ship, the rooms and the common areas

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was great, Dennis took great care of us. we were disappointed that they would not open the balcony screen between our friends and our stateroom. They gave a BS answer on safety. We sail with Royal Carribean, Carnival and MSC and never have a problem getting someone to open the balcony screen.

Ship tip

Order your drinks at the bar.

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5
Loved the 9/11 museum, circle line harbor tour and times square

Saint John, New Brunswick

4 out of 5
Love the little city

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5
Did the Hop on Hop off,

Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5

Portland, Maine

5 out of 5
Lighthhouses galore

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
quick and easy

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2 Comments

Ricdalek    5 years ago

There are RC ships that can't/won't open certain balcony dividers. It was either Voyager or Freedom class.

pickiepat    5 years ago

Oh no ☹️

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