A great cruise with a couple of negatives.

Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 4.7
Author: bellmont

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review

bellmont

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 58

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 18, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 14224

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

We went on board to have a rest, this we did. We always found a quiet spot on deck. The food in O’Sheehan’s, Taste and and the Garden cafe was wonderful. The vast majority of staff were pleasant and very helpful. Miami was a great port to sail from.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

We ate mostly in the Taste venue. The food was far superior to that if the teppanyaki and Bayamo venues. Bayamo had ‘steak frites’ this was rubbish they were the same French fries that were available everywhere on board.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

In Teppanyaki I was asked for my key-card, which I handed over with as per normal. At the end of the meal I was informed that they had lost my cards and I would need to go to customer service to get replacement cards. I advised the server very firmly and politely that as she had lost the cards she would need to get replacements. At this she went to the hostess station opened a drawer and without looking reached in and got my cards out! This was reported to the maître d and customer services. They didn’t seem concerned. Please make sure your server returned your cards ASAP.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

A great cabin. Midship very well placed for the elevator or stairs. NCL have upgraded the bathroom venting which works extremely well, however it sounds as if there is a faucet running somewhere in your house.

Ship tip

Tala a car air freshener for your bathroom as well as a supply of two ply toilet tissue.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

The staff on the dock taking our cases were wonderful. Pleasant and helpful. They were certainly not demanding of a tip as if had been led to believe.

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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

6 Comments

peaceonearth1 4 years ago

Had a great time onboard the Escape but really did not like the ports and two of them were terrible. Reason is that Costa Maya and Harvest Caye are fake places just made for the Cruise Ships. Hard to navigate out of the overpriced shops to get outside to do something on your own rather than pay top dollar for the cruise line's Shore Excursions.

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jblank2123 4 years ago

You can not use two ply tissue as it plugs up the system and then you will not have toilets to use.

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Great

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terriesanchez 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed Escape!!

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

So glad you enjoyed.

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Blondy 4 years ago

Glad you had a great cruise!👍🏼💖🛳😊

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