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Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 63

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Norwegian Escape

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 01, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Overall we had a great week with great friends. The couple that came with us had never done a cruise and wanted to book the next one before we even got off the ship. Amazing vacation!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food at the buffet was really good and tons of options. We went to 3 specialty restaurants which were Brazilian, French and Steak House, all were amazing. In the main dining room they did forget to bring drinks and check if you needed anything on multiple occasions but overall everything was great.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The main pool was small and you would've thought it would be jam packed all of the time but that wasn't the case. There was always plenty of room as most people just sat around the edge and dipped their feet.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Everything we saw was just amazing, from the music to comedians to dueling pianos (a must see) Entertainment by the pool was pretty awesome as well!

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
I would say good, not great. Nothing really to complain about but just didn't feel anyone went out of their way or did anything extra

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Everything was great as expected

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
This is where we left from so didn't do any excursions

Cozumel, Mexico

1 out of 5
I've been to Cozumel before and had a great time. This time 4 of us found a taxi who seemed very honest and asked him to take us to the most beautiful nearby beach that had a bar. As soon as we got in his car he pulled out a pamphlet from his visor an said you should go here. It was called Ocean Beach and if we wanted we could do an all-inclusive day for $65/person. We debated but in the end we went for it as we just wanted to sit our butts on a beach, swim, sunbath etc. Well to sum it up it was NOT a beautiful beach at all, the chairs were old and stained, the blow up climbing sculptures in the water were moldy and covered in bird crap, I could go on forever. To make a long story short, after paying $15/person for the taxi and $65/person for the all inclusive resort we stayed maybe 10 minutes and caught a taxi back to the ship. Honestly I wouldn't even give this place a 1 star!

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Well we took our chances and did the same thing in Honduras. We found a taxi driver and told him we wanted a beautiful beach day with a bar. I threatened him (jokingly) multiple times before accepting his recommendation of West Bay Beach. Tyson took us to this beach for a fee of $10/person and stayed with us for the few hours we were there. It was $20/person to get in and then you paid for your drinks (we stuck with bottled beer which ranged from $3-$5) Well let me tell you this was an amazing beach. It was beautiful, clean and you could walk forever! The only negative was there were tons of people nagging you to buy things, braid your hair, massage you etc. but that doesn't bother me too much as I understand it's how they make their living and I have no problems saying no thanks and moving on. Definitely recommend this!

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5
Wow is all I can say. Just beautiful. The only negative is that we paid for the drink package which didn't carry on to the island which should as it's their pri

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico Did not visit port

Strong winds prevented us from being able to port

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Very cool

jpmato16    4 years ago

You learned a lesson. NEVER trust a cab driver to recommend a place. Do your research and go prepared.

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

So glad you all enjoyed.

bobduck1993    4 years ago

Glad that you had a good time, especially happy that your friends enjoyed it enough to want to book another right away!

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