NCL never again

Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 3.5
Author: Carlavan

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review

Carlavan

Contributor Level: Purser

126 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 04, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 15130

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

We purchased the ultimate arcade package and the card could access everything in the arcade so we assumed it was good to go! We had no idea that the ultimate arcade card was only for certain coloured games! This was never explained to us when we purchase this through our travel agent!It shouldn’t have or it should’ve been clearly explain to us. I also took my kids off of my credit card but the ship errored and continued to allow them to charge things on my credit card through the arcade. When I brought this up to the casino he said he would take care of it and he never did we had to go to guest services several times and take the credit card off and they still continue to charge! We went to the casino again and he said he would handle it and on the second day that the cruise told us there was nothing he could do!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent but we paid a lot of extra cash for priority access to get this

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Speciality dining was fantastic MDR extremely poor service and blah food It was so loud in there we couldn’t understand the waiter at all. I had to call matre dee over ti help and that too was pointless. Savor and Taste was a bit better but not worth what we were paying. Menus were the same boring food. Buffet BLAH

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Main atrium is where they did everything - should used another venue! Too loud and nit very enjoyable Ropes course was great and staff there were great Not family oriented game shows at all

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Sound in the theatre was very poor and could not make out what they were singing or saying! Not family oriented at All! Lots of people got up and walked out - we should have too! Total waste of time Out if 3 comedians only one was great and he had a line up every night

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Our steward Carlos was fantastic The bar tender up at spice h2o was fantastic The guy at Starbucks was fantastic The washy wasn’t guys in the buffet and must of buffet stay were great Otherwise extreme poor and rude service

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Loved it! 15130

Ship tip

Don’t go!

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Ports of call

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Fantastic private tour with shore fox

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Fantastic snorkel and catamaran

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Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Fantastic Hop on hop off your

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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Fantastic port

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Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5

Fantastic spice farm and ruins your with NCL

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Again we paid extra fir this but the shipmate taking care if it was completely clueless

9 Comments

Carlavan 4 years ago

Wow! People really did not read my post - we are not mad about the arcade - we are mad the way NCL passed the buck, and the customer service and food were not great except for the specialty dining. Maybe people need to read the whole post before commenting. By the way we spoke with other people in the same cruise and they too had the same experience minus the arcade and they too will not be doing NCL again. Great Customer service and good quality food is what you should expect on a cruise ship!

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Carlavan 4 years ago

We are mad at the way NCL handled it! Sorry my post was not clear on that.

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Sorry for your arcade experience

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thank you for the review

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Cappshot 4 years ago

You’re mad NCL for an arcade package you purchased through your travel agent with no information. That is not NCLs fault. That is your travel agents fault for not explaining it. Also the $ you spent on taste and savor? Those are free. Can’t blame NCL for your kids spending money. They should have turned the cards off yes, but, you can also check your spending in your cabin on the tv 24/7.

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jenyfur 4 years ago

You’re complaining and blaming the ship for your kids inability to police themselves? Come on

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portofrome 4 years ago

Thanks for your review

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

I can’t imagine being so upset about a video game card or even playing video games on a cruise ship since there are so many better things to do on the ship. As far as charges the kids made, that’s on the kids or you, not the ship.

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Hebert1 4 years ago

I'm sorry but that's bull malarkey on the ship's and casino's part. The game card should have been explained to you. And more so, if someone's name IS NOT authorized to sign then to allow it to happen is not the ship's shoulders not yours. ESPECIALLY the second one you should fight.

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