Cruise outstanding excursions terrible

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Escape

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 12, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10826

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall cruise was great, Beach excursions were terrible especially after having to pay for the excursions. Food and drinks on the boat and at Great Stirrup were outstanding along with the staff very helpful and polite.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
OK had to wait for covid test which took a total of about 40 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Outstanding very well maintained and all the help that you needed

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Hung out by the waves pool most of the time. Staff was great for getting anything that you wanted. Not very much entertainment at the pool area though somewhat disappointing.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
After midnight was terrible walked out half way through. Choir to men outstanding highly recommend to see. The comedy show were good both the early show and adult version

Children's Programs

No children with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Very good did not have to wait for anything, elevator, food,drinks or any service but the ship had limited capacity still for the covid reason

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
There were people constantly wiping and cleaning up.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Bathroom and shower had a lot of room ,balcony was fine did not have anyone staying on either side of us. This made it very quiet. Porter kept the room very well maintained.

Ship tip

If you plan to spend some time at the wave pool must get there very early to get a lounge chair. I was there between 6:30 and 7 every morning by 7:30 all chairs were gone

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
No excursion spent a few days there before the cruise along to do there shopping, restaurants, bars, beach

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

2 out of 5
We did an excursion to the beach which was terrible went through some pretty poor parts of town before getting on a dirt road for about 40 minutes which had cows and donkeys walking on the road before getting to the beach which was not very nice. I live in Myrtle Beach so I guess I am spoiled by having a great beach to compare theirs to. Trip one way took a little over a hour and not recommended

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
This is probably about the 7th time or more that we visited St. Thomas we did not visit the beach this time just did some shopping in town where can will and deal on products. If you are looking for a great beach to go to I would recommend Megan's Bay we have been there quite a few times and it is beautiful.

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

2 out of 5
We did another beach excursion here and again was very disappointed. The shuttle somewhat broke down going up over the mountain and all of the passengers were asked to get off and walk to the top of the hill where he picked us up again. The clutch on the vehicle was slipping very badly. After reaching the beach we ended up having to rent our own chairs and the beach was very small with gritty sand which was hard to walk on. Complained about this when we got back to the ship. They gave us a 10% discount which should of been a full refund. Terrible excursion and terrible handling of the issue by Norwegian.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

4 out of 5
Very nice beach where you have to be tendered in but once you get there outstanding a lot of chairs, food and drinks

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy and very quick but with limited capacity I am sure this was the reason
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4 Comments

nclcruzr    2 years ago

Thanks for your review. We also had a terrible excursion in St. Thomas to Megan's Bay. I guess the excursions are not up to part from the pandemic and will take a while to improve.

blackholesun    2 years ago

Great tip, thanks

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

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