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Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 4.3
Author: jeb137

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review

jeb137

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 12, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14810

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

A last minute choice. We booked it just over a week before sailing. 7 days in February not in Michigan. Yay!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Took about 1.5 hous due to COVID testing

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

We did a 7 day cruise. We ate 4 dinners at speciality restaurants, Cagneys, Moderno, LaCucina and Ocean Bleu. Bit disappointed that adding lobster, or even ordering surf and turf now has an upcharge, but the food was great. We did one dinner at the Garden Cafe Buffet , one at the Venetian and one at Manhattan. Of the complimentary dining, Manhattan was the nicest. We did O'sheehans for breakfast once or twice, the rest of our breakfasts and lunches were at the buffet.

Atrium Bar

4 out of 5

Try the mini beers. Not beer but oh so good

Cagney's Steakhouse

5 out of 5

It's Cagneys. Not to be missed.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Because sailing was at less than full capacity there were no lines for any venue. The comedians were good, the Atrium band not so much. It was interesting to listen to what may have been an eastern European female lead singer trying to do a tribute to the Beatles. Imagine any Beatles song sung with with an accent. We left early and went to the casino.

Escape Casino

5 out of 5

Lost my money but had a lot of fun

Entertainment

4 out of 5

See my activities response

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

We had an issue with noise outside our cabin door. The crew went above and beyond trying to make us happy. Unfortunately they couldn't resolve the noise, they tried very hard to accommodate us and make us feel like they cared.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Only issue was there were only two sets of elevators. None midship. There were two outside smoking areas. That was really nice.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The cabin itself was great. Perfect location. Midship, sandwiched between two other decks with cabins. The problem was in the passageway- it sounded like major issues with some kind of plumbing. The noise was loud and constant. It started on day 3 of a 7 day cruise. They couldn't seem to fix it, so they offered us to move cabins. That seemed like a lot of work to repack, move, unpack etc. So ear plugs here we come. They were not happy we wouldn't move, so offered us a 2nd cabin to use as we wanted. That was a nice offer, but not necessary either. Finally they called and told us they were putting a $50 credit on our room.