Mediocre Cruise

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

lsalsman

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

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10 Night Greek Isles Malta & Italy (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 20, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 13625

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We were very disappointed that Corfu and the Corinth excursion was cancelled. We might not have taken the cruise if we would have know ahead of time. The food and service was good. They had umbrellas in the sunny areas, so people would put up an umbrella and block the sun. We suggest no umbrellas in the Sunny Areas around the pool. There were plenty of shady areas for people to sit and relax close to the pool. GET RID OF UMBRELLAS. Getting on and off the ship was excellent.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Too much double checking all documents

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Excellent

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Miniture Golf was not available. Swimming Pool was too crowded.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

One night was excellent...the other nights were very average

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Service was very good. Some staff were not knowledgeable about where things were.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Clean, but pools not big enough.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We upgraded to a balcony cabin...13130. Ship's communication was not very good. As you see they think we are in room 13625

Ship tip

Beware that they may cancel excursions after you get onboard even though they know weeks in advance.

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Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

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Santorini, Greece Did not visit port

Excursions were not interesting to us.

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

2 out of 5

We did not get to go to Corith...which was one of the reasons we took the cruise.

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Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

This was free and very nice

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Corfu, Greece

1 out of 5

We did not get to go to Corfu because the ship skipped the port.

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Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

It was nice.

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Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

It was nice.

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Naples, Italy

2 out of 5

An excursion to the Isle of Capri was not available.

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Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

We enjoyed it a lot.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

It was very good.

5 Comments

javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate the review

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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GabeNSteph 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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Dumfy75 2 years ago

Sorry you were disappointed in your cruise and that you missed out on Corfu. There are so many options from some of the ports you stopped at rather than pinning everything on one excursion, shame you didn’t manage to find any alternative things to enjoy. Hope you enjoy your next one better

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crusin4gramma 2 years ago

Every port, especially in Europe is changing their proticols constantly. They wait because it could change at any time! This is not new, and is certainly not the cruiselines fault. You didn't know in advance because they wern't sure either.

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