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Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Norwegian Escape

10 Night Greek Isles & Italy (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 03, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8120

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Ports were lovely can’t wait to visit them again, especially after I injured my foot, next time we will be visiting all the ports & getting off the ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick & Easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Only used the main dining room a couple of times food was lovely, buffets were amazing, the specialty restaurants fantastic. Great variety in all restaurants.

La Cucina

5 out of 5

This was my favourite restaurant, too much food even when ordering smaller portions. Food was delicious, staff excellent.

Moderno Churrascaria

5 out of 5

Great venue loved the food but would like more vegetables.

Bayamo by Ocean Blue

5 out of 5

The food was excellent at this restaurant lots of choice freshly prepared & very tasty.

O'Sheehan's Bar and Grill

5 out of 5

It was very busy when we went here. Food arrived promptly hot & tasty.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Didn’t manage to visit the activities as I injured my foo, so unable to use.

Tradewinds Shops

3 out of 5

They didn’t have much stock like toiletries as we had to purchase again as airline lost 1 of our cases. Plenty of sun tan lotion but no after sun.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Only managed to get tickets for Choir of Men show, great show as our app wasn’t working. The music artist Royal Flush were fantastic.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff are excellent, our room steward Sheldon was amazing brought lots of ice for my foot every day. Staff on excursions desk very helpful as we had to cancel some trips. Waiters were always around when we needed anything.We also asked our cabin steward for a coffee machine in our room, which he brought right away.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
AlsoShip was very clean & we loved the layout.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was very clean, bed really comfy , lovely size room & the balcony was bigger than normal with 2 loungers side table plus 2 chairs & table great for breakfast in a morning.

Ship tip

You need to be by the pool early if you want a lounger so you can relax.

Ports of call

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5
Good until I slipped and hurt my foot near the shops.

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5
Lovely port lots of history.

Mykonos, Greece Did not visit port

Port cancelled due to strength of wind.

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5
Loved this port, never been before, watched the canons being shot at 12 noon. Friendly people, loved the history.

Messina, Sicily

3 out of 5
We didn’t get off ship in this port.

Naples, Italy

3 out of 5
We didn’t get off the ship in this port.

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5
We did a private excursion at this port. The port is industrial so you couldn’t walk anywhere.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Quick disembarkation so had to wait for our taxi.
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