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Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 4.6
Author: ally3411

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

ally3411

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 26, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13812

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall, we had a great time. Missing one of the ports was a huge let down, but it's due to safety reasons for not having a dock. I don't think NCL should include ports that they can't consistently visit (feels like a bait and switch). The major reason we chose this over others was that there are 4 ports of call... which really turned into 3.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food was excellent but reservations for the specialty dining were scarce!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We didn't do any of the activities

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

A+ to the service and staff. We had a great time getting to know the staff we spent time with. The staff is, by far, the best part of the NCL experience.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The design of the ship isn't great. There are really only a few decks with "Stuff" on them. 6-7-8 and then the pool deck. It's a HUGE boat and you can really only go to those 4 floors. The design is like 90's decor and small tiny cramped spaces.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

It was great, the mattress was AWFUL but they gave each of us a soft and a hard pillow so that was nice!

Ship tip

Get the thermal spa pass!!!

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5

Didn't visit due to NCL not having a dock... when the other ships are docked right next to you. This was infuriating that there was no back up plan and we just went back home, slowly.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

2 Comments

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