Very poor cruise.

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Escape

7 Night Caribbean: Great Stirrup Cay & Dominican Republic (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 07, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 14465

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Out of a dozen or more cruises this is the worst experience we have ever had.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Poor at best , stood in a line around the building for over 1hr to get to check in only to find out we need to take pictures and do redundant paperwork that we had already completed on the web site

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The Buffet was as good or better than any we have ever been to very fresh , tasty & great selection, the main dining rooms seemed to be staffed with a crew in training it took over 1-1/ hrs to get through the meals . Had to cut our meal short and skip desert the last night so we could keep our reservation for the show . Never went back to dining rooms.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
waterslides closed pools over crowded. had a chair police tag my deck chair when I went to breakfast for 45min not guest friendly

Entertainment

3 out of 5
not very great

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
seemed to be short staffed long waits at the bars & not many coming to the chairs to order & deliver drinks

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
very small stage & seating ?? have never seen a stage this small // had to make reservations for the shows ??? missed the good shows because they were booked

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
best part of the adventure

Ship tip

Not at all the vacation I booked

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5
went from the hotel to the ship

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Did not visit port

this port was canceled after we set sail. very disappointed... this port was the reason we booked this ship

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5
not enough time in port would be a great port but had to be back to the ship after 6hrs

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

3 out of 5
great port = not enough time to enjoy had to be back on the ship only 6hrs in port

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas Did not visit port

crew said it would be to windy and not safe to tender into the island so they slowed the ship down & sailed by , not to mention 2 other ships were already there ??? makes you wonder why they would over book these ports ?? I call BS on missing 2 ports on one cruise

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
absolute kayos , have never seen anything like this they had given guests credit for missing the last port & would not let them off the ship without going to the service desk and clearing the credit from their account. absolute pandemonium the worst customer service I have ever seen. And I assure you many people missed their flights over this.
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9 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

NCLARRY    1 year ago

Another negative sounding review from a word followed by a number. That had been on many pry cruise with no problems. Plan ahead.

javawoody    1 year ago

Interesting???

woody20    1 year ago

Again , not putting much stock in reviews. I have never had a bad cruise. Going on 11 now.!

yk07us    1 year ago

I don't know how many time this reviewer has cruised before, this person sounds like a first timer. Even before Covid large ships required reservations of certain shows and restaurants. You are not supposed to occupy a pool chair and leave for 45 min., other passengers complain about it in every other review. Ports can be canceled or changed and wind is a good reason for a cancelation of a tender port.

PaulzyJC    1 year ago

Sooooooo glad I sailed on Bliss when I did. They were more crew than passengers. Twice I was the only one in a restaurant. Had the pool and jacuzzi all to myself, even the thermal pool. That'll never happen again.

ccgal6    1 year ago

Out of all the negative reviews from all cruise lines, NCL seems to be the #1 not to sail.

CruzeFan    1 year ago

Lots of bad reviews on NCL lately.

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