NCL Escape Jan 2023

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Norwegian Escape

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

Sail date: January 14, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13884

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Was a great family vacation. Beautiful ship and loved the ports

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Long lines but they moved very fast!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Sit down restaurants were fantastic for dinner. Teppanyaki was delicious and Cagneys was the best meal! Buffet was great for lunch and dinner but mostly repeats every day of same food.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
So many things to do! We weren’t able to get to everything. Downside was pools. I was travelling with a 14 and 10 year old. The main pool is adults only and then the kids pool is in the shade and no seating around it and better for young kids. There were not many options for them to cool down. The slides were great and they used them a lot but sea days had very long lines. This wasn’t a huge deal but for sure something that we will take into consideration for our next cruise. Ropes course made for lots of fun and the arcade! Lived all the shows and music.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We enjoyed every show! Choir of men we saw twice it was so good! Magician and comedians were great too!

Children's Programs

4 out of 5
Kids didn’t really enjoy them like they did precovid.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was very friendly and helpful. Can not complain about any of them!

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Things were very clean everywhere and we’ll maintained. If you are a non smoker you may not like the layout. The casino opens to the middle that is open to multiple floors. It travels throughout and you can smell it in the common areas. The casino floor we avoided as it was extra strong there. Most of the late entertainment area was in that space or outside where smoking is permitted too so not many areas to be after 10 without smoking

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Lots of space for a family of 4 and ole Ty of storage

Ports of call

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5
Feel so fortunate that we got to do this! Was a great day and the water was perfectly flat to snorkel. A beautiful island with true whitest sand and the water was so clear!

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5
Loved this country! So beautiful. We did a 3 hour taxi open air tour (not part of the ship) they drove us around and told us about the area and took us to garden bay beach for just over an hour. Another stunning beach! We would have loved to stay at this port longer! The tour then takes you back to the port.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Meghan’s bay was absolutely beautiful. We hoped in a taxi and went straight for eh beach and plenty of taxis to bring you back easily

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Great port to spend the day and not spend a lot of extra money! Beautiful pool and fun water slides and lots of shops to peruse

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
So fast and smooth
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