Very crowded cruise

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Escape

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

Sail date: February 25, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9244

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We will never cruise on a ship this size again. We cruised on Norwegian Encore to Alaska in September 2022 and it was excellent. Maybe not as crowded?? We arranged for three other couples to join us and we're slightly embarrassed because of the pool area over crowding.and excursion time changes. Overall just okay experience

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very good. Efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
All food and service was very good

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Swimming pool was very disappointing. Extremely crowded. No lounge chairs anywhere at 8:00 am on sea days!!!

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Choir of Man excellent. Comedians good. All other shows were just ok.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Wait staff was very good and Christian in Italian restaurant was excellent!!! Our room Stewart (Joseph) was Excellent First day at sea the pool area was very dirty. Seemed like there was not enough staff to keep lounge areas picked up. Dishes and glasses were all over

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Pool area was way over crowded!!!! We didn't use at all due to how crowded it was. Same with the hot tubs Common areas were always clean except for pool lounge areas on sea days

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room was very clean and we'll maintained (Thank you Joseph) Room size was okay. Narrow at the end of the bed. Room was

Ship tip

If you don't mind over crowding.around the pool and it is okay

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
Nice pool experience in shore

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
Sunset catamaran cruise had a time change and it was not a sunset cruise. Catamaran crew was very good!

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

4 out of 5
Original destination changes due to rip currents. Snorkeling was just good at alternate site. . Boat crew was very good.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5
Rented a cabana with three other couples to make it affordable. All food, drinks and service were excellent. Our favorite day of the cruise!!

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Absolutely TERRIBLE!! Very disorganized at luggage pickup area. TERRIBLE! Long lines! Took way too long to disembark.
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