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Norwegian Escape Cruise Review

Suzzar

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 08, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Biggest disappointment was the inadequate size of the "Adult" pool and the fact that many 13-15 year olds were rude and swimming in it. No one enforced the "adult only". If I wanted to be around kids I would take a Disney Cruise. Otherwise Cruise was excellent - cruise staff were phenomenal - Cruise director Will and Assistant Jeff were great! Ana May at the Manhattan restaurant was great. Ansori FNU housekeeping excellent.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

This went smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food was very good - plenty of venues and restaurants Ana May at the Manhattan was excellent

Garden Café

5 out of 5

Many food choices and staff quickly cleared tables and stations. Everything was clean. Kudos to staff

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment was phenomenal, especially great options at The Atrium

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Very enjoyable. Performers were excellent as were DJ's

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Service and staff were very friendly and accommodating. Always greeting passengers. Very polite.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship was very clean. I didn't give 5 stars as the Adult Pool is very inadequate for the capacity size of guests.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was clean and we always had fresh towels and any request was accommodated in a timely manner. Ansori FNU provided fantastic customer service.

Ship tip

If you like being by the POOL, don't take the Escape. The pool size and lounge chairs was very inadequate, had no walk in and was over 6 feet deep.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Beautiful beaches. Excursion went to the highest peak of the island and the view was a million dollar view.

Thumbs Up 1

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5

Swimming with the Pigs was awesome! This was so much fun! Would have been nice to have a beach entry walk in pool.

Thumbs Up 0

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Easy and Great place to embark from

Thumbs Up 0

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

This process was good and bad. Our first disembarkation was terrible. We waited almost an hour in a hot narrow hallway. There was no communication regarding the situation or any update announcement. The rest of disembarkation went better.

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