WASTE OF MONEY

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

2.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Escape

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

Sail date: April 23, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12774

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This was a terrible waste of time and money. I have cruised many times for 20 years. This was the worst! I will never cruise NCL again!!

Embarkation

1 out of 5
It took 2.5 hours to board the ship past our scheduled time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Food was never hot. The selection was fair. Have to pay for room service. You can't get anything to take back to your room after 10 because the lido deck closes the buffet.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Choir of Man was wonderful. Everything else was not worth the time.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Hardly every saw the room stewart. Our room had dirt on the counter and fingerprints on the sliding glass door when we arrived. I had to go to guest services to complain about the cleanliness of the room. Wait staff was pleasant, but not like on other ships. They are guaranteed a tip now and have no insentive. Could not get bar service in the casino very often. They rarely came around.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
The buffet area had dirt several times on the floor. I had to get someone to clean up messes so that other guests didn't fall. Smoking was everywhere in the casino. There are designated smoking areas on the ship, however, there is a no separation in the casino.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
Our room had fingerprints on the glass sliding door as well as dirt on the counter top. I had to go to guest services to complain. The room stewart never took glasses from the room. The temperature would not cool down at night.

Ship tip

Save your money and find another cruise line. Celebrity is by far the best one that I have cruised on.

Ports of call

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

1 out of 5
Dirty. We took a snorkel cruise and there was bottles and bags floating in the water. Didn't get in the water.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

1 out of 5
Nothing to do but go to the beach.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

3 out of 5
Everyone from the ship in one place was overwhelming. There were long lines for food. We just went back to the ship and ate there.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
It took 1.5 hours to get off carrying our own luggage.
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9 Comments

Ktrebs    1 year ago

Totally agree! We sailed the 30th-8th. All the same issues.

byhisgrace    1 year ago

Yikes 😳

donald1lane    1 year ago

Hate that this cruise was so disappointing. We loved this ship last year and the staff was amazing. Love NCL, hate to hear of your experience.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

TravlingCharles    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing just was wondering why you felt this way for one bad cruise ship experience to Making just decide not to use the company as a whole anymore

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

helene109    1 year ago

Our cruise was 4-16! Everything you said is correct!! Looking forward to our Carnival cruise in September!

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your details. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Sorry your cruise was a disappointment.

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