Norwegian Escape December 30, 2023- January 6,2024

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 105

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Norwegian Escape

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 30, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 15184

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

Again your cruise is what you make. We go on vacation with the intent of being happy and enjoying our break from reality. And that’s exactly what we do. We make friends and make sure we stay away from unhappy people.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Was the fastest we have ever gotten on a ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The food in the buffet was always good. We did 2 specialty dining La Cucina which was really good and Moderno, I didn’t like it my food was barely warm. My husband said his was fine.

Moderno Churrascaria

4 out of 5

Hubby enjoyed his food, I didn’t enjoy mines

Garden Café

5 out of 5

Delicious time we went

La Cucina

5 out of 5

Really good food

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Enjoyed Deal or No Deal

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
I’m giving this 4 stars only because of a few hiccups. Day 1 I do a deep clean of our room (which I always do on any cruise or hotel we stay in) but as soon as we got to the room the bathroom smelled of urine really bad. I didn’t complained because like I said I do a deep clean anyway. We also experienced a few bartenders not coming to take our orders because the conversation they were having was more important. Not a problem at all, but when they saw us tipping there co-workers then they want to come and check on us when they saw our glasses were almost empty. My response was “that’s ok I’ll wait for the one who made my drink the first time”. Other than that everyone else we encountered was very pleasant and helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I always saw staff throughout the boat cleaning.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
After I cleaned it we had no problems. We even received the memory foam for the mattress that we asked for. Our room steward Michael did the best that he could with being understaffed.

Ship tip

Your cruise is what you make it. Enjoy yourself, make new friends as well as make memories.

Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We have been to this port several times. We just walked around and bought souvenirs.

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5
Didn’t do any excursions. Traveling the 40 minutes to the hotel was an excursion

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

5 out of 5
Enjoyed walking around and buying souvenirs. I was raining off and on

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Disembarkation is only horrible because people kept walking up to the front of the line because they had family holding a spot for them. My question was to one of them. Why can’t everyone in your group find a meeting place where everyone meets up and then proceed to get in line. It’s very rude for 6 people to walk up in front of the line while others have been waiting. Let’s just say they weren’t happy with me saying that.
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10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Ladyjunecliff     10 months ago

Thanks for your review. We agree that Tips go a long way for servers.

donald1lane     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing. Just 4 more weeks before we are on the Escape.

ASYoung     10 months ago

I love your attitude. If more people thought this way, what a wonderful world this would be. Happy cruising!

Gwbigdog     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Sogmoore     10 months ago

Great advice thanks for sharing

javawoody     10 months ago

Appreciate the review

XtraviX     10 months ago

So so so TRUE about bartenders on ships. Always just find a few in a few places on the ship, and keep going back. I've actually said the same thing you said to the NEW bartender one time...

Niavlys     10 months ago

Love your way of thinking.. Tks for sharing

cruising2004     10 months ago

Fantastic attitude, review and ship tip! Glad you always have awesome cruise!

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