too crowded

Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 3.3
Author: archiemeredith

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review

archiemeredith

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 23, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 13629

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

Ship itself was nice but way too crowded. Was hard to see any comedy shows or get a seat for most things. Food was Meh!! French restaurant was fantastic!!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Breakfast buffet was the same food each and every day. Zero variety. You could go to one g the restaurants if you wanted eggs Benedict but then rest was same as buffet.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Ship had so many people onboard unless you went to where the show was going to be and got a seat an hour before. Your chance f seeing a show were slim to none. Be sure to reserve shows you can as soon as you get on the ship. Choir of man fills up super fast

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

The large theater is like old school movie theater. Tiny seats and super close together

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We had a handicap room, and it was great. Watch out for the automatic door. I dropped my key and bent over to get it. Automatic door closed and pushed me into hallway lol

Ship tip

If you want to lay in the sun be sure to ho super early to get yourself a lounge chair. People were standing around and as soon as the crew laid out the chairs people were claiming them. We were only able to get a chair when we were in Port and people were off the ship

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Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

We took a taxi to 7 mile Beach. $6 per person each way. Best beach ever!!! Water is crystal clear. I do recommend going to either side as the middle where chairs are is super packed and water is so full of people but on the side you can swim without hitting anyone

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

We did the stingray/ snorkel excursion. It was amazing. Our guide Pedro was great. I do recommend taking your own snorkel if you have most people on our trip the snorkels or masks leaked

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Ocho Rios, Jamaica

1 out of 5

Didn't feel safe. Port is absolutely horrible. As soon as you get off the ship if you are not doing an excursion and decide to walk to the public beach be prepared to be hounded by taxi drivers and people offering drugs.

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Port Canaveral, Florida

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Traveler Photos

9 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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Sogmoore 7 months ago

The chair issue is all ways a problem. Thanks for sharing

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byhisgrace 7 months ago

Appreciate your feedback

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cruising2004 7 months ago

Thank you for your review.

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javawoody 7 months ago

Appreciate the review

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archiemeredith 7 months ago

Just to add a few things. We did make which ever reservations we could as soon as we boarded. We did shows and tenders. Reservations either were cancelled or removed not by us. We had reservations on the first tender off in Caymen. Which mysteriously disappeared and then we isn't get a new one till tender 19. Same with shows. So we did make them but system knocked them out.

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enjoyurdaysmile 7 months ago

Online when you are looking at your things with Norwegian cruise line, you have to make reservations for these big shows. That's what we did. We pick the time that we wanted to see and made it easier. Don't wait for the last minute going forward. These ships do have a lot of people you have to expect that and it's very difficult to get a seat in the atrium because that's where everything happens with all these games that they're doing like trivia. So next time like I said going forward make arrangements online when you are doing your things about any cruise line you want to be in the showroom to see it

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Gwbigdog 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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HeavySeas 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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