Good Cruise but could have been better in some areas

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 2

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Norwegian Escape

11 Night Mediterranean: Spain Italy Greece & France (Barcelona To Venice)

Sail date: May 05, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 15158

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 25 days ago

Review summary

Second time with NCL, I think I would try a different cruise line next time

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth embarkation at Barcelona, arrived at Terminal at 11.15am and was sitting at bar for 12.00pm

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Bayamo by Ocean Blue

5 out of 5

Excellent quality of food

Food Republic

5 out of 5

Excellent

The Cellars - A Michael Mondavi Family Wine Bar

5 out of 5

Loved it - great service and excellent choices

O'Sheehan's Bar and Grill

4 out of 5

Bar was excellent but sometimes restaurant overcrowded and staff struggled

Moderno Churrascaria

3 out of 5

Some of the meats not cooked to my liking

Le Bistro

5 out of 5

High quality, my favourite restaurant

District Brew House

1 out of 5

Was really looking forward to this as love my craft beer but at least half the draft taps were not working, with no IPA and one third of bottles advertised not available. Also entertainment in here very poor

Cagney's Steakhouse

5 out of 5

Outstanding food

American Diner

4 out of 5

Had lunch here, limited menu but good food

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Mini Golf

3 out of 5

A little bit bland

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Headliners Comedy Club

2 out of 5

Duelling pianos were a disappointment, a number of times took my money and did not play the songs requested

Escape Theater

5 out of 5

Choir of Man and this one’s for you group were outstanding

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5

Cannes, France

4 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Corfu, Greece

3 out of 5

Valletta, Malta

4 out of 5

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Split, Croatia

2 out of 5

TRIESTE (VENICE), ITALY

5 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Awful disembarkation at Venice, everyone corralled into one area then all had to try and get out one door with luggage - this included people in wheelchairs and with walkers, a complete shambles
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