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Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Norwegian Escape

10 Night Mediterranean: Italy & Spain (Venice-Trieste To Barcelona)

Sail date: May 16, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9204

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

Great sights, relaxing atmosphere, poor logistics.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Arrived early and boarded in less than 15 minutes!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The variety in the main dining rooms was comparable to college cafeterias and the food was often not very hot. The specialty restaurants were the quality of what used to be the standard food level for cruises.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
The ropes course and water slides were fun. Basketball court/ soccer court was nice as well. My husband enjoyed the aqua spa ( extra charge)

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The activities hosted in the atrium and poolside were good for watching while eating. Some were interactive and the staff were great for getting people involved.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Our room steward was great and most staff sought to do their role well. However, the policies and procedures of the ship resulted in more confusion and difficulties. They don't do a good job of informing customers in advance. Then you stand in lines for ever trying to correct problems.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Good daily maintenance observed.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
It was comfortable for 2. Our steward kept it clean and in order.

Ship tip

Consider another cruise line.

Ports of call

TRIESTE (VENICE), ITALY

4 out of 5

Split, Croatia

3 out of 5
Pretty areas. No need to book tours. Just do local transportation.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

4 out of 5
Do a tour of the old city ( can book locally).

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5
Beautiful town. Everything is close and walking distant. Consider the city sight seeing hop on hop off bus

Messina, Sicily

4 out of 5

NAPLES (POMPEII), ITALY

3 out of 5
Naples itself is unimpressive, dirty. Must eat pizza here. If you don't do a tour to Pompeii or elsewhere, just get pizza near the port and then get back on the boat

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
Definitely do the tour of Rome with all the key sights. Hop on Hop off is fine if you don't care to go into anything

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

4 out of 5

Cannes, France

3 out of 5
Suggest you stay local and just walk the streets on your own.

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5
My favorite port. Gorgeous sites. Look up the 2hr formula 1 car tour on viator. It was the best spent money all trip!

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
We opted to take our own luggage off and was off within 25 minutes. Nonetheless the loading of the shuttles was disorganized and took almost an hour for no good reason.
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9 Comments

Sogmoore     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

enjoyurdaysmile     5 months ago

Wow nice

cruising2004     5 months ago

Thank you for your review.

natelorip     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

javawoody     5 months ago

Appreciate the review

HeavySeas     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

karlgrgurich     5 months ago

Nice itinerary anyway

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