Wonderful cruise but tiring

Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 4.2
Author: laureen43

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

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

Sail date: October 10, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10754

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

Cruise was great. Loved the ship. Many excursions available, we did some by the ship and some by Viator and a few by local companies. Few offer guarantee return be fore the boat leaves

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Confusing

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was good, but has gone down in selection

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Loved the mini golf and bocce ball court

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Room steward was awesome, other staff good

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Loved it

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Loved it, nice size. Bed extremely comfortable

Ports of call

TRIESTE (VENICE), ITALY

5 out of 5

Loved it, stayed a few days before Hotel Canal grande great place to stay

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Split, Croatia

5 out of 5

Nice Made some food and enjoyed food

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Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Catamaran, wish boat portion was longer

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Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5

Godfather tour, interesting

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Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Beautiful Did tour, beautiful country Good shopping

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NAPLES (POMPEII), ITALY

3 out of 5

Ok, did not do an excursion, needed a day of down time

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Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Coliseum interesting Traffic horrible

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Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

3 out of 5

Interesting

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Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

2 out of 5

Not much to do

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Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5

Flamenco dancers beautiful

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Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Stayed a few extra days La Sagrada familia church is outstanding

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Good

9 Comments

Sogmoore 1 month ago

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Cruisers4Lyfe 1 month ago

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Mish74 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience.

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natelorip 1 month ago

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javawoody 1 month ago

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TheBoss78 1 month ago

Did you book through shipmate?

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Gwbigdog 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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cruising2004 1 month ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Nice itinerary!

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HeavySeas 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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