Norwegian Escape Cruise Reviews - Reviews

This was a terrible waste of time and money. I have cruised many times for 20 years. This was the worst! I will never cruise NCL again!!

Will think twice before booking with Norwegian again. The Mandara Spa package is what saved this cruise from getting a lower ranking. We will look at a smaller ship for our next cruise and likely return to RC brand.

Was a great week to get away. Great room steward and friendly and accommodating staff. Booking thru Mariott made it easy.

NCL is the perfect cruise line to take at any given time. We are avid Celebrity Cruise line when we travel by ourselves (couple) but love NCL with friends and family Please make it your own and enjoy!!

Cruise was overall good. I liked the dining options being open and casual. Staff was great and food was good. Buffet should stay open later and/or have other better options for food service after buffet closes.

Photos are personal and we won't be sharing. We did actually have a good time, but didn't enjoy the experience enough to be very likely to do a repeat. Maybe cruises just aren't our thing, but I suspect with the right staff and destinations things could have been a lot better.

Great disappointment for a Norwegian cruise. Previous Norwegian cruises were far superior in entertainment, port disembarkations, and food. Out of our cruises with Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Celebrity, and Princess, this cruise rated 14th out of our 14 cruises. We definitely will not sail on the Escape again and have to rethink any future cruises with Norwegian.

Great people, great ship, nice stops. Freestyle dining was excellent and provided a lot of flexibility to our trip. The onboard entertainment was excellent.

This was my 7th cruise with NCL and the Escape has by far been my favorite ship. There is always something to do around every corner. I loved this itinerary as well. The food was amazing and there was so much to do. I got a club balcony suite, but never really spent much time in my stateroom. There were only a few times that I stepped foot on my balcony, to be honest. My room was also very quiet and peaceful. I got plenty of relaxation on my cruise and didn't feel overly tired when I returned home. It was a perfect trip for my family of three.

This is the first time I have cruised with Norwegian. I will definitely travel with them again. Ship was very clean, staff was very nice and it was overall and great vacation.

We loved it!! The staff was very helpful and polite.

I do not recommend the resort excursion in the Dominican. Total waste of money. I would rate the resort nothing more than two stars and then be prepared to get haggled by folks to sell their goods. It was a rough 4 hours of saying no thank you

I think you get my meaning with my other comments. Mass of humanity—-To to many people, waiting on everything, have to show up hours before anything starts to just to get standing room only, staff over worked and frustrated—-if this is cruising post COVID I for one will wait along time to ever book a cruise again.

This was my 13th cruise, 6th on NCL and found it too crowded and not as enjoyable as my previous 12 cruises. So disappointed in this cruise we canceled an upcoming cruise on this ship in October 2023.

Great cruise.... ... wonderful speciality dining ....The Garden Cafe, Manhattan Room, Savor, Taste were very good.. Waiters all were very attentive to your needs and very friendly... All in all, it was a great cruise...

Different Islands, same experience. With the exception of St. Thomas, we go for the ship rather than the ports of call. Sadly I was disappointed with the layout of the NCL Escape and the entertainment provided. Additionally, with the exception of the dining options which can be booked in advance, all shows can only be booked once on board. However, our attempts to do so only resulted in notices that shows we were interested were already booked with no available dates, leaving us to wait in stand-by lines. Oft times we were unable to get in. NCL's booking system needs to be improved.

We will never cruise on a ship this size again. We cruised on Norwegian Encore to Alaska in September 2022 and it was excellent. Maybe not as crowded?? We arranged for three other couples to join us and we're slightly embarrassed because of the pool area over crowding.and excursion time changes. Overall just okay experience

We will never go on a large ship again. There were times you couldn’t move - elevators were always packed and you would have to wait for several to even get one. Drinking is 😳 It was definitely a “party atmosphere “.

This cruise on Norwegian Escape was completely full, which we were prepared for as it was a school vacation week for many. There were a lot of families and large groups on board. We were fortunate enough to have excellent weather and we had a good time with our good friends.

Cruise was good, only negative is NCL going back to the mass muster. Ridiculous.