Norwegian Escape Review
Underwhelmed and disappointed, our first and last time with NCL
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My husband and I love cruising but haven't been able to go in the past 5 years because our kids were too little and our oldest daughter, who is now 6 years old, has cerebral palsy and we were too scared to bring her on a ship. We got to go on our last cruise with Royal when she was 1, but we left her at home with my parents. We were tired of seeing our friends get to go on cruises without us so we finally bit the bullet and booked the Escape for our family of 5. We also traveled with two other groups of friends. We were excited to say the least! Unfortunately NCL fell flat on just about everything. We were expecting there to be a few growing pains since the ship was brand new, but there was no reason for the awfulness that we encountered.
Overall this huge ship just feels small. There isn't anything grand about it. Nothing feels "big". The decor was nice but nothing to write home about.
CHILDCARE:
Cabin Review
There was plenty of room for the wheelchair in the room, the bathroom was huge. The problem was the location of the wheelchair accessible room. It was way down at the end of a long hallway instead of being right near one of the elevators. It was fine getting there with the wheelchair until the room attendants rolled their huge carts into the hall taking up the majority of the space. My daughters wheelchair barely fit in the space between the carts and the walls and she has an extra narrow pediatric chair. I have no idea how anyone in a standard or and extra wide chair would get to their room.
Port Reviews
Miami
We arrived 3 hours early and it still took us 2 hours to get through even with the expedited handicap accessible line.