Norwegian Escape Review
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I recently sailed on the NCL Escape for a 7-night cruise to Bermuda. For some background information, I have been on 18 cruises total, 7 of them on Norwegian. During this voyage, the Escape docked in Kings Wharf, Bermuda for three days. This review will be long as I’d like to hit all of the major points about the ship, cruise line and crew.
Embarkation:
We arrived at Pier 90 on the West Side of Manhattan at around 10am. Since we were gold latitudes members at the time of sailing, we proceeded to the Latitudes Priority Check-In area. Everything went smooth and we were checked in within 10 minutes. Unlike some other cruise lines, NCL does not have you put your credit card information in during online check-in, so this must be done upon arrival. Our boarding group was #7 and we boarded the ship at around 11:15am, 5 minutes after the announcement was made that boarding has begun.
Cabin Review
Mid-ship Mini-Suite with Balcony
My cabin this year was a mini-suite located on deck 10. The room is a bit smaller than the mini-suites on older NCL ships, but was good for a family of 3. One note I will make about the room besides the size is the comfort of the beds/sofabed. If I could offer NCL some advice, it would be to invest in some mattress toppers. The beds and the sofabed were hard. Other than that, the room had all the amenities we needed to make the week great. This category room offers a balcony which was nice to go out on during sail away or when leaving a port.
Port Reviews
New York (Manhattan)
NYC was our embarkation port. Everything went really smooth. They began boarding early and we were on the ship before 11:30 am.
King's Wharf
Since we've been to Bermuda many times, we did not take a shore excursion. There are many types of transportation options available right outside of the ship, which we utilized.