Norwegian Encore Review

Noisy and cramped. Freestyle no more.

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GordT
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jan 2020
Cabin: Mid-ship Mini-Suite with Balcony

The only excellent thing about this cruise was the check in. Very quick and efficient.It was downhill from there.

We are are Platinum Plus cruisers with NCL having cruised twenty times with them over the past 15 years and this was the absolute worst, least relaxing cruise. It has caused us to consider other lines for our next trip.

The ship is a beautiful new boat very large, but much of the space is devoted to nonsensical underused areas like a gocart track, laser tag area and virtual reality area. This has caused NCL to shrink the pool and other areas to a comparatively smaller area of the boat so it is less likely getting to enjoy it. We did not use the pool area the entire cruise. (Seems NCL wants to compete with Disney with this boat so stay away unless you are, or have kids.) They do sell passes for an 18+ beach club on deck 20 for 200 US$ but there are only hot tubs up there. The other hot tubs above the pool are basically packed with kiddos and may as well be renamed the childrens piss pod. Steer clear unless you have a weird fetish.

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Mid-ship Mini-Suite with Balcony

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