Having been on the Getaway a couple years ago, we chose Escape for both the class of ship and the itinerary. We had a flight arranged by NCL so arrived the day of the cruise - no issues and the transfer to the ship made everything seamless.The line up to embark was very long but went fairly quickly. Stateroom was ready right away which was great. The Escape has a ton to do - with so many passengers, you'd think it would be crowded, but it wasn't really. Waterfront is always my favorite place to walk around! I think my only complaint would be the smoking area in the adult only section of the pool deck...smokers are essentially beside the walking/running track and they are out early - exercising right beside a smoking section seems a bit odd but it certainly didn't ruin my trip.

Teppanyaki is a must - we thoroughly enjoyed it - excellent food and entertainment! We frequented O'Shehans as well - great pub food. The complimentary eating areas are great, we did not have a bad meal. The buffet was also awesome with a lot of variety plus daily hamburgers and pizza which was a hit with my son.

We stopped in Roatan, Harvest Caye, Costa Maya and Cozumel - tendering at Harvest Caye and Cozumel, which we hadn't done with the Getaway. We did book 2 excursions - snorkeling in Roatan and the Mayan ruins/lunch in Belize - both booked through NCL and both fun. Read more