Norwegian Encore Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Beautiful ship, bring your wallet.

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Jtmom
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Feb 2020
Cabin: Balcony Stateroom

The laser tag and speedway are very cool but quite expensive. They seem to have taken the place of other free activities like basketball etc. which we missed. There are not enough chairs on the Pool deck perhaps forcing people to pay for the beach club. The main dining rooms were every bit as good if not better than the specialty restaurants. We loved the deck 8 big blue couches and chairs and camped out there on all at sea days including the day that was supposed to be the private island, some usb plugs by all those chairs and sofas, may be helpful. Perhaps a dock at the private island would be a good idea rather than tendering so people can actually use the private island because it seems to be cancelled often due to safety issues with tendering. Our stateroom was very well appointed and our attendant was great. All the bar staff treated us well. The Chocolate Cowboy as he liked to call himself at sugarcane mojito bar outside on deck 8 was awesome. The cruise director was fine when we saw him, but not the best one we have ever had. Tortola needed to be way longer, no one wants to go snorkeling at 7:30 in the morning, especially when anyone who checked the weather report knew we weren’t getting off the ship the next day at the private island. We really enjoyed the Choir of Man, Kinky Boots was good but not for smaller children, we didn’t see the one you had to pay for, because really, we paid enough already, entertainment should be free. Overall, you have a beautiful ship that with a few tweaks would make me try again. For now, I will stick with Royal Caribbean or Disney.

Cabin Review

Balcony Stateroom

Very clean. Normal balcony cabin.

Port Reviews

San Juan

Just wandered around the fort.

St. Thomas

Jumped in a cab with a very minimal wait and spent the day at Magan’s Bay.

Tortola

No reason for that boat to leave at 1:30. No one wants to snorkel at 7:30 in the morning. Waste of time.

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