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Hi wil e coyote! Also on this sailing - you covered it so well I don't need to write a review anymore so thank you lol! Couple things I will add if I may - we went to the bar Tobacco Road - best drinks we found. Try Grass Clippings if you like Tequila, also the best Old Fashioned. We were Haven but aft on deck 11. Wonderful cabin, very quiet, large balcony, 2 bathrooms, same service as being in Haven proper. Couldn't help but compare the Haven area to the Encore, which has a very large observation area with all day snacks, also the sundeck is much larger. Agree about Dilip and Siva - they were great. We did Escape to Jost Van Dyke through an outside agency - wow was that a long trip there, and saw our lives flash before our eyes several times on the bus on Tortola. Scary stuff. But the beach is beautiful so there's that! Sapphire Beach - nice beach, nice bar - but kind of a haul to get there. DH tested positive for Covid yesterday 😞

Just off the Escape, and sailed Encore last year. If you are considering the Haven, the Encore has a very large, beautiful observation lounge where they serve snacks, and has a large sundeck. Escape has no observation lounge in Haven and a much smaller sundeck- in fact Vibe next door looked much larger from what I could see. Encore also has the deck 15 observation lounge which is huge, has a bar, snacks, and hardly anyone ever there on our sailing. Port Canaveral is a haul from the airport, we did utilize Go Port Canaveral for hotel and transportation after flying into Sanford, and out of Orlando which went well.

Same!! But also, it's the thought of back to the airport and everything that goes along with it that puts me in a different mindset.

Great info - thank you all! All I can picture is us struggling with our luggage to get up to the Haven lol! We always just keep our luggage with us and make a quick exit because by the end of the cruise I am ready to go! Kind of like when I go out to eat - when I'm done, time to go! (unless I have a drink in front of me - that's another story)

We have enjoyed that perk as well on the Encore - didn't even think about having to disembark when I booked our upcoming aft Haven on deck 11 of the Escape...yikes

Thank you all for the reassurances! dpepper64, not sure about the meet and greet, but maybe we will. We are from western NY, we just booked this about a month ago - looking to relax also! And visit the many bars 🙂

We are on the Escape for first time late Jan. Odd shudder sounds slightly unappealing haha. We are also on deck 11(aft) like Lefteyephoto, I'm nervous for weird noises 🙄