pjcruiser1

Hilton Marina

Interesting that a 3 to 4% salary increase on a given year is "adequate" yet not significant for most of us. Yet it is apparently unacceptable for a corporation. So NCL posted a 3.4% net profit increase, good for them. We all have choices, pick a different cruise line if NCL is not meeting your expecatations, it's really not the difficult. Yet it appears many people refuse to pay for the service they expect and want to blame a corporation for attempting to stay alive in today's economy. I'm sure everyone of the people stating a negative view would run the company differently, in their dreams! Factor in real world and cruise on another line, let you wallet do the talking!!!!

We used room service every day on our recent Regal adventure. The balcony table and chairs worked fantastic for us.

We received an upgrade yesterday for the same sailing as well. Same scenario, aft inside Riveria category ID to balcony Dolphin deck category BD. I did notice they dropped the price on this sailing with their 35% off sale. We get a great deal on the balcony room and keep our free gratuities! Winner winner chicken dinner!!

I can feel your pain! Although we did not book the Haven the amount of young people on our cruise was very surprising for the second week of February. We found a very diverse passenger base on our cruise which was wonderful, but so many more children than we've experienced, even on Spring Break! I hope your enjoying your cruise, go see Jay at 5 O'clock Somewhere on the Waterfront. He will dull your pain!

The pool setup seemed smaller than other ships we've been on. We always were able to find a spot to sit around the pool in the shallow water. Chairs proved to be challenging at times. Quick tip is we would put our beach bag with our gear on a bench next to the music stage. We tend to sit on the edge of the pool more often than not and this worked out very well. Doing this gave chairs to others.

The beauty of life, we all have a different opinion

Just to clarify ............ my recap focused on some negativity voiced by other "reviews" that were in my opinion complaining about some of the crowds you encounter at times on a ship this size. It was/is in no way to infer that it had a negative impact on our adventure, we loved every minute of it. We all have likes and dislikes, things that float our boat or are not exactly our cup of tea. My bride and I would sail the Escape again, just not our first choice and we felt it is due to the amount of people on the ship. We could be totally wrong about this, we have just not experienced that in 9 prior cruises. We smiled and laughed everyday, met a bunch of fantastic people both crew and guests and are now at home in the cold and snow wishing we were on the Escape!

BNBR - Have a great cruise!

Manning 18 - yes Orly Penate was playing each night at Tobacco Road, amazing guitarist!

UKWildcat - the slides are a lot of fun! The tube slide is somewhat tame but fun. The drop is a wow! Just make sure if you do the drop slide that you don't have any jewelry with you and none means none. My bride had to remove a post earring to ride the drop. Luckily an awesome couple was headed to the tube slides and took her earring and met us at the bottom! No to shore excursions. We have sailed enough where we enjoy doing our research ahead of time and just doing our own thing. We did find an awesome spot in Grand Cayman on the water walking distance from the tender dock. If you would like fresh seafood (like they are cleaning the catch from the morning and cooking it for you) on the waterfront at a beach bar it's awesome. Of course we can't remember the name but just start exit the tender dock and head to the left. You'll come across a little beach and it's right next to that. Good place, great food. I was told by a crew member that there were 4,600 passengers on this voyage, the following voyage has 5,000. Both would be considered full I believe. We have cruised this same week for 10 consecutive years and have never had as many kids as this trip. The diversity of passengers was really interesting and fun, many different countries represented. Very fun!

Just returned from our wonderful escape on the Escape. A little background, my amazing bride and I just experienced our 10th cruise. We cruise every year on the same week, we have explored Norwegian, Princess and RCL. The majority of our adventures have been on Norwegian and Princess. We cruise to cruise, ports are secondary in importance. The experience for us is the disconnect from the world and to enjoy our time together without distractions. I'm calling this a recap of our adventure, not a review. I am not an expert at ship design, I am not an expert at food creation or the logistics of serving 4,000 + people in a 4 hour window. I am not an expert at entertaining and occupying 4,000 + people confined to a vessel sailing in the great oceans of our world of which we have no control. This was our first adventure on a "mega-ship, which we were excited to experience. I have to give credit were credit is due. The reason we chose the Escape was the awesome DougOut review on the ship, awesome awesome review!

Embarkation - We arrived via Uber at the port early, 10:00 am. We knew we were early but we are patient people that like to think we understand the big picture in how things work. We were on the ship before 11:30, one of our best embarkation experiences to date.

Cruise experience - Great ship, very good condition. By far the best directional signing of any ship we've experienced. This is the largest ship we've sailed on yet we never felt lost or mis-directed on this sailing. This ship had the little things like the sign indicating the floor along with forward of aft. Made life much easier on figuring out how to get to where you wanted to go. The digital screens were very helpful also. Overall the crew on this sailing were the best we've ever encountered. Our room steward was very good, our bar staff was awesome. Kudos to Dexter at the pool. Jay at 5 O'clock Somewhere and Henry at Tobacco Road. All well exceeded our expectations and not only took very good care of us but became friends that we hope to see again. They were all awesome! Our stateroom (balcony on deck 15 aft) was nicely appointed. To us it felt smaller than others we have had in the past, but we are fortunate to really enjoy each others company so we like to bump into each other! The bathroom was very nice, largest shower we have had yet. Storage was adequate, after all we only had enough gear for 30 days for a 7 day cruise.This ship is huge, it did leave us missing the intimacy of a ship slightly smaller. We have sailed on the Sun x 2 and the Dawn x 2 so I feel we have the experience needed to say this ship not only is huge but feels huge too.

Dining - food is totally subjective, all I can say is we didn't starve and most certainly didn't loose weight. We enjoyed every meal. The only comment is the Garden Cafe can be busy, especially in the morning. When your on a ship with 4,600 other passengers it gets busy. Understand when you book on a ship this size with this capacity it's going to feel busier than a ship with 2,000 to 3,000 passengers. I read "reviews" with negative comments about how busy the ship is and I just scratch my head. What are you thinking, your on a ship ship that has 6,000 people in total, of course its going to be crowded! We had a majority of our dinners in the Manhattan Room and loved every dinner. The food was well above average and the environment was exactly what we were seeking. Ching, our Maitre d was not only awesome but made our cruise adventure exceptional. She has set the bar very high for adventures to follow. She gave us the experience that we seek, she is a very special person.

Entertainment - we don't do shows, sorry no news on these. Our only thought on this cruise was due to the ship size we felt we missed a lot of things. There are so many talented people working to entertain us, we wish we had more time and energy to enjoy them all.

Overall we really enjoyed our way too of short time on the Escape. It is a wonderful ship that provided us with wonderful memories and afterall isn't life all about making memories. I have to be transparent and say we will not be taking another adventure on the Escape, it's size and capacity is just not our cup of tea. When you sail on a ship with 4,600 people your going to notice that there are a lot of people in small spaces at times throughout your voyage. If you don't like being around a lot of people than I would say don't pick this or any other megaship. Bottom line is it's a big ship with a big capacity.

I just got off the Escape on 2/17/18, he was nowhere to be found on out sailing

The All-inclusive Beverage Package is available in your cruise personalizer listed at $57.45 per person, per day.

I was wondering if you can purchase the beverage package once you embark on your voyage or does it have to be purchased in advance?

I was looking at booking the Regal for the 2/8/15 voyage and noticed almost all of the balconies on deck 9 - 12 already sold out??? Does anyone have any insight on this? Seems really early to have this many sold.