JW and Jerome's Adventure on The Norwegian Escape

[cruiseguys2009]

So do you think "silver" has a chance at Vibe passes? If not I'll sleep in. haha

 

 

It is always good to make a try for VIBE. Who knows, perhaps there won't be the "In the know" mix of folks on your sailing that will not make a run for it. I would always try for it. Especially during the High Holiday Kiddie Season!

[cruiseguys2009]

Dear JW, some words from a fan from Brazil: you are awesome. Keep going, keep cruising keep having the time of your life.

I only cruised one time on Carnival sensation on September 2000. I didn't have a great time in that ship that's why since then I didn't have the will to cruise again.

, however I have been following the creation of these new mega ship and made me curious. So I decided to have my first time solo trip and solo cruise. I'll travel to Miami the day before the cruise on 2nd June, despite all the worries if my family.

I'm 42 years old I'm not single but I'll travel solo. I don't care.

Your reviews a out the Escape are fabulous. They helped me a lot to understand what would be expected in this cruise.

Wish you and your bae the best.

 

Thank you so very much for kind compliments. We were on the Carnival Sensation about the same time you were, and we still have a fondness for her as she is a small ship. The Sensation, with only one main dining room, has such intimate surroundings and even though she is a tiny tug boat compared to these new Mega Monsters of the Seas, she still holds her own pretty well.

 

 

I am glad you are giving cruising another try. I believe you will have a blast traveling solo on The EPIC, The Breakaway, The Getaway, The Escape or The Bliss. No one does solo travel like Norwegian and it is almost a virtual guarantee you will have fun and come off being very, very happy.

 

 

Please continue to enjoy our story as you read on here, as I will be completing the Trilogy starting April 2nd, when we have returned from our third Norwegian Escape Cruise. I also look forward to hearing about your adventure in June.

[cruiseguys2009]

 

"I'm An Out-A-Control Rhyming Machine, and I Need Some Relaxing Mental Hygiene. I want My Vanilla Bean Ice Cream. As You See On Your Computer Screen, I Am Just About To Cause A Scene. When This Closet Queen, Shows Up At The Pier In His Limousine, Reading A Magazine, Waving From the Mezzanine, Oh Gosh....Will I Need My Dramamine? I'll Write Everything Down Until We Reconvene, Because It's Now Only THIRTEEN, My Little Mexican Jumping Bean, Days Until Our Cruise, 13 Days To Go Until The Trilogy Is Complete and We Sail-A-Way on

The Norwegian Es-Cah-Pay!!!.."

[Cruisewithm]

Sweetie, I'm living vicarious through your adventures.

Can't wait to read them all and get all the tips. Don't forget to check what could I do, a solo Brazilian woman in a ship big like the Escape.

[nancydow]

What could you do? What CAN'T you do, a solo Brazilian woman on a big ship like the Escape?!

 

I'm a solo Korean-American woman cruising on the Escape and I look forward to doing it all (or nothing)!

 

~ Nancy :)

 

 

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[Cruisewithm]

Ata girl Nancydow!!

[cruiseguys2009]

Nancy Dow is on the March 25th JW and Jerome Adventure and I am "S C A R E D A D I D" that there will be several off the chain stories to tell about JW and Nancy getting into Trouble.

[nancydow]

Ata girl Nancydow!!

 

JW and I will tear it up, just to get warmed up for when you can join us next time!

 

Woot! Woot!

 

~ Nancy ;p

[FamilyBoatTrip]

Can't wait to hear about all the adventures! As we are in the Escape 2 weeks after you, we also can't wait to hear about the entertainers since we may have some of the same ones!

 

 

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[cruiseguys2009]

Too funny and Had to share, could not resist since I am a closet Bingo player.

 

 

 

List of the Most Expensive Things On Earth:

 

5. Gold

4. Diamonds

3. Platinum

2. Snacks in the movie theater

1. Bingo on Norwegian Cruise Lines

[Cruisewithm]

Lmao

[cruiseguys2009]

 

"According To The Clock In London, Big Ben, It Is Almost Time To Say When, To A Breakfast Each Morning Of Smoked Salmon, With Vegetables That Are Beautifully Julienne."

"I'm Well Known As A Mother Hen, Broadcasting Just Like On CNN, That We've Been On The Escape Again And Again."

"Oh Dear, Get Me My Oxygen, Will It Be Better This Time Or Way Back Then? Will You Find Me In Outer Space Like John Glenn? No, You'll Find Me Most Likely In The Gambling Den."

"Here's My Martini Toast To Miss Jenny Wren."

 

"Can I Get a Big AMEN?!"

 

"WE HAVE ONLY TEN....

 

Days Until Sail-A-Way, 10 Days To Go Until We Sail On

The Norwegian Es-Caw-Pay"!

 

Thank you Smooky for the Dancing Numbers

[sgmamabear]

One of the most comprehensive MENU sites compiled by a good friend and fellow upcoming Roll Call member CardFanDubG.

 

All current (2017) Menu's and Food Offerings are listed here. If there are any updates, I will provide them on the Trilogy continuation of this review.

 

Here is the Menu Link for Norwegian Escape:

https://sites.google.com/view/march-25-escape/restaurant-menu

 

 

Thank you so much for this! We are going on Escape in six months. This is our fourth NCL cruise but first on Escape. Your reviews are so detailed that I feel like I was watching it happen and not just reading about it! Thanks again! -Staci

 

 

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[cruiseguys2009]

Thank you so much for this! We are going on Escape in six months. This is our fourth NCL cruise but first on Escape. Your reviews are so detailed that I feel like I was watching it happen and not just reading about it! Thanks again! -Staci

 

 

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You are most welcome. We are returning, as you must know by now, for the third time in nine months to complete The Trilogy. We will wrap it all up in just about three weeks from now. Stay tuned.

[cruiseguys2009]

Single Digit Dance. The Trilogy Is Coming!

 

 

 



 

"It's Time. To Rhyme. It's Truly Fine. Let's Have Some Wine. Drop That Line. This Is The Sign. Show Me The Time-line. Be My Valentine. I Want Beer In My Stein. I Bought New Undies From Calvin Klein. It's Almost Time To Shine. Don't Pout Or Whine. Because It Is Divine. I Am On Cloud-Nine. For My Darling Clementine, We Have Only NINE...............Days.

NINE DAYS

Until We Sail-A-Way On

The Norwegian Es-Caw-Pay!"

[mabones]

I have 9 days until my next cruise. I was on the Escape in December, but need to go back to see what we missed. I would like to see "Chocolate Cowboy" again!

[cruiseguys2009]

I have 9 days until my next cruise. I was on the Escape in December, but need to go back to see what we missed. I would like to see "Chocolate Cowboy" again!

 

 

I did not see you on our roll call. Are you sailing with us on March 25th?

[madelinerose]

Hi, great review! I have not sailed on NCL. I read a review which said there was horrible cigarette smoke on Decks 6, 7 & 8 by the staircase. Would you kindly elaborate? Is there smoking in the casino? Thanks:)

[cruiseguys2009]

Hi, great review! I have not sailed on NCL. I read a review which said there was horrible cigarette smoke on Decks 6, 7 & 8 by the staircase. Would you kindly elaborate? Is there smoking in the casino? Thanks:)

 

This is what we experienced on our cruises on The Escape and I will also address this issue in two weeks when I return and finish the Trilogy.

 

I am a former smoker, and every now and a then, I get a whiff of a freshly lit cigarette and it makes me want to have one. But fortunately I throw that desire right off the ship. Now, in parts of the Casino and The SkyLine Bar, I could definitely see "smoke clouds" where someone was at a table or on a slot machine and definitely smell cigarette smoke. The odor dissipates the farther away from the Casino I got but only really on Deck 7. Once I would get thru the Casino in either direction to the entrance of Manhattan or walking into O'Sheehan's, I did not smell cigarettes anymore.

 

 

The gaming and card tables and predominant slot area of the Casino are smoking areas, and those areas are located adjacent to the Main Central Atrium, the glass staircase and brilliant chandelier. That being said, on occasion, I did smell cigarette smoke on the 8th floor wafting upwards at the Central Atrium, but not below on the sixth. We had dinner in Teppanyaki and Le Bistro, which are both located on Deck 6 just under the atrium above the Casino, and I did not smell cigarettes at all. I never smelled cigarette smoke in the Forward Atrium Lobby or in O'Sheehan's. However, each night on our way to dinner either going to Cagney's, Moderno or The Manhattan Room, yes, cigarette smoke is prevalent as these venues are located just past the Casino, in the aft of the ship, Deck 7 and Deck 8.

 

 

I go to Vegas a couple of times a year and the cigarette smoke is just as obvious there, even in what they call "No Smoking" Rooms. But, I guess some folks are susceptible to smoke more than others. As I said, being a reformed smoker for twenty years, it doesn't bother me as much as it does some other folks.

 

 

We were on The Royal Princess this past November, and half of the Casino was a smoking section, though you would not have known it, and it was worse than on The Escape. I felt as if I had smoked two packs of Pall Mall's each night when I got back to the cabin. I was heaving and my lungs hurt. My clothes reeked of cigarettes, so much so, that Jerome thought that I had taken up the habit again and he demanded to smell my breath. "Go ahead" I said, as I blew hot air into his face and up his nostrils. "Happy?" "All you smell is Vodka and Olives!" Well, I won't repeat what he said back to me, it was not very nice. But nonetheless, the smoke was a DENSE FOG on the Royal Princess and THAT was unacceptable and horrible.

 

 

On The Escape, even a short whiff for some is a monumental End-Of-The-World-Screaming-At-Guest-Relations-I-Want-My-Money-Back Travesty, but for me, I just don't let it bother me. If it were really a "Travesty" then I would write about it. In my honest opinion, it's not, no more so than if I were in Las Vegas. I am a Casinos At Sea Guest so I am happy to be there either way. As long as the Martini's are flowing and I am not losing a whole bunch, but preferably winning, I can deal with the chimney heads. One day, we won't have cigarettes to deal with anymore and that will be fabulous.

 

Thank you so much for following the Review. I am very grateful.

[snyniew]

JW thanks for your review on the Reflection & the handicapped bathroom. Because of you I knew to push the button to lock the door when on the Silhouette last wee. I almost pushed it on some lady who was having an emergency but someone said it was occupied even though the light wasn't on so not every one knows about that.

 

 

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[cruiseguys2009]

JW thanks for your review on the Reflection & the handicapped bathroom. Because of you I knew to push the button to lock the door when on the Silhouette last wee. I almost pushed it on some lady who was having an emergency but someone said it was occupied even though the light wasn't on so not every one knows about that.

 

 

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Oh my goodness, that was a huuuuuge funny moment for me, being in the Public Handicap Restroom up by the Buffet (Look, it was an emergency and I HAD TO GO!), and as I was sitting on the Johnny on the Spot, the automatic door flung open because someone pushed the button on the outside and I did not know I was supposed to hit the red button to lock it on the inside! Once that door opened, I was wide "open for business" and full view to the public, and all these Japanese folks with their camera's kept taking pictures of me on the toilet. I was soooooo embarrassed. Thanks for bringing back memories of Celebrity Reflections of Trouble On The John!

[mabones]

No. :rolleyes: We will be on another cruise line. Looking to book a Spa balcony this December.

[cruiseguys2009]

Milestone Alert!!!!

"It's Time To Take A Peek, For This Is Kind Of A Leak. Somebody Pinch My Cheek. Oh My Gosh, I Can Hardly Speak. Soon I'll Be Shopping In The Boutique, In The Casino On A Winning Streak, Working Out At The Gym On My Physique (nah). This Ol' Queen Of An Antique, Will In A Short Time Return To Critique. Guess What Folks, We Have Only Got

One WEEK!"



Seven is Heaven!

 

7 Days Until We Sail-A-Way

Once Again, On

The Norwegian Es-Caw-Pay!!!!!

 

[madelinerose]

This is what we experienced on our cruises on The Escape and I will also address this issue in two weeks when I return and finish the Trilogy.

 

I am a former smoker, and every now and a then, I get a whiff of a freshly lit cigarette and it makes me want to have one. But fortunately I throw that desire right off the ship. Now, in parts of the Casino and The SkyLine Bar, I could definitely see "smoke clouds" where someone was at a table or on a slot machine and definitely smell cigarette smoke. The odor dissipates the farther away from the Casino I got but only really on Deck 7. Once I would get thru the Casino in either direction to the entrance of Manhattan or walking into O'Sheehan's, I did not smell cigarettes anymore.

 

 

The gaming and card tables and predominant slot area of the Casino are smoking areas, and those areas are located adjacent to the Main Central Atrium, the glass staircase and brilliant chandelier. That being said, on occasion, I did smell cigarette smoke on the 8th floor wafting upwards at the Central Atrium, but not below on the sixth. We had dinner in Teppanyaki and Le Bistro, which are both located on Deck 6 just under the atrium above the Casino, and I did not smell cigarettes at all. I never smelled cigarette smoke in the Forward Atrium Lobby or in O'Sheehan's. However, each night on our way to dinner either going to Cagney's, Moderno or The Manhattan Room, yes, cigarette smoke is prevalent as these venues are located just past the Casino, in the aft of the ship, Deck 7 and Deck 8.

 

 

I go to Vegas a couple of times a year and the cigarette smoke is just as obvious there, even in what they call "No Smoking" Rooms. But, I guess some folks are susceptible to smoke more than others. As I said, being a reformed smoker for twenty years, it doesn't bother me as much as it does some other folks.

 

 

We were on The Royal Princess this past November, and half of the Casino was a smoking section, though you would not have known it, and it was worse than on The Escape. I felt as if I had smoked two packs of Pall Mall's each night when I got back to the cabin. I was heaving and my lungs hurt. My clothes reeked of cigarettes, so much so, that Jerome thought that I had taken up the habit again and he demanded to smell my breath. "Go ahead" I said, as I blew hot air into his face and up his nostrils. "Happy?" "All you smell is Vodka and Olives!" Well, I won't repeat what he said back to me, it was not very nice. But nonetheless, the smoke was a DENSE FOG on the Royal Princess and THAT was unacceptable and horrible.

 

 

On The Escape, even a short whiff for some is a monumental End-Of-The-World-Screaming-At-Guest-Relations-I-Want-My-Money-Back Travesty, but for me, I just don't let it bother me. If it were really a "Travesty" then I would write about it. In my honest opinion, it's not, no more so than if I were in Las Vegas. I am a Casinos At Sea Guest so I am happy to be there either way. As long as the Martini's are flowing and I am not losing a whole bunch, but preferably winning, I can deal with the chimney heads. One day, we won't have cigarettes to deal with anymore and that will be fabulous.

 

Thank you so much for following the Review. I am very grateful.

 

Thank you very much for your in-depth reply, I truly appreciate your detail. Have a fabulous next cruise.

[cruiseguys2009]

Thank you very much for your in-depth reply, I truly appreciate your detail. Have a fabulous next cruise.

 

 

Why thank you so much, and as I wrote, I will continue on this subject of "Cigarette Smoke" after we return April 1st. To be continued....................