Is The Encore Transatlantic (11/2) a Cruise About "Nothing"?

[need2cruisesoon]

I'm thinking of a TA cruise this fall and looked at the Encore, I mean this is a cruise about nothing right?

9 days of nothing unless you live in London in the summer and NY in the winter and have an aversion to flying.

 

 

Date	Cruise Ports	Arrive	Depart
Sat, Nov 02, 2019	London (Southampton), England (EMBARK)	---	5:00 pm
Sun, Nov 03, 2019	At Sea	---	---
Mon, Nov 04, 2019	At Sea	---	---
Tue, Nov 05, 2019	At Sea	---	---
Wed, Nov 06, 2019	At Sea	---	---
Thu, Nov 07, 2019	At Sea	---	---
Fri, Nov 08, 2019	At Sea	---	---
Sat, Nov 09, 2019	At Sea	---	---
Sun, Nov 10, 2019	New York, New York	7:00 pm	Overnight
Mon, Nov 11, 2019	New York, New York (DISEMBARK)	8:00 am	---

[FLAHAM]

Nothing, unless you enjoy sailing on a brand new ship and being among the first to check out its dining, lounge and entertainment facilities.  Would a stop in the Azores add that much?  I have enjoyed the sea days on all of the NCL transatlantic cruises I have made.  

[aero777]

Shhhh, don’t tell him...keep our secret!

[Turtles06]

We sailed on the inaugural TA of RCI's Anthem of the Seas back in the fall of 2015.   Same itinerary, Southampton to Cape Liberty, no ports.   LOVE a week straight of sea days! 

[Sauer-kraut]

All about NOTHING!!  Just relaxing, trivia, crafts, cut throat progressive trivia, relaxing, finishing books, dreamily looking out to sea...... nothing at all.

[All-ready2cruise]

And exploring a brand new ship, yup, all about nuttin... 

[Son of a son of a ...]

NCL cut the schedule and rerouted from Miami and a southern route to NYC and a northern route so they can do PR.  People bailed off the cruise, but there is a cadre of folks staying with it.  

 

Probably the longest booze cruise in NCL history.  Cheers and bon voyage!!  I wish everyone a great cruise!

[shof515]

The Encore previous transatlantic was much much better then this nothing itinerary

[SailBreakaway]

Yup all about nothing. Keep moving nothing to see here! Its terrible, all that ship and those days, what will we do?!!!!! Just awful. 

 

Was there any value intended by this OP and this topic? 

[TheDougOut]

Avoid this sailing at all costs.  It will not be good.  

[need2cruisesoon]

Seems a lot of people here like "nothing".

[QueenOfZoom]

Yes, have heard a lot of rumors about this one, both the ship & crowd sailing....would definitely stay away.

 

[ColeThornton]

41 minutes ago, need2cruisesoon said:

Seems a lot of people here like "nothing".

 

 

Nah, just seems a lot of people have different ideas about what constitutes "nothing".

[Turtles06]

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Edited August 28, 2019 by Turtles06

[scrim67]

I think they are derisively referring to this sailing as the "SEINFELD CRUISE"

 

It's a maiden voyage about nothing

 

 

 

Edited August 28, 2019 by scrim67

[Cruise Mama]

There are so many other cruise options out there - why take this one - the carpeting won’t all be laid, cabins won’t all be complete, entertainment will still be in “rehearsal”, not only will the weather keep the pools from being filled - but there’s rough seas in the Atlantic in November, there’s no port to take on fresh provisions (9 days of “fresh” fruit and veggies?), no shore excursions, shopping, for what? 

 

I don’t think so, definitely not!

[QueenOfZoom]

2 minutes ago, Cruise Mama said:

There are so many other cruise options out there - why take this one - the carpeting won’t all be laid, cabins won’t all be complete, entertainment will still be in “rehearsal”, not only will the weather keep the pools from being filled - but there’s rough seas in the Atlantic in November, there’s no port to take on fresh provisions (9 days of “fresh” fruit and veggies?), no shore excursions, shopping, for what? 

 

I don’t think so, definitely not!

 

💯👍👏

[DirtyDawg]

5 hours ago, Cruise Mama said:

There are so many other cruise options out there - why take this one - the carpeting won’t all be laid, cabins won’t all be complete, entertainment will still be in “rehearsal”, not only will the weather keep the pools from being filled - but there’s rough seas in the Atlantic in November, there’s no port to take on fresh provisions (9 days of “fresh” fruit and veggies?), no shore excursions, shopping, for what? 

 

I don’t think so, definitely not!

If I booked this cruise Mrs. Dawg would say "I hope you like to do nothing alone. I'm off to Aruba."😁

[Son of a son of a ...]

7 hours ago, Cruise Mama said:

There are so many other cruise options out there - why take this one - the carpeting won’t all be laid, cabins won’t all be complete, entertainment will still be in “rehearsal”, not only will the weather keep the pools from being filled - but there’s rough seas in the Atlantic in November, there’s no port to take on fresh provisions (9 days of “fresh” fruit and veggies?), no shore excursions, shopping, for what? 

 

I don’t think so, definitely not!

 

The lure of a TA is it being less crowded and cheaper.  Imagine being able to get into every entertainment venue and finding a seat without reservations or waiting in line.  The specialty restaurants are not booked up.  It is truly freestyle cruising.  Throw in a new ship and it gets more attractive.  Sure there may be some bugs to be ironed out, but that is part of the journey.

[chengkp75]

8 hours ago, Cruise Mama said:

the carpeting won’t all be laid, cabins won’t all be complete,

Not quite correct.  This is an inaugural, not a post drydock.  The ship has to be delivered to the owner completed by the shipyard.

 

8 hours ago, Cruise Mama said:

there’s no port to take on fresh provisions (9 days of “fresh” fruit and veggies?)

Most ships don't take on fresh provisions during a 7 day cruise, and even longer ones, they normally take provisions only at turn-around day, so even 10 or 14 day cruises will only pick up provisions at the start.  Unlike your refrigerator, where the fruits and vegetables hide in "crisper" bins where one grape going bad can cause everything else in the bin to start to go off quickly, the provisions folks have people assigned to go through all of the provisions, daily, and remove anything that is even starting to go off, so it does not contaminate the rest of the produce.  There is also better air circulation in the walk-in boxes, and ozone generators in the boxes that retard spoilage.

[laurabegorrah]

Did this itinerary on the Escape inaugural TA and it was heaven.  We spend at least part of every day in the thermal spa. Roll Call put together a huge cabin crawl, so we got to see all of the different room types.  They had a bunch of special entertainment options that were only on board for that sailing.  One of the best cruises I have ever done.

[SeaShark]

The other thing about these East to West TAs is the time difference. On 5 of those nights you have to set your clock BACK 1 hour.

 

That means that 5 of those sea days will actually be 25 hours longs...all of that extra time to stay up late, or to sleep in.

 

 

Or both.   😳

[AL3XCruise]

I read this title and I can't help but think about Jerry and George making a pitch to NCL for a new itinerary. 

[PTC DAWG]

Sounds perfect to me...

 

and as usual, kp75 brings the knowledge.

[dam64]

Looks like a boring cruise to me i love to see some ports now and then. Too many sea days I would get bored! Not for me but to each their own.