Guests are guaranteed to love Norwegian Encore for its comfortable and relaxed ambiance and incredible range of onboard features. Top highlights onboard including the spectacular entertainment in the Cavern Club and theatre, alongside the family-favourite Encore Speedway and Aqua Park. There's also a wide selection of dining options, at eateries such as the American Diner and the Local Bar & Grill, with options that the whole family will love. Sailing to fascinating destinations, from Alaska to Mexico and beyond, Norwegian Encore offers the ultimate cruise holiday regardless of who you're travelling with!
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What's onboard
Dining
Norwegian Encore boasts an excellent range of dining options, from the wealth of choice in the main restaurants, to more unique menus in the speciality restaurants. Whether you are cruising on your own, with a partner or as a family, dinner can be as casual or as sophisticated as you like. The ship sees popular Norwegian Cruise Line restaurants such as the delicious pub grub at The Local Bar & Grill and classic comfort foods at American Diner return side by side with the brand-new Onda by Scarpetta where diners have their pick of deliciously authentic Italian dishes. Whatever your tastes may be, there will be a restaurant where you leave wanting seconds even when you’re stuffed!
Complimentary Dining
- The Local Bar & Grill- serving 24/7 pub fare
- American Diner- satisfying comfort foods
- Savour- combining fresh flavours with modern décor
- The Manhattan Room- the main dining room, delivering modern and classic cuisine
- Garden Café- enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner with views over the ocean
- Taste- contemporary eating with a menu that changes daily
- The Haven- private dining for guests of The Haven
Speciality Dining
- Palomar Restaurant - an elevated Mediterranean restaurant specialising in seafood, you’ll enjoy every meal you indulge in here
- Food Republic- take a culinary journey round the world from the comfort of your seat
- Cagney’s Steakhouse- good old steakhouse classics
- Teppanyaki- Japanese cuisine prepared right before your eyes
- Le Bistro- elegant French dining
- Onda by Scarpetta- sophisticated Italian fare
Treats
- Starbucks
- Dolce Gelato The Bake Shop
Taking the onboard dining experience to a new level, you’ll be blown away by the views on The Waterfront, a quarter-mile promenade that wraps around the ship. When eating at some of the ship’s signature venues such as Palomar and Cagney’s Steakhouse, diners can gaze out across the ocean.
To find out more about The Haven, read our blog post - Why You Should Choose NCL The Haven.
Entertainment
Daytime onboard Norwegian Encore may well be packed with activities, but that is by no means to say that evenings on the ship are any less exciting. Take the opportunity to dress-up and enjoy award-winning Broadway shows Kinky Boots, The Choir of Man and Happy Hour Prohibition: The Musical. Alternatively, begin your evening by watching two hilarious stand-up comedians, followed by a night of cutting shapes on the dance floor, or if you’re looking for a more relaxed way to spend the night, grab a seat and watch a Beatles cover band at the famous Liverpool bar The Cavern Club.
However, if none of this entertainment takes your fancy, why not simply kick back at one of Norwegian’s many bars? From the bar top poker screens and cocktails at Skyline Casino Bar, to the extensive drinks menu at The District Brew House and delicious wines at The Cellars, there’s a perfect evening haunt for every guest.
Other bars
- Mixx Bar- classic and contemporary cocktails
- Maltings Whisky Bar
- Sugar Cane- cocktails inspired by Cuba
- Vibe Beach Club- bringing beach vibes onboard exclusively for adults
- Haven Lounge- elegant private retreat
- Atrium Bar- serving drinks all day in a lively atmosphere
- A List Bar- classily classic drinks
- Observation Lounges- admire the views with a drink in hand.
Family
Even the youngest guests will be delighted by the onboard facilities. For parents and babies, Guppies hosts toy time and sensory play, and Splash Academy offers complimentary sports competitions and creative play for kids. Meanwhile, the supervised Group Sitting on port days means that you can finally have that long-awaited date night. Norwegian hasn’t forgotten about the teenagers onboard either, with them able to retreat to Entourage to escape their parents and hangout with others their age.
Things to do
Recreation
Onboard Norwegian Encore guests will find some of the most exciting and innovative activities available on a cruise ship. Start off at Speedway, a unique opportunity to race around the top deck of a ship in Go Karts while floating in the middle of the ocean. The fun continues with the multi-storey waterslides at the Aqua Park too, while for a bit of downtime, the main pool is the place to go to soak up the sun and take a refreshing dip.
With multiple hot tubs, eight large daybeds surrounding a sparkling swimming pool, and an impressive bar with a menu worth making your way through, Spice H2O is an adults-only outdoor lounge area with a calm atmosphere and elevated design. This is definitely somewhere where you'll want to spend some time onboard.
Spa and fitness
A holiday is for rest and relaxation, and what better place to do so than in Norwegian Encore’s onboard spa. A steam in the Thermal Suite, a dip in the Vitality Pool or a hot-stone massage are an unbeatable way of making sure that you leave the ship feeling pampered and revitalised.
If you’d like to stay fit during your cruise, or would like to try a new sport, then head to the ultra-modern fitness centre where you can work up a sweat with a high-intensity cycling class or slow the pace down with Pilates, yoga and guided meditation classes.
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Iglu Cruise customer reviews for Norwegian Encore
Quite a disappointing 1st cruise. Following 2 weeks in Canada and a short stop in Seattle we boarded the Encore and settled in for our 1st cruise. The stateroom (midship lvl 12) was comfortable and roomy, the ship looked clean and well-presented but quite busy. The package was a trip to Juneau, Skagway & Ketchikan with a day in Glacier Bay. We got off at Juneau for a whale watching trip which was ok but not worth the £200 each that we paid as we had been on far better trips in the past. Also Juneau itself was disappointing as they seemed to be full of jewellery shops or poor-quality gift shops. This seemed a very poor destination stop and not what the company seemed to be selling as a great location. This was to be the only trip we had as poor weather meant that in Skagway our kayak trip was cancelled and in Ketchikan our float plane trip was also cancelled. The day in Glacier Bay was cancelled due to 'a medical emergency' which seemed to start the previous night in Skagway with us leaving 30 mins late. We docked at about 3 am back in Juneau and sat there till 09:30-10:00 before setting off to what we believed to be Glacier Bay; however, we were then told over the speaker system that due to 'a medical emergency' we were not going to Glacier Bay but going to Dawes glacier instead!! The feeling amongst the passengers wasn't very good many appear to go to guest services to complain. The trip cancellation in Ketchikan was particularly annoying as we called guest services at around 07:15 to see if they had had any cancellation notices and they said that was they had not and that the trip was probably still going ahead. So off to breakfast we went then off the ship to go to the large 'hanger' style gift shop/ waiting area for our trip. We found the appropriate waiting area, saw the sign for our trip and was informed that the rep would be with us at 09:15. So we waited almost an hour in the waiting area watching all the other trips queue and go, and at 09:20 i went to a rep and asked if anyone was coming for the float plane trip to be told that 'they had just been informed that it was cancelled'. To say we were disappointed is an understatement but ok they can't help the weather. We boarded the transfer bus from the port to the town and was very surprised as to how run down the area was where we had docked and not really what we expected. However, due to the weather getting progressively worse we changed our minds and returned to the ship to dry out. On returning to our cabin, we saw a message on our phone at approx. 07:30 saying that our trip had been cancelled so someone had lied to us about it 'just being cancelled at 09:15' when we were at the waiting area. This was extremely frustrating as had we been told when we arrived in the waiting area at around 08:15 we could have booked an alternative trip before they had all gone, but this wasn't the case. Another disappointment was the lack of dairy free options on your menus; my wife has a cream intolerance and requested several times what the dairy free or vegan options were. There was usually some kind of option with the stater and main but when it came to desserts the only options seemed to be a bowl of fruit or sorbet. This became very frustrating very quickly. On one of the meals booked at the main dining room (Manhattan) she was told that the main meal was dairy free however that night she suffered with severe stomach cramping and diarrhoea for over 12 hours. Had she actually been allergic, this could have been extremely dangerous. We reported this to the restaurant manager at out earliest convenience. She was also told in the main restaurant, when asking for the vegan or dairy free options that gluten free and sugar free were available!!!!!!!!
Superb. Ship and staff great. NCL as good as always. Would recommend highly.
The ship itself was beautiful. On the whole the food was good although i did find the buffet very crowded and overwhelming at times. The service by some of the dining staff could have been better and our party had to send a couple of meals back due to coldness and getting orders wrong. One of the excursions we booked was rushed due to lateness of another NCL ship not leaving the port which meant the Glacier was rushed and we couldn’t do what we had planned to do and in fact the driver of the bus informed us if we were late back he would leave without us. In fact he set off but then stopped for people who said they couldn’t find the bus which wasn’t clearly marked. I was under the impression that if you booked a shore excursion with the cruise ship, you would not be left behind however this does not seem to be the case. Although the Choir of Man and Beatles were excellent. The other entertainment I felt was below par compared to other ships i had been on. I also felt that that there was not enough to do in the day when we were at sea apart from spend money on deal or no deal or bingo. However, the beautiful sites of Alaska made up for it. With regards to the ports, I would have preferred more time in them. especially Ketchikan. We were told we had to be on the last shuttle back to ship for for 11 o’clock which meant we couldn’t do the lumberjack show as we didn’t have time. This was a disappointment. However, my husband and brother went on a fishing excursion with the ship and did not arrive back till 12. 45 pm and informed us that there were people on his shuttle bus that had not booked any excursions they had just got on his bus and no one checked, so this was a bit annoying. However we did have a great time on the whole and i felt that what we received for the price was very good value for money and i would cruise with NCL again
Fantastic 28 night cruise. Great ports of call and excursions. Beautiful ship. Superb cleanliness. Comfortable cabin. The food was very good, as was the range and quality of drinks. The ship was crowded at times. The service was outstanding, even if it was rather frenetic. The disembarkation process for shore excursions was badly organised and included one and a half hours queuing in line at Los Angeles for immigration. Unacceptable. Some of the entertainment in the theatre, the cavern club and bars was first class. Overall a wonderful experience, leaving many great memories. Highly recommended. I travelled on to Alaska which was an amazing experience.
