Norwegian Escape, launched in autumn 2015, is a family-friendly cruise ship, boasting innovative features and interactive spaces only seen on some of the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet. Sailing to exciting, sun-drenched destinations such as the Greek Isles, Norwegian Escapes offers a winning combination of immersive shore excursions and memorable onboard experiences. From city tours ashore to hours spent on the ship exploring the pools, restaurants, activities and evening entertainment, embark on the cruise holiday you've always dreamed of with NCL Escape.
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What's onboard
Dining
There are plenty of dining options to tantalise all taste buds onboard Norwegian Escape. Experience two complimentary restaurants, 24-hour room service and more, all included in the price of your cruise.
The Norwegian Escape will also feature a number of speciality restaurants, serving everything from fresh Teppenyaki to traditional Italian cuisine. Delicious Asian Fusion, authentic French cuisine, hearty steaks and churrascuria-style meat are just some of the other specialities on offer.
For an extra special experience, guests can book a meal at the Chef’s table, which comes with nine exquisite courses, complimentary wines and a tour of the galley. There will also be a champagne reception with the onboard hospitality management and Executive Chef, as well as souvenir photos to remember your experience by.
For guests of The Haven, a number of further complimentary restaurants and cafes are available or you can also choose to dine in Suite where a butler will provide a white tablecloth service.
Read more about The Haven on our dedicated blog - Why You Should choose NCL The Haven.
Entertainment
When the sun goes down you’ll find plenty of lively evening entertainment onboard. Watch glamorous cabaret acts, big musical revues, comedy performances and more. You can even catch a performance by the world-renowned Million Dollar Quartet.
If you wish to have a pre or post-dinner drink then there are a number of bars onboard specialising in cocktails, whiskies and champagne, plus atmospheric jazz and blues clubs. If you want to dance the night away, you’ll find late-opening nightclubs, such as White Hot Party. From time to time when the weather allows, you’ll also find al fresco evenings set under the stars.
Norwegian Escape’s Casino features a host of table games and slot machines, where you can play to win relaxing spa treatments and complimentary cruise experiences. If you’re feeling competitive, you can even take part in a tournament against the other guests. For tricks, tips and advice on how to win big, the Casino staff put on regular ‘Learn to Play’ sessions.
Family
There are plenty of activities to keep all ages happy while onboard, including entertainment for children between 6 months and 17 years old. Enjoy endless hours of family fun at the bowling alley, play Nintendo Wii on a huge screen or compete to win a game of giant chess.
There are four kids clubs on the Norwegian Escape: Guppies for 6 months to 2-year-olds, Turtles for 3-5-year-olds, Seals for 6-9-year-olds and Dolphins for 10-12-year-olds. There are also late-night childcare programmes that run until 1.30am for parents who want to have the evening to them.
Things to do
Spa and Fitness
Visit the Mandara Spa and enjoy a range of rejuvenating treatments, from hot stone massages to revitalising facials. You’ll also find hair treatments, manicures, pedicures and foot therapies which will leave you looking and feeling great. To further your spa experience, you will have the chance to participate in the Mandara’s own fitness programmes, including Pilates, yoga and indoor cycling.
Also onboard are basketball courts, a jogging track and a fitness centre complete with plenty of cardio and weight training equipment. Get those muscles pumping with a boxing class or defy gravity on the climbing wall. There are so many opportunities to keep active on Norwegian Escape!
Recreation
Treat yourself to a new outfit, jewellery, perfume and more, or pick up some gifts for friends and family back home at one of the onboard shops. If you’re an art fan, you can browse some of the fantastic pieces in the art gallery and bid for your favourites in one of the art auctions. For a unique look into the workings of the Norwegian Escape, you can book a behind the scenes tour. Here, you’ll get an insight into the day to day running of the ship, as well as a glimpse into the ‘Staff Only’ areas.
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Iglu Cruise customer reviews for Norwegian Escape
We recently went on a Norwegian cruise and, at first, we were a little disappointed due to problems with the onboard app. It was running about a week behind, wasn’t showing the correct information, and nobody seemed to know how to fix it. However, once we spoke to a staff member who advised us to log out and log back in, the app started working properly. After that, everything became much more enjoyable. You just need to understand that Norwegian is a very laid-back cruise line, which gives the ship a relaxed and easy-going atmosphere. The staff were excellent, especially the entertainment team. Jake in particular was fantastic and really stood out. We were also lucky enough to speak with the General Hotel Manager, who was very friendly and took the time to chat with us. Overall, once the initial app issue was resolved, we had a great cruise and would happily sail with Norwegian again.
Good trip on Norwegian escape. The food was always good and served hot. Good service all round. The entertainment was great, especially the Choir of Man show. Had the more at sea package that worked well for us. The freestyle dining worked well and we never had to wait for a table. Only downside was that the main pool area on this ship isn’t very big and was totally packed. You couldn’t get in the pool because people were rammed in sat on all sides sunbathing. We did have to get up and get beds by 7. 30 am on sea days otherwise you would struggle to get beds. Because it was over the Xmas/new year period the ship was FULL and with very large family/friend groups so one person for example who were near us came up and reserved 10 beds in a row and their party dribbled in and out during the day. Another thing to consider is that the ship calls at ncl’s private island Harvest Cay and unlike some other cruise lines where food etc is included as would be on the ship, on Harvest Cay you had to pay for everything, food drinks etc. so forget about using your drinks package. Also you pay a compulsory $20 per person per day gratuities on the ship and on Harvest Cay everything food/drinks wise charges you a minimum of 20% service charge so it’s a definite win for NCL when the majority of passengers head for their beach.
This was our first time cruising with NCL and frankly compared to our experience with other cruise lines such as P&O, Princess, and Royal Caribbean it just wasn’t the same. Cannot fault food, drinks, service or the cabins but we didn’t enjoy the ships design or the informality on board. The ship seems to be designed to cram as many dining and bar options into the ship but in doing so it just feels too on top of one another. For instance for all the bars there are very few places to sit and enjoy your drink! As for the informality, we are not snobs but do enjoy getting changed for dinner and yet found ourselves in the minority where shorts, t-shirts and trainers were common in din8n* rooms
Generally the cruise was really good, plenty to do, good excursions, excellent food choices and very clean. However, the disembarkment process was an absolute nightmare, having being directed in a massive queue to walk 3 lengths of the ship over 2 decks which took 2 hours 40 minutes, we missed our prearranged/prepaid transport to the airport and had to rearrange transport. You need to sort this before I would go back on that ship.
