

You can also order room service, but even that is upcharged now (in 2020, $8 per order). Finally, The Local, abutting a crowded indoor walkway as if you're eating in a mall (pictured), is heavy on fried and comfort foods. At those three table-service restaurants, some dishes are available at every meal service, but there's also a changing daily menu. The main waiter-service alternative, the Manhattan Room (larger, noisier, less casual), sits low at Deck 7 aft, while the two remaining complimentary upscale rooms, Savor and Taste, are midship and more intimate but not quite distinguished from each other. Unfortunately, if you're not quick to make reservations at the other restaurants, you may end up here as a default a little more than you'd like to. That's the indoor Garden Café, which wraps around the front end of Deck 16, a few steps from the main pool. Like almost all ships, the Encore has a huge multistation buffet that goes from hamburgers to pasta to shrimp cocktail to curries to ice cream-often piled onto the same plate. When passengers get tired of paying surcharges for the most interesting food, there are still some options left, but in fewer locales. Keep scrolling to see the ship’s highlights-and to learn about its biggest drawbacks. At the invitation of the cruise line, Frommer’s spent a few days taking in what Encore has to offer.

Tweaks and additions can be spotted throughout the ship, particularly when it’s time for dinner and a show. Like Norwegian’s Escape, Joy, and Bliss, Encore is huge (see stats below) and stuffed with entertainment, bars, dining venues, and activities, including laser tag and an on-deck racetrack for go-karts (something Joy and Bliss have as well).īut despite the similarities, this is the Norwegian Encore, not the Norwegian Rerun.
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After all, this is a vessel that repeats the layout and most of the onboard thrills of its siblings in Norwegian Cruise Line’s Breakaway Plus class. The Norwegian Encore cruise ship has a fitting name.
