We sailed on the Norwegian Escape for seven nights in December 2019.
Our Category IB Inside Stateroom was located on Deck 11 midship, a few staterooms aft of
the forward elevators.
We booked a guaranteed inside stateroom and were shocked when we boarded the ship and
discovered that NCL assigned us to a wheelchair accessible room
that could accommodate up to 3 guests.
Because the room was wheelchair accessible, it was quite a bit larger than a typical Category
IB stateroom including significantly more space at the entrance of the room.
Our room had two single beds that were converted to a queen bed and a pullman bed that lowered
from the ceiling for our Jellybean.
Below the queen bed, there was a good amount of space for storing our luggage.
End tables on both sides of the bed each had open storage with a small shelf at the top.
An emergency assistance call button was located above the end table on the left side of the bed.
Surprisingly, there were no outlets located within reach of the bed, but small reading
lamps were located just above the head of the bed.
A shallow nook -- which we’ve seen on other Norwegian Breakway and Breakaway Plus class
ships -- was situated above the reading lamps and was a great spot to easily put our Kindles
before closing our eyes for the night.
The stateroom’s television was located at the foot of the bed along with a small magazine rack.
The TV had 20 channels available, with more than half of them featuring NCL or ship-focused
content.
The rest of the channels included a couple cable news channels, a “Favorite Shows”
channel, a “Favorite Movies” channel, and an international sports channel.
A wheelchair accessible corner desk that had significantly more room than a typical inside
stateroom desk was located to the left of the bed and included a cushioned chair, three
Type B American outlets, and a Type F European outlet.
The desk area also included a large mirror,
a telephone,
a digital safe that could be locked with a personal code,
three drawers for storage,
and a small hair dryer.
To the left of the corner desk, the stateroom had a double-door closet and three cabinets
for storage.
The outside of the closet included a full-length mirror,
while the inside of the closet featured a few shelves, as well as a clothing rod with
a pull-down handle for wheelchair access.
The closet was roughly the size of two closets on a typical cruise ship.
The three cabinets had individual doors and the middle cabinet was the location of the
stateroom’s compact refrigerator.
The refrigerator was filled with drinks available for purchase, which made it a bit inconvenient
for using otherwise.
Like the rest of the stateroom, the bathroom was significantly larger to allow for wheelchair
access and featured a walk-in shower and wall-mounted sink.
The shower included dispensers with complimentary shampoo and body wash,
while the sink area included a dispenser for hand soap,
and several other complimentary bath items.
An electrical outlet for shavers was located to the left of the sink area.
It’s worth noting some additional, specific accessibility features of the bathroom, including
significantly more grab bars than a standard cruise ship bathroom.
Additionally, all of the bathroom hardware was mounted at wheelchair accessible heights,
the shower included a foldable seat,
the sink area had a tiltable mirror,
and a pull cord was available for emergency assistance.
Finally, the entrance area of our stateroom was also quite different from a standard room
with everything installed at a wheelchair accessible height, including the main lightswitch,
which requires you to insert your room key -- or a gift card -- to turn on the stateroom
lights, the “Make Up Room” and “Do Not Disturb” switches, an emergency assistance
call button,
an automatic door button, an additional Type B American outlet for charging power wheelchairs
or other devices, a couple of coat hooks,
and an additional peephole on the door.