Having been with NCL twice before on Gem and Jade we were a bit nervous when we booked Epic as it is so big..but we shouldn't have worried! And it wasn't full which was an obvious advantage!
We embarked at Barcelona having flown with Jet2 from Manchester and embarkation was easy..much easier than from Venice.
I won't go into details about our cabin but will again say that you get what you pay for...and our cabin was excellent...even though I feel comfort has been sacrificed for controversial style!