Norwegian Epic Review

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Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Norwegian Epic
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cnubeachbum
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

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Sail Date: Jul 2012
Cabin: Mid-Ship Balcony

We spent our honeymoon on the Norwegian Epic in July of 2012 and loved everything about it! We splurged and had a mid-ship balcony room that faced the port. I personally had only cruised one other time on Carnival and got REALLY sea-sick so I brought all the necessary medicine to keep it at bay--and it worked! The ship itself is huge and large enough where you don't feel cramped.

We embarked in Civitavecchia (Rome) which is about a 40 minute transfer ride from the hotel. We decided to fly in the day before and stay at the airport hotel so that we could tour around Rome. The transfer arranged by Norwegian Cruise Line was prompt and comfortable. Embarkation was quick and smooth. I think it's genius of Epic to split up cruise embarkation. About half of the ship started in Barcelona and we joined them two ports later in Civitavecchia. This created a quicker embarkation process and relatively NO lines to wait in to get on the ship. Once we got to our room, our bags were already there and there were chocolate covered strawberries and champagne (as we had requested) upon our arrival. The room was a great size and the balcony well worth it. We had no noise problems as well.

The food overall was just so-so for us. Since Norwegian is "freestyle" and offers most of it's variety in the paid restaurants, most of our meals were in the general dining halls where the food was always the same. This got old towards the end of the trip. We both agreed we've experienced better "general dining hall" food on other cruises. We did eat at 3 of the restaurants: Teppanyaki (hibachi which was surprisingly really good and different that what we've experienced in the US), Moderno Churrascaria and Cirque Dreams & Dinner which were all very good. Tip: If you arrive for an earlier dinner at the paid restaurants,(I think the cut-off was 5:30p) they give you a complimentary bottle of wine to enjoy!

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Mid-Ship Balcony

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