Norwegian Epic Review

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First time cruiser, loved the Epic!

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acovington7920
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Mar 2014

My wife and I were first-time cruisers aboard the Epic, March 16-23 2014. We flew into Miami on the 15th and stayed in the airport hotel, then grabbed a taxi to the port at about 11:15am on the 16th. The taxi ride was quick and easy, we were in the cruise terminal and filling out our medical questionnaires by 11:30. It took about 30 minutes in line to reach the check-in counter and receive our ID cards, then we boarded the ship!

We entered through the casino and walked around for a few minutes to start learning the layout, then went to our cabin to see if it was ready - and it was! We stayed in cabin #12055 with a balcony and the bed on the balcony end of the room. The layout worked fine for us and there was plenty of storage. The bathroom layout seems to bother some people in these forums but I thought it was fine. The whole cabin was very clean and well maintained. As the week progressed we found that our room steward learned our schedule patterns and worked around us. We never saw him in our cabin but did see him in the hall several times, he was very polite and accommodating. We never asked for anything unusual but he did quickly take care of the usual items such as clearing out the mini-fridge, extra hangers, and lots of towel animals! I had prepaid the service fee but also left a daily $5 tip for the steward, just to show a little extra gratitude for his service.

Still on day one... Bought the soda package for my wife and also signed up for the "behind the scenes" tour later in the week. We went up to deck 15 for the sail away celebration, it was exciting as first-timers to slowly move out to sea! We ate dinner the first night at Taste and enjoyed it. The servers were very attentive and polite, and the food was very good. I'm not sure why some forum folks bash Taste, I thought it was just fine every time I was there. The atmosphere is a little casual for some people I suppose, but that is why I chose "freestyle cruising"!

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Our cabin was in excellent condition and our steward did a great job keeping it clean and neat. Everything worked as it should have and we heard very few noises from outside.

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