Norwegian Epic Review

4.5 / 5.0
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To quote the the song: This is the worst ship I've ever been on.

Review for Canary Islands Cruise on Norwegian Epic
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althebanker1
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Mar 2016
Cabin: Mid-Ship Inside

Have cruised with a number of other cruise lines but first time and last with NCL. THE Epic is just too big and too crowded especially when the weather keeps people in doors. There is just no where to just sit and chill. Very difficult to find any seating in the evenings unless you are a gambler. The casino which takes up over half a deck had hundreds of machines and tables free and an area you could not really avoid walking through the smell of stale tobacco. Seemed a total waste of space. Drinks were on the expensive side. Service at the complimentary Taste and Manhatten restaurants was on the whole good but on occasions was poor. eg. One Breakfast took 40 minutes from coffee and ordering to the first food turning up. Dinner at Taste on the first night took over 2 hours. The cabins are somewhat bizarre. Glass doors on toilet and shower with a curtain to draw across the room( you need to be very familiar with your room mate!!!) and a very SMALL wash basin set in the main cabin dressing table . Hated this.

There are some positive aspects. The standard of food was good but often came luke warm to cold. Enjoyed the two meals at the Chinese which was complimentary but not a great deal of choice. The ship is clean and the cabin steward was excellent and kept the room spotless and well equipped. Embarkation and disembarkation was good. The queue on embarkation was daunting but surprisingly did not take that long. The various entertainment around the ship was good although only saw one show. Always difficult to find seats but admit that I was with a group of 8.

I really liked the idea of being able to book the time of dining in the evening and did not find it difficult to find acceptable times. You can also pre book your shows.

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Mid-Ship Inside

Cabin IB

Decent size and very comfortable bed.Storage adequate and liked the bin for wet towels. Always clean and tidy and 5 stars for the cabin steward. Did not like the toilet and washing facilities, actually found the hand basin a little bizarre. The phone was really annoying. Tried turning the illumination light off but it kept turning back on some minutes later.

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