Norwegian Epic Review

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NCL Epic - Thanksgiving Cruise

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First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Nov 2010

This is our third NCL cruise. We love the freestyle dining features of this ship, because we eat where and what we want. I have to say the service and food on this ship far surpassed that of our experiences on the Dawn and the Pearl. We sampled just about all the restaurants and other than the terrible dinner in their Speigel Tent dinner show, we were happy. The Brazilian BBQ was outstanding as was El Bistro their French restaurant.

The ship was filled to its 4100 passenger capacity and there were well over 1000 kids of all ages. The ship design lent itself poorly to this amount of people. This is our third year traveling Thanksgiving week and the first year we felt like it was crowded where ever you went. People were all over the place. There were not enough lounge chairs on deck for the days at sea and it seems people were marching to and fro all day while we were 'relaxing' attempting to enjoy some quiet down time.

The design of the ship, while great from marketing standpoint, had you walking through the casino when going from one place to another on deck 6. Whether you liked it or not you walked through an uncomfortable smoke filled area. That being said, I can't complain, I came away a winner!!!

Cabin Review

Wave design of room made it seem even smaller. Do away with the couch or redesign it because its rounded shape does not lend it self to comfortable extra seating or lounging, nor does it open to an extra bed. Oh yes, the vessel sink in the room. Too small, poor design water gets everywhere. GREAT storage. Attentive staff. I am still not convinced they changed the sheets daily, but as they are attempting to go 'green' that is ok by us.

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