Norwegian Epic Review

Great Time on the Epic

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Norwegian Epic
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Paul&Kathy
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Sep 2011
Cabin: Inside

Background - We joined Norwegian Epic in Barcelona on 25th September having spent 3 nights at the Bacardi Apartments on Las Ramblas. We are from the UK with about 30 cruises having tried most of the major lines, this was our 7th time with NCL. Maybe not the most luxurious line but we have always been very satisfied with the Jewel, Gem & Pearl and consider NCL to offer good value for money. This time we travelled with our family from Malta on their 2nd cruise.

The Ship - The Epic was everything we expected and overall exceeded our expectations in many ways. We all considered the inside cabins absolutely fine although perhaps a little smaller than on some ships. We had no problem with the separate shower and toilet, actually we thougt it was a good idea, it worked fine for us and we could not see what the fuss is all about. There were a few minor issues - the light in our daughter's cabin stopped working and was not fixed for over 24 hours (son-in-law 'mended' it with cocktail sticks), our granddaughter's TV continually stuck and she could not access her onboard account on it. The balcony cabins looked quite a bit bigger, we are not balcony people but our family tried to pay to uograde to a balcony on check-in but none were available. The ship did seem full but not too many children this time of year, only really the under 5s. It did seem busy at time, noteably trying to get a lift after lifeboat drill and in the Garden Cafe on sea days, but we did not experience too many queues for anything.

We ate most breakfast and lunchtimes in the Great Outdoors. Unlike the other ships this is not aft but midships by the main pools and it worked very well, it was especially nice to be able to get water, tea or coffee or an ice cream without having to get dressed and go inside.

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A bit far forward for our liking but a perfectly fine inside cabin.

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