This was a short mini-cruise with four nights on board, enough to give us a sample of on-board life and experience the "third largest cruise ship" in the world!
The Norwegian EPIC has 21 dining venues and 20 bars and lounges. Every night there are lots of choice on which shows to see, which bars to visit and of course which restaurant to eat at. We had pre-booked on-line some shows and one restaurant that had been recommended to us, the rest we decided to do on board. I liked the flexibity that came with freestyle - you could enjoy your day better without having to be at a particular restaurant sitting.
The check-in was very quick and effiecient, a quick inspection of our balcony cabin (very nice indeed) and then off to the buffet garden restaurant for our lunch. The buffet restaurant was very busy and we found this was always the case when the ship was at sea and at the beginning and end of the cruise. I liked the relaxed dress code throughout, so 'resort chic' is the style throughout the cruise with no need to bring a suit and tie.
9193 - could not fault it any way - quite small but very quiet, midway between lifts which is ideal as the lifts toward the rear of the ship are usually the less busy of them.