The Epic is an incredible boat. Very stylish with tons to do. Food was great, always plenty to eat. We saw the Blue Man Group and the Circus shows – both were outstanding.

We stayed in a Deluxe Owners Suite, which was massive. There are certain larger cabins you can book which give you access to the Haven Lounge and Haven Restaurant which are magnificent, plus and a private pool/ jacuzzi area. This is worth the price of the paying a higher rate for sure. Best of all, you have your own butler and a private concierge who can make ANYTHING happen. You get advanced seating for the shows, and they are usually able to open up additional seats on tours which are already booked out. The treatment you receive as a guest in an upgraded cabin is outstanding.

My only criticism of the cruise is that we booked it for our family as the "Nickelodeon Cruise". It may have been a Nickelodeon Cruise at some point, but there's nothing Nickelodeon about it now. Staff told us that Norweigen has been gradually reducing Nickelodeon's presence on the ship – no signs or banners, plus they closed the Nikolodean gift shop and have eliminated most Nikoloean events/activities etc. We were told there would be Nikolodean celebrities wandering the ship – not true. Nor was there any "Slime" type activities. The only (brief) evidence we saw of Nickelodeon was someone in a Spongebob costume on the first day – he had security guards so the kids couldn't take photos with him – you have to pay Norweigen to get a photo taken with him at set times in the Atrium. There wasn't many kids on our cruise and most people we talked to on the boat had no idea it was being marketed as Nickelodeon cruise. Read more