Norwegian Epic Review

Not impressed with NCL or the Epic

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atlsingledad
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Dec 2012
Cabin: Balcony

I went on this cruise as a getaway over Christmas break while my sons 17 & 5 were out of school. We made the rather long drive from Atlanta to Miami over two days. We had never sailed with NCL before and my kids were excited to try something different. We had previously sailed a few times on carnival. My oldest son wanted to try the epic because of all the buzz about its innovative design. I didn't do much research about the ship or the cruise line. I knew Norwegian was supposedly freestyle cruising where you don't have to dress up or eat at an assigned time, but I knew very little about the ship itself.

The first thing that struck me when we arrived at the port was the shape. It was very.....square. Not exactly the most aerodynamic design. The odd configuration of the upper decks gives it a very top heavy appearance. I figured who cares about that as long as everything else is good.

Embarkation- fairly easy although we waited for a decent amount of time. Not too bad I imagined given the ship's size and passenger capacity. We figured the ship had to be quite full given that many people had not started back to school yet. There seemed to be a good number of kids on board as well.

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