Don’t believe all the negative reviews! We had a great time on the Epic even with it being filled with Spring Breakers!
In Miami, we stayed at the B2, booked on priceline. Bring earplugs if you stay, (the airconditioning clicks 4 times when it turns on) The Hotel is convenient to the Bayside marketplace. We were surprised at how expensive everything was, but that is Miami. We ate dinner along the water, and drank Mojitos ïŠ Probably in the end could have paid for one of our cruises LOL! We used SAS transport from FLL to B2, I highly recommend this company! Then took a cab ($15) to the pier.
Taste &. Manhattan. To be fair we only did Manhattan on the first night. They have live music and dancing while you dine. The boys we were with thought it was too annoying (19 year olds) so we dined at Taste. The food was poor (poached cod) to excellent (sirloin mignon and shrimp). If we didn’t like anything we just sent it back. Service, in my opinion was not attentive at all. We did find 1 server we liked, we asked to be put in his station again, and it didn’t happen. One time I ordered a glass of White Zinfandel, he brought me a glass of white wine, saying most people don’t care, so I just bring them something. We never waited getting into Taste.
The cabin layout is consistent with the epic. stayed with my hubby, we had no big issue with the shower and separate toilet. Except the Toilet area is small. The balcony is great for watching sail aways and ships in port. Location was just off the aft elevators. Convenient to Deck 13 Spice H2o.