Norwegian Epic Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Not as good as I remembered

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Linzd123
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Mar 2015
Cabin: Studio

I travelled solo on this ship and forgot how strange the layout was and how busy it is. With over 4000 passengers there are never enough sunbeds and you have to get up way before 8.30 if you want to get a bed. It's very annoying that people leave their towel on the bed for the whole day and never turn up and the staff don't enforce the 60 minute rule.

The Garden Cafe (buffet) was always rammed full of people but the main dining rooms were quite easy to get into and the food in them was mostly good quality. I ate twice at Le Bistro and had wonderful meals both times.

I seemed to get charged different prices for the same drinks and when I brought it up with a bar staff member they said they had pushed the wrong button on the till. This happened an awful lot and I think this was done on purpose to see if they could get away with it. Keep an eye out for this.

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Studio

Cabin T1

This room was right at the end of the corridor where the door to enter the Studios was. I immediately requested a different room as people were going back and forth and the door was slamming every two minutes. As it was spring break I knew I was in for no sleep for the entire week if I stayed there. There was a terrible stain on the carpet and there was mould in the shower. I asked to move and they said to wait until the ship had left port at 4pm and they could see if there was a spare cabin. Thankfully, at 8pm they called to say I could move to 12541 which was way better but was a connecting room so i could hear the guy in the next cabin coughing and doing his business.

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