We took a 7 day Mediterranean cruise the Epic and for the most part enjoyed the experience.
We knew beforehand that it was slightly different to our previous cruise experiences, however we only found a couple of things not to our liking and the majority of it was very good.
Check in at Civitavecchia, and again at disembarkation, were probably the best we have experienced. We virtually walked straight to the check in desk, which was handled efficiently and our luggage had been delivered to our cabin by the time we had taken lunch.