Norwegian Epic Review

4.5 / 5.0
4,418 reviews

Smooth sailing, but very disorganized with long wait times

Review for Transatlantic Cruise on Norwegian Epic
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Redhead5966
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Oct 2016
Cabin: Inside

The best part of the Cruise was the smooth sailing and beautiful weather. As others have posted the rooms are chopped up (I had a beautiful interior room)but would have been crowded for 2, and I did not care for the layout of the ship. 3 small pools (1 out of service most of the cruise) Hot tub had no hand rail to get in it, making it difficult to get in. I purchased my airfare and transfers as well as my Cruise through NCL-BIG MISTAKE. I did get a great rate, but others I met bought from outside NCL and got the same or better prices with extras. I did not get any extras. My cabin attendant was outstanding!

I traveled solo this time, and found the dining rooms awful. I ate at Taste x2, and both times my dinner took over 2 hours. Breakfast there x1 was 1:30 min. Forget about refills on coffee. Manhattan was slightly better. With dinner wait of about an hour. That's not getting seated, that's after being seated. I always offer to table share, but the Hostess was not very nice. Very limited menus. No lobster, unless you were willing to pay for it. Shanghai was much faster. In and out in an hour. Again, the wait staff was not very friendly. Buffets were great! They had a different theme every night, great variety. Hot food hot, and cold food cold. Room service is an extra fee here.

There is no designated Casino really. Several machines down the middle of the ship and a few in an alcove by the windows for smokers.

Cabin Review

Inside

Cabin IX

Strange layout. You walk in, the toilet is on one side, the shower on the other. Both have frosted glass doors, and if you weigh over 150 lbs, they probably won't close.

Port Reviews

Tenerife

Don't do it! Take the hop on hop off bus.

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