We took a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise on the Epic during the February school break. Although we didn't have kids with us we take that week because it coincides with my husband's birthday. We almost always take our vacation that week. I read the reviews about the Epic and was concerned about a number of things that turned out not to be issues for concern.

The Cabin---was lovely. Large. TONS of storage space. I really liked the bathroom/shower set up. The shower was really big with space to hang a wet swimsuit or towel. The sink in the cabin was fine. Not huge but fine. This way my husband could shave while I showered and we didn't get in each other's way. We had really noisy neighbors but didn't realize until we went out on the balcony. We didn't hear them at all inside the cabin. My only complaint about the cabin was that there was only one inconveniently located outlet charge my various things (laptop, phone, ipod, and to plug in my hot rollers).

The Food--Was AMAZING! Not at all like your regular cruise food. We loved the Manhattan Room and Taste (the regular restaurants) and the buffet was very versatile. We eat mostly vegetarian (some fish) and we had lots of choices every day. La Bistro was wonderful--wonderful service, wonderful food, as was the steak house--we never eat at the steak house onboard but this ship had Kosher chicken. YAY. The food was like regular good restaurant food. We are now spoiled. AND we never had to wait on line, we never had trouble getting a reservation anywhere we wanted to eat. The only meal I didn't love was at the Italian restaurant onboard. It was like your regular cruise fare... Not so great. Read more