Norwegian Epic Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Transatlantic Voyage - Oct 23, 2011 - From Barcelcona, Spain

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Sail Date: Oct 2011
Cabin: Spa Suite

Cagney Steakhouse -â€" Excellent meal. 3 of us. Filet/lobster ($8 extra for lobster, above the $25 fee), T bone steak, Prime Rib. All meals were exceptional. Service very good.

The entertainment daily onboard was very good. From the piano dueling boys in Headliners, called Howl with the Moon, to Jim on piano at Shaker's Bar. Another guy in front of the Whiskey's bar was very good also.

Largest casino on the seas. It goes on forever. Very roomy and lots of choices of table games and machines, from penny's to dollars and video poker also. Table game area is very filled with smoke. I suggested the battery ashtrays that suck up smoke. Manager liked idea. Will be suggesting it at next Pit Boss meeting. Only disappointment was the poker. First time I have seen live dealer dealt games on a cruise ship. I am used to the Poker Pro machines for Texas Holdem. Rake for this game is 10%, max. $25 on EPic. I would not play when I found this out. I cashed out after winning the first hand dealt when game started. Saw he was counting down pot at the end of hand and took $22 of the pot, which was my money. Other cruise lines have $10 max. Still to high, but I had decided I would play for that amount of rake, but when I saw it was over the $10 I left. So did 2 others when I explained how high the rake was.

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Spa Suite

Cabin H9

Spa Suite very nice. Large round bed, comfy and plenty of room for DH and myself, (he is 6'4"). Awesome balcony. Largest of spa suites. Nice vanity area for putting makeup on. Good lighting with blow dryer and lite make up magnifying mirror. Suite features a cordless walk around phone in which you can take anywhere on ship and call anywhere on the ship anytime. Nice touch to contacting Butler and others you are traveling with. Coffee maker in room, didn't use, ordered room service for fresh pot of coffee. Lots of storage in this cabin. 3 closets. 2 for hanging clothes and other has shelves with safe. Cabin floors are wood, not carpet. A little different, had I of known I would have brought slippers, but my cozy fuzzy socks worked okay. Nice feature on room door number out in hall. You can dial it to say, Make up room, do not disturb, or make up room. Better than the signs that usually fall to the floor from the door knob. Door bell also. Lots of room in shower. Frosted door for privacy with rain shower head above and hand held shower head also. Area of toilet is roomy also. Private sliding door, as shower, rounded for maximum space in both. Nice dimmer lights in cabin. Has sheer curtains you can pull to make the area at sink/shower more private. Only used Jacuzzi once in suite. Seas were rough sailing from Barcelona to Miami, and the water would have splashed all over the cabin. Which the Jacuzzi was outside on the balcony in corner, could have used daily! Who cares if the balcony gets wet. Shower has issues with leaking water from bottom of sliding door. Lip on shower not high enough, and drain is at the back of shower not front, weird design. Need extra towels in cabin for floor outside of shower.

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