I have been on a couple of cruises and thought I would try out Norwegian for the first time. Sailing on the Epic made me question whether I want to sail with this line ever again.
The ship is just super outdated! Particularly the rooms. I stayed in a balcony and they have these weird couches in them that are extremely stained and make me question if I even want to sit on them. The carpets are ...
The staff was miserable not welcoming very rude and just not happy the food was terrible cold dry I have been on other cruises with Norwegian and the food was so good but no more .. the never added my drink package and customer service wouldn’t help me on the ship and I was not the only one with that issue a bunch of other passengers in line at guest service with same issue .. I booked 2 rooms ...
I take no pleasure in saying that I've never dealt with a company that treats customer service as recklessly as NCL. There are several points for improvement. I'll focus on the most glaring issue.
On the final day of our cruise, a staff member at the photography studio yelled at us, and became extremely condescending, over their inaccurately labeled and stated prices. We were provided several ...
What an experience on the Epic. I booked a family balcony and got an obstructed view with no way to see the ocean. There are only a few of these balconies but there is not a different room type for these. I tried to change rooms and was told no. I explained the room type does not say it’s an obstructed view and they said “ I will write a report and get back to you”. 6 days on ship and no follow ...
This has to be the worst cruise I have ever been on in my life! First of all it is very dirty like some of the areas wasn’t clean at all and has dirt on them or stains and in our cabin room there was a straight up cockroach we found, only one luckily and we called guest services but they did nothing to help us. Another thing is that some of the workers on there are rude, specifically one bartender ...
As others have said, lines, lines, and more lines. Want a drink - long line (average 20 minutes). Want to eat - good luck getting in any of the sit down restaurants - 45 minute wait the one time we went, 40 minute wait the second time. The app was about useless - not rhyme or reason to what you are "allowed to book" and what you aren't. You have to show up at least 30-40 minute before a show to ...
Had a Balcony room on the 14th floor The Balcony had some serious rust issues to make it quite unappealing to sit outside.
But when you get to a port and look at the rest of the ship, it's understood why, there is quite a bit of Rust showing thru..... while other cruise lines do painting maintenance while in port, never saw any NCL personnel with even a paint rush.
It needs some serious ...
I travel on NCL quite a bit but the Epic was horrific. Did a B2B cruise Jan-28-2024 through 3-11-2024. LONG LONG LINES everywhere, whether dining, bars, venues. I've been on many NCL ships and other cruise lines, but nothing like this. The first leg of the trip, they ran out of lite beers on 5th day, and I'm not a beer drinker but EVERYONE was complaining. You had to wait 45 mins for a drink ...
Long lines at all bar locations, not enough wait staff on deck causing long lines for beverages which reduced the value of the beverage package. Bottled water was not part of the bar/beverage package.
Show reservations were needed for Burn the Floor but were not made obvious or clear.
Ran out of some beverages (beer, daiquiris, mud slides etc.)
Room had fluid leak on the carpeted floor ...
We have cruised on Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Holland America cruise lines. This was our first time on Norwegian and sadly it will be the last. We booked it to celebrate our 20th anniversary and having heard good things about Norwegian Cruise lines we were very excited to experience it. Unfortunately, we were really disappointed not only in the ship but the overall experience was ...