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Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Norwegian Epic

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 23, 2013

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Suite

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 11 years ago

Review summary

The ship was nice, the room great, the organization for embarking and disembarking was great. Was nickel and dimed!!! 10 restaurants were pay for vs. 4 that were part of the cruise. Since there was not set time for lunch dinner, don't see the same staff thus there is no relationships which made the service really sub par. Even the room person was not that friendly. I have been on about 8 cruises and this one had poor service and food. Even 1 of the "Pay" restaurant's food was subpar. Staff get auto tipped thus service was poor. I would not recommend this cruise.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
restaurants were sub par

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
you had to pay for acts

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
was adequate

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

room was awesome

Ship tip

Breakfast at the Garden is good and so is lunch. Rest of the restaurants that were provided was not very good. The service staff was poor because they don't have an incentive to be nice. You don't have a set schedule for dinner and they are auto tipped. 10 restaurants cost and only 4 free

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5
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gregwin    11 years ago

I am wondering if "freestyle" cruising is just not that good for providing incentive to service staff. I have never been on a cruise where most dining cost vs only a very few included. Food was subpar. Even the Italian on (Cuccina's) I loved the ship and the ports but I feel that NCL spends more time trying to sell you on option . . . Nickel and Dimed. Did not like this at all.

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