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Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 55

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Norwegian Epic

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 25, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8016

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Had an awesome experience on Norwegian Epic and met a lot of great people. It was a beautiful modern ship and clean!

 

The staff is wonderful and very very friendly. The only drawback is that there were a lot of people due to a couple of weddings. Ohh and the food in the Manhattan Room was not great but whatever, there are plenty of other restaurants that you can choose from.

 

If you are a young couple or enjoy a big party, than this is the ship for you. I felt like we were at one big party and everyone was involved and enjoying themselves. I particularly enjoyed how the staff decorated the ship for Halloween and some of the staff were dressed up...this made me smile.

 

The sites were amazing but I highly recommending doing your research for the best excursion deals and do not book an excursion everyday, try doing Hop on Hop Off tours in between. If you do an excursion everyday you will be exhausted and wont enjoy the ship that much...that's my opinion of course! :)

NCL Epic tendered in Cannes, France.  

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Toooo much food.... Skip Manhattan Room.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Small but doable... Not suitable for more than two people. The balcony is an enclosed balcony. But still amazing and you can see everything.

Ship tip

Bring a carry on with clothes.... Just in case the airlines loose your luggage. We did it, and so happy that we did. Some cruisers had their luggage lost by the airline.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

3 out of 5
Wasn't able to see Barcelona but that was our fault not the cruiseline.

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
RomeinLimo Tours ask for Luca...you wont regret it! :)

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Cannes, France

5 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

3 out of 5
Wasn't much to see around port... very limited in time too.
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7 Comments

Ewoodspark    9 years ago

You have to be careful on the forward balcony cabins on the Epic. They are Privasea balcony's and no glass on the bottom 

gmw1202    9 years ago

Honey it will be me first then - we're on the Christmas cruise to The Canaries

honey1960    9 years ago

Definitely! However, we don't sail until April😚 I will have to struggle through the exhaustion because I want to see it all!

gmw1202    9 years ago

Hi Paul and Honey -will you give a review after your trips?

paulnleila    9 years ago

Glad to read a positive review as I am getting a bit concerned as we join the ship next Wednesday and can't wait.

honey1960    9 years ago

So happy to read a positive experience!

gmw1202    9 years ago

Good to see a positive review - I agree about excursions every day they can be very tiring

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