My Personal Experience

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

msywhang

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

21 Night Canary Islands & Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 24, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11531

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Excellent Entertainment

Liked Studio/Dining Options

Best Dining Service @ Taste/liked the Irish Pub/food

Best Service/Friendly staffs were the Hostess' at the various restaurants

Inconsistant Service throughout ship/same w/taste of food

Epic is simply larger/more expansive, but nothing unusual/different

Some venues could not accommodate passengers for such a large ship

Better services for hard of hearing, i.e. closed captioning for movies/TV

Insufficient Port Information; has postings at guest services and atrium screen, but would be nice to have PRINTED information, including getting around the port city, etc.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

inconsistant - not enough taste to too salty; food luke warm

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

great entertainment, but not the best activities

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Excellent

Children's Programs

N/A

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

some staff seem to appear boared, non-friendly; grumpy, including a few staff from guest services

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Well appointed, plus the Studio Lounge, a gathering place with continental breakfast and afternoon cookies. Has books and games and bar opens during the one hour get together at 6:00 PM with group arrangements for shows, dinners, etc.

Ship tip

The itinerary for the cruise was excellent. Opportunity for future cruise and bonus was very much appreciated. Miss the various gathering offered past guests - only 1 on Epic = meet the Captain & Officers. Book shows right away.

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Ports of call

Tangier, Morocco

3 out of 5

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

3 out of 5

Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Canary Islands

3 out of 5

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

Cagliari, Sardinia

5 out of 5

Palermo, Sicily

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Wonderful city; got ferry to Capri which was mostly closed for the season unknown to passengers!

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Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

1 out of 5

Weather prevented ship from docking!

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Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Livorno was great/easy to get around

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Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5

11 Comments

lauren45 8 years ago

Louis and scousecruiser Google "Norwegian epic osheehans menu" one of the first images that come up is the whole list of beers served at osheehans with the prices included!

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scousecruiser 8 years ago

Can anyone tell me if Irish pub on epic sells guinness

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lauren45 8 years ago

No problem!! 😊

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louisrook 8 years ago

You've been very helpful.

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louisrook 8 years ago

Thank you lauren45 that is exactly what I wanted to know.🍻

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lauren45 8 years ago

But again, Louis you can try googling bar menus for Epic and find the prices for beers. Sorry I am not too familiar with £, I am in the US lol

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lauren45 8 years ago

I think he understands that. I think he wants to know the price of each beer, to see if the drink package is really worth it's price (even though they are giving it for free) i don't know how much the beers are, but cocktails are around $10-12. And the drink package is $67/day so I think you would need about 6 or 7 drinks a day to make it worth it. At least it's free!

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pmeyer1999 8 years ago

Louis...the drink package is unlimited.

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louisrook 8 years ago

I have booked and also have prime drinks inclusive, which relates to £55 per day and I wondered how far that went.

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lauren45 8 years ago

Louisrook, not sure how much the beers are but I think you can use google to find images of some menus to give you an idea. If you book now or have booked in the last 6 months or so you'd be able to get the unlimited drink package for free! Much more worth it than free wifi or dining package 😊

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louisrook 8 years ago

How much is a lager

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