Badly Designed Ship and Poor Food

Item: Norwegian Epic
Rating: 2
Author: robertleesmith

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

robertleesmith

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

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10 Night Canary Islands & Morocco (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 28, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 14102

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The ship is designed so that all the action is reduced to 3 floors. During sea days these floors become quickly packed with people and found the areas to be crowded and tightly closed. The service at most places was terrible. The food in the main dinning areas was poor and forget about eating at the buffet. The food in the buffet areas was the worst. Food in the specialty restaurant was good and would recommend purchasing a specialty restaurant package over the drink package.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

It was difficult to find activities during the sea days and in the evenings unless you had a show scheduled.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Poorly designed ship. Compared to other ships it was actually difficult to find bathrooms. Most times the bathrooms were very busy and dirty.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin design was ok and the bathroom was actually larger than on most ships. The room was very noisy due to the kids area on the 15th floor. Often the kids would be active till midnight.

Ship tip

The ships ports were excellent and would recommend any of these ports. Try to only schedule this ship if you will have good weather and can enjoy the outdoor pool area. Don't expect much in the way of onboard activities. Buy the specialty dining package.

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Tangier, Morocco

3 out of 5

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

5 out of 5

Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Canary Islands

5 out of 5

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

8 Comments

rgruenhaus 8 years ago

I get both pkgs and enjoy the whole 7 days. There are times of the day when complimentary dinning places are not so crowded.

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bpanepinto 8 years ago

Epic is amazing ship lots to do spent 10 days in April and hardly spent time in our rooms the shows every night free entertainment were awesome so if you find yourself bored then I can only say how? ?? Food was awesome never had issue maybe 15 min wait time few nights and portions were fair.

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globetrotters 8 years ago

It's not Norwegian, it's the ship, we have sailed on Norwegian seven different cruises with Norwegian Cruise Lines. the ship is designed poorly and the ship cannot handle the amount of passangers that they put on it. I highly recommend if you have a cruise do not cruise on that ship. The epic is not fun

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manpa 8 years ago

Thanks for the input. We are considering going with a large group this fall. I see most rooms are 128 square feet. Sleep, shower and ... Oh my! This is smaller than my camper. My guess the goal is to keep you out of your room and spending $$$.

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francamino 8 years ago

Don't trust us. Our references are simple opinions. Life the experience, you may enjoy it.

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ann1221 8 years ago

So bummed out to hear this as we have two weeks booked on this ship :(

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globetrotters 8 years ago

We sailed last February, NEVER SAIL on the Epic

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francamino 8 years ago

I do agree. 100%

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