No As Good As Expected

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Norwegian Epic

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 25, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 12555

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I had a single cabin - never again.  Way too small and the corridor always smelled like gas.

The singles lounge was a joke - stale cookies and coffee and teas.

Did 2 specialty restaurants but we all discovered the food in the regular dining rooms was as good if not better and the service was as good. (Taste & Manhattan)

Drink package was great....(that's really why we took this cruise)

My only other complaint was all three of ours bills was wrong from day one and the service desk kept telling us to come back another day to fix it.  Everyone we dealt with at the front desk was rude and short.

I like my other cruise lines better (Princess & Royal Caribbean).

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Room Stewart was good but the cabin was horrible. I am not a big person and I could hardly turn in the shower. No room between bed and cabinets to walk. I could NEVER do a single cabin again on EPIC.

Ship tip

If you use a credit card and it is not in US dollars (Mexico - Pesos) make sure you have them write the US dollar amount on your receipt. All 3 of us got charged more than the amount we negotiated in Cozumel at Daniela.950. You really don't know what you are signing for when it is in Pesos -

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

2 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

1 out of 5

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

1 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

2 out of 5
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5 Comments

FEQuick    7 years ago

I've been on the Epic before and will be on it again in September. My favorite ship! I have had studio cabins on the Epic and the Getaway. I love my little cabins. Plenty of room . SStravelgirl - if you don't like it don't come back. It will leave more room for people who love it. Been on Princess and RC. Princess was bad experience and not really fond of RC either.

jrud    7 years ago

You have kept goin, on everyones review. Im pretty sure u must hold the record for negative comments on the epic!

jjcar99    7 years ago

Felt your pain. Ship is over crowded and unless you get/buy packages with your tickets you will have little to nothing included free. Upcharges for food, half the restaurants are not included (free). Bowling $$$ ice bar $$$ sauna $$$ I could keep going .....

jhappy    7 years ago

Where was your cabin

bcfl0bb    7 years ago

i love Norwegian never had a problem

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