Too Many Negative People On Vacation

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 63

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 18, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14043

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Our family booked our cruise about 9 months prior to departure. This gave us plenty of time to plan. I read hundreds of reviews. I came to the conclusion too many negative people are taking vacations these days. It is a vacation. Relax! From the reviews, I was able to plan accordingly and had no issues on our vacation. This was our 9th cruise.

From all the negative reviews I read, the only item I agreed with is the size and set up of the cabins. We had a family balcony stateroom. It was really small for 4 people. Instead of complaining about it, we adjusted and made it work for us. We were never really in the room anyway. On sea days, we were up on deck by 8am because by about 9am, there were no chairs left by the pool. We went on shore for port days and had a blast even though we had our one excursion we scheduled cancelled. We scheduled our reservations for dining ahead of time so no issues there. We never had issues with food temperatures, taste, etc. Again, RELAX, you have people cooking for you and you don't have to clean up. It is vacation! We dined in 4 specialty restaurants, buffet, and main dining. All food was great. The shows didn't interest me but my wife and others seemed to enjoy them very much. The layout of the ship was fine. There were no problems getting around. I would suggest for those families considering this ship, I strongly recommend the 14th level. The Splash Academy is located on 14 and the pool is one flight of steps up. Easy to get around from this level.

Overall, it was an excellent experience for us. This was our first time cruising with Norwegian. We will definitely cruise with them again.