forget collecting sea glass in Bermuda

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Norwegian Epic

13 Night Transatlantic Eastbound (Port Canaveral To Barcelona)

Sail date: April 01, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8062

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Due to time change we lost almost a day so next time we're going the opposite direction.  The boat had 4,000 passengers and still didn't seem crowded.  Food and drink were outstanding in every venue. 

We disembarked in the first group and it was very easy but others reported that about an hour later they were stuck in a line to depart the boat for over 2 hours!  Activities were limited and lacked creativity and imagination.  Very few group exercise opportunities, but miultiple pay classes in the fitness center. The other issue I didn't like was the balcony partitions were not allowed to be open to adjoining patios.  They said their policy was due to the door potentially swinging and getting fingers caught in the door. They need to change the location of smoking on the pool deck.  It is the port side right next to the pool so you get to walk thru the gauntlet of cancer when moving from front to back.  You can go on the starboard side but the cancer cloud is everywhere including the upper deck where all the "considerate" smokers light up and trail their smoke thru the non smoking area as they walk to the smoking area.  My only serious complaint is their confiscation of sea glass collected in Bermuda.  There is no prohibition signs or notifications on the boat advising customers that they cannot bring sea glass back on board.  This resulted in a wasted day in Bermuda and many pieces being "discarded".

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Reservations at specialty restaurants were difficult to get.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Limited and lacked creativity

Entertainment

1 out of 5
It was difficult getting show reservations

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Excellent location on the ship. Very little excessive walking to cabin from elelvator bank. I would not get port side of ship again because it is the smoking section of the ship.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5
Beware of hotels to port transfers - all shuttles and taxis are very busy on departure day.

Royal Naval Dockyard, West End, Bermuda

3 out of 5
Lots of expensive excursions

Funchal, Madeira

3 out of 5
There was not enough time to fully do the on and off bus.

Malaga, Spain

3 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

3 out of 5
Disembark the ship early and get to the airport very early to avoid long delays
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