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Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Norwegian Epic

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 15, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9025

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Overall, a great value indeed! Having the "drink package" was perfect as well as the "three specialty" restaurants. For the small amount extra, it was WELL WORTH IT!!!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
The initial embarkation experience was well managed and very professional.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food was well prepared and the specialty restaurants were beyond what I had expected! The ambience was very clean and diverse depending upon the cuisine! Great time!! Our Bartender, Quimson, outside on Spice H20 always remembered our names and cocktails and was always most kind!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The professional quality of the stage shows were a surprise!!!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The service was excellent, as said before, Quimson, at Spice H20 was our favorite bartender as he always remembered our names and favorite cocktails! Our Cabin steward, Bagus, was always attentive to the needs of our cabin which was kept very clean!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ongoing work on the ship kept up her cleanliness!

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The overall comfort was very good. The only critical comment was that the mattresses were too short and frequently my feet hung over the end of the bed. Otherwise, everything was in proper order and all aspects of the cabin worked properly.

Ship tip

The main piece of advice is to have a private car service waiting for the final disembarkation as the taxi line was quite severe! There was one gentleman with an oxygen tank had to wait on this line. A private car would have been pulled up into the commercial bus area and much time would have been saved.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Wonderful sites and cuisine.

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
Took a boat to Capri which was outstanding!

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
Taking the t train from Civitavecchia was no problem in the least. We got on the "hop on hop off" bus in Rome and took in the major sites! The return trip was quite fast!

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5
Spent the morning in Livorno taking in the sites and getting on a boat ride through their canals. Very interesting history, kind of sad that this port town took major damage in WWII and continues to restore their classic buildings!

Cannes, France

5 out of 5
Took a motor coach (bus tour) to Monaco! A day well spent!

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
As mentioned above, this experience was horrible! We opted for the easy off route but the elevators were packed and waiting was long. Outside taxi line was to experience hundreds of people waiting. Again, a car service would have solved this problem!!!!!
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