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Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

cowanmildred

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

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7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 22, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1163

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Okay. I understand the ship was built in France, therefore, rooms are smaller. There were not enough trivia or other games during the day. I didn't like the fact that you had to pay for some activites--- bowling and the icebar. The staff was not very friendly.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The food and service was good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Trivia, dance contest

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Only one stage show. The trans gender show was not acceptable. The band's and other performers around the ship were very good.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Not as friendly and attentive as other Norwegian ships.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Room was too compact. Beds were too small. There was not enough room to move around freely.

Ship tip

Balcony rooms are compact and ship is too big

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

3 out of 5

No excursion. Walked around LaRambas, very nice city.

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Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5

No excursion. Very nice

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Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

2 out of 5

No excursion. Not very intetesting

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Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

3 out of 5

No excursion. Didn't stay in Livorno. Took train to Pisa

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Cannes, France

4 out of 5

No excursion. Tram and walking tour

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Marseille (Provence), France

4 out of 5

No excursion. Walking tour

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Easy and quick. I checked about balance and was told no balance; however, credit was charged. Cannot get a resolution. No response from Norwegian.

10 Comments

floatmaboat 6 years ago

How much do you have to pay for the bowling.

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nathaniel11291 6 years ago

I’m dead! The transgendered show.... I think it’s about drag which can just be any guy dressed as a girl and tends to be satirical. The show isn’t unacceptable.... it may be not your taste. If you really meant it’s unacceptable then your views are probably what’s unacceptable in 2017.

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ColoradoKen 6 years ago

Be there in three days and can't wait! You obviously wouldn't have a good time if it fell out of the sky, landed on on your face and started to wiggle. "Great Outdoors" - haha

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YIcruise72 6 years ago

“Priscilla” USA drag queen shows. Adult oriented

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kstrow 6 years ago

What's "Priscilla" all about. Just curious.

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LobsterPot 6 years ago

Oops, just noticed you’re referring to the Epic not the Escape. We’ve only had Balcony cabins on her and ours were a decent size but the bed is curved so maybe short for really tall folks... My wife wasn’t keen on sitting at the end of the bed for the dressing table mirror, etc. and it didn’t help when you needed to get past one another..

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LobsterPot 6 years ago

We’ve been in Oceanview and Balcony on the Escape and my brother had an interior, all we’re plenty big enough for us and bigger than many other ships.... Solo studios are small but they’re really well designed... the ship was built in Germany btw the last few NCL ships have been built there... Priscilla is probably aimed at open-minded guests it surprised us a bit, I suspect a lot of folks might have issues with the subject matter... You should consider a Transatlantic trip if you want lots of trivia, 3 or 4 sessions every sea day.

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Ree2k12 6 years ago

Not sure what size cabin you had but the size of each type is on the website so you can prepare yourself. Insides appear very cramped on the Epic from what I read. I am on the Epic next May, in a Studio and some other friends are in an inside. We are just prepared to spend most of our time outside the rooms! Next time you can also check out YouTube for vids of room types to get a better idea of size.

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YIcruise72 6 years ago

Sailing on 23rd December and I sailed it back in February, had no issues. If you’re overly sensitive or judgmental, don’t go see Priscilla Queen of the desert (the NCL website even warns everyone)

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kstrow 6 years ago

wow! sailing Epic 12/16.

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