Mixed feelings

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Norwegian Epic

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 20, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8063

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Been on over 15 cruises and can say NCL is the best. I was disappointed though in the lack of party choices for younger middle aged people. I miss the white party , but they had the glow party one night which was a lot of fun. Doesn’t make up for numerous nights walking in circles bored. A few other people my age where disappointed as well. Not everyone likes piano , 50/60’s music or bingo. I asked the DJ at the pool the play the song “Big Ship” it’s a classic reggae song that they play all the time on Carib cruises. He was nice but said he was told to play Italian music But he did play a few min of the song for me and I observed numerous people getting into the song tapping their feet etc lol lol. Then on came the music they seemed to end that. Since the cruise was mostly Americans they should maybe judge their audience better

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
I was in the ship when it first sailed and you can see now it’s showing it’s age in details.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

If have a mini suite be ready to sleep on a sofa and no privacy

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

2 out of 5
Without a tour it’s not quick to get to the city of Rome

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

3 out of 5

Cannes, France

5 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

Charlou    6 years ago

The white party is now called the glow party. Same thing. Between all the shows, things going up at the atrium, the deck party’s, musicians and comedy shows and everything else going, you were still bored?

markandde    6 years ago

Never done an European or Mediterranean cruise, but a couple of years ago an officer on the Spirit told a group of us that the entertainment options were quite different from a Caribbean cruise. Does that match your experience? Is that what you are seeing here?

DerekMire    6 years ago

Never heard of the song

IkeDeb    6 years ago

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