Epic - good itinerary on the Mediterranean

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Epic

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 01, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8147

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The Garden Café buffet was outstanding, a big highlight. It's a very clean café/buffet place, the food was delicious, the ice cream machine was empty only once (compared to most days on other companies...), the dining room was fantastic too (Manhattan Club). We did not try the fancy $$ eateries. - NCL application doesn't work onboard epic - A/C in unit 8149 not functioning correctly took 4 attempts to get maintenance to replace a broken actuator (day 6!!) which caused the problem, it went from being an oven to a freezer with no middle ground. That put a BIG DAMPER on the enjoyment of our stay... esp. when you do want to spend time in cabin b/c that's where you can find quiet... - one pool area not enough for 4100 passengers - poor access to even / odd rooms (not enough cross passage access) which requires long walks to get to the correct side. - walking / running track is limited compared to many other ships, this one is on lower deck which loops on port side or starboard side (doesn't go around whole ship as is normally the case), the kitchen exhaust side was very unpleasant to walk on! - balcony stateroom was small and cramped and bed length is short even for a person of height 5' 10". - balcony area was quite rusty showing the need for maintenance / painting

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

LOVED the wine tasting excursion on Mallorca, outstanding!

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5
July and 42oC - too hot to enjoy;

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5
Again, very hot. We went to Roma on our own, we would have seen more without our teens, who were just not wanting to be in that heat!!

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5
We did the Cinque Terre on our own; air conditioned bus ride there and back, and visiting on our own. It was fantastic.

Cannes, France

5 out of 5
We walked the streets and went shopping, quaint little place with cafés, shops, etc. Very hot in July, but well worth a stroll!

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5
We signed up for the Macia Batle wine tasting tour; FANTASTIC presentation and tasting! A big highlight of our trip!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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vetwill    6 years ago

Thanks for the overview

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