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Item: Norwegian Epic
Rating: 4.2
Author: Navychaps1

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 10

Helpful Votes: 145

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

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7 Night Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 03, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9082

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Great Cruise! Entertainment is NOT family friendly in the Epic Theater! Otherwise we enjoyed the cruise. Ports were generally amazing and we had great experiences at most. We are sailing Epic again in the Spring, really hoping for entertainment changes, though we doubt it will happen. Much more to do on this ship than go to the Epic Theater.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

New Cruise Terminal makes check in a breeze, best emparkation process ever!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

New menus made for some surprises as some of our personal favorites have been deleted. Food is still superior.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Too many large activities in Atrium. Makes for major congestion on decks 5 and 6 (O'Sheahans pub above Atrium)

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Except for the Circus Dinner entertainment (extra cost) which was 6 stars, the entertainment in main theater varies from crude and distasteful (do not take kids) to tired and predictable. I travel NCL exclusively and this is the worst on-board entertainment I have experienced. I've been on the Dawn, Pearl, Sun and Escape, Epic ranks far below any of them in this category.

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

It was getting obvious many were at the end of their contract, still great service, just many looked very tired.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship is very clean!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Stateroom feels cramped because of design. I can see why this is the only ship in the fleet with staterooms of this design. If we had family staying in room with us it would have been awkward.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

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Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

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Cannes, France

2 out of 5

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Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5

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Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

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Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

3 Comments

flexibleFreddy 6 years ago

Excited to hear of the ease of embarkation. Don't like long congested lines.

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Navychaps1 6 years ago

Each to his own, would have walked out of one so because of all the f-bombs and a faux rape. But was in center of theater and I respect the actors too much to interrupt the performance for them or others, would have if I had children with me. This just a warning for families with children that it is not family friendly, the other show we saw was tired, that is all. Loved the Cirque show which others have reviewed that didn't like it. My point, read very closely the details of the shows before making reservations, I wish I had.

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41pearl 6 years ago

Shows were a bit risque. But we knew that before we even boarded. We thought the shows were excellent

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