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Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 66

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
Norwegian Epic

11 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 24, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11306

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

First time on NCL and probably won't sail again with them.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Boarding should be scheduled. You should sign up for a time to check in AND a specific time to board! Your room should be ready when you board. And luggage should be delivered with in a reasonable time! Most of our luggage was now delivered until after 5 pm!! We checked in at 11am!!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
We had a terrible experience at the Manhattan Restaurant. Extremely poor service! This is supposed to be the"nice" restaurant! After being seated, it was 10 Mims before anyone even approached the table! After food was brought waiter never came back to check on us. I asked 3 times for an ice tea refill, which I never got!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Room Steward couldn't seem to get our room clean before 11 am or sometimes later! Then nightly cleaning wasn't done most nights until 10pm!!!

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Horrible floor plan of ship! Very clean though.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
As soon as you step into the room, you need to put your key card in the slot so the lights will come on, that would have been nice info for someone to tell you at check in when they know you have never sailed NCL! Then your toilet is immediately to my right with a frosted glass sliding door and my shower is to my left with a frosted glass door. No actual bathroom!!! Sink is in your "bedroom"! Room is dark with very poor lighting. Rooms are very small, even for an inside room. Only 6 channels on TV, 3 news, 1 sports, 1 movie- that randomly shows the same 6 movies for 11 days without you even knowing when anything will start, 1 "Favorites TV"- which mostly shows a creepy cartoon!

Ship tip

Choose another!

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5

Falmouth, Jamaica

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

3 out of 5
Their own island, limited to only what they offer

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Absolutely horrible!!! Scheduled to get off at 0930. We were called at 0930, only to stand for 1.5 hrs waiting to get to luggage! No Porters to assist with luggage!! Took 2 hrs to get out of the Terminal!!
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