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Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Jrandce3

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

10 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 05, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I enjoyed the cruise very much. The seas were mostly calm with some gentle rocking at night which helped with sleep. The activities directors had nice activities as well as fantastic personalities and intermixed with everyone well. Unfortunately I would not cruise on the Epic again because it has nowhere where you can walk around the entire ship on the outside. The ship is too enclosed aside from the outside pool and sunning decks.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

As a Platinum it was fast.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Slow service if at a table of 8 or more.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Some activities were closed due to remodeling

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Great shows except for Jr Magician. Don’t like waiting in long lines up to 40 minutes.

Headliners Comedy Club

3 out of 5

Unless you are in the first few rows it is very difficult to see the entertainer and you have to look at the TV monitors on the side walls.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Very helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Spotless

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Studio cabin. Good size for one person. No drawers, however.

Ship tip

Bring small collapsible boxes to store smaller items.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Thumbs Up 0

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5

Nice and free if you like beaches.

Thumbs Up 1

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

5 out of 5

Be careful if walking alone.

Thumbs Up 0

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Most shops closed Sundays.

Thumbs Up 0

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5

Excellent work. Nice beach & pool.

Thumbs Up 1

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

Just lots of vendor shops.

Thumbs Up 0

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Big mall. Walk 3 blocks to the right to find department-grocery store.

Thumbs Up 6

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very fast now.

1 Comment

AleitaWB 5 years ago

I absolutely agree. I'm on the ship now and it is sooooo enclosed like you said. Dark carpet and dark stair areas. You can't see outside on the decks where your rooms are. Royal Caribbean have windows and lounges on the floors and it's soooo much brighter and spacious. I guess they can't all be the same. Lololol. It's all good, we will make the best of this. Food is pretty good.

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