Beautiful ship but average experience

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
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Norwegian Epic

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 16, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9159

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Corporate efficiency - well maintained, well organized. Boring - staff was disengaged, food was average.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
efficient. Unneccessarily congested during sign-in

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Average but boring. Efficient but predicable.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Entertainment staff and daily scheduled activities were poor. Staff did not know the line dances they were leading. Pools were tiny small and unusable with the number of people onboard.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
HEadliner entertainers were first class - the best of any cruise we've been on. Venues (Headliners club and the Cavern) were way too small for these quality acts.

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Efficient but disengaged. Room steward was excellent. Restaurant waiters didn't engage and provided a service but weren't really present. Bar service was terrible - NCL sold lots of drink packages and the bar service just couldn't handle it. Bartenders were working hard - just couldn't keep up. Bar waiters were few and far between.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Huge ship that they made feel small by dividing into small areas. Atrium wasn't grand and venues were too small. Terrible signage and communication. Elevators couldn't keep up. Pools were too small. Ship was wonderflly clean and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room felt bigger than it was. Room steward did a great job.

Ship tip

Efficient but boring. Run well like a Corporation but anticeptic. Find a ship that has a more fun attitude.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
Easy access to the port. Plenty to see on shore.

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

3 out of 5
Beautiful. Small and limited things to do.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5
Beautiful. More to see and do.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas Did not visit port

Cancelled due to rough seas

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Good. They were running about 1 hour behind scheduled times
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1 Comment

acdog1    5 years ago

Excellent and accurate summary of the Epic. From what I hear this is not necessarily the same on other NCL ships.

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