Citywanderer Cruise Review on Norwegian Epic on Jul 14, 2019

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review

Citywanderer

Contributor Level: Purser

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 14, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

My 11th cruise and probably poorest of the bunch. First time with NCL too so not a good advertisement. Generally morose attitude among the service staff, with only a few exceptions. I singled out three individuals for praise on the ship but they possibly stood out more because they were actually helpful when others weren’t. The entertainment was sparse and spartan. The shows weren’t all that either. Epic Beatles band in the Cavern club were excellent however, and there were other entertainers aboard who were good, but some that were definitely not. Many small issues were annoying, and hidden charges were constant. We had a ‘no gratuity offer’ but still received bar charges, service charges, even had to pay $0.60 on a $20 casino bet! Disgusting. Food was ok, but not a varied menu. $3.25 (+charges) for a 500ml bottle of water? Even if if you have the premium beverage package. So you can have unlimited Scotch but can’t take a bottle of water away? After this, I’d probably only go NCL if the itinerary wasn’t available elsewhere.

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