11 day South Caribbean

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Norwegian Epic

11 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 26, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

We pick this cruise for the itinerary! Fun experience!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Very fast. No wait time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The food was much better in the main dining for lunch and dinner then in our last Norwegian cruise. However, the breakfast service three times was extremely slow. We would sit down and order and 35-45 minutes later our first plate. We would have coffee and drink 10-15 minutes after we ordered. One day, we told our lady server we wanted to order quickly as we had to go for an excursion. We had to leave as 40 minutes in all we had was coffee. Specialty dinning. Great experiences and servers! I was happy to see the buffet have a variety night for different cuisine specialities. Only ate a few time for breakfast in the buffet due to the bad experiences at Taste. I avoid the buffet as it becomes overcrowded and people are rude and pushy. I like it when the staff served it seemed to go better.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Burn the Floor was amazing!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
It works for the short term. I would say the couch is annoying as it is in the way taking up a lot of space.

Ship tip

Look into outside options for excursions. There are some really nice options (Trip Advisor) instead of going with 50 some people and being crammed into theatre to wait to walk out to the pier with everyone else.

Ports of call

Bridgetown, Barbados

3 out of 5
Did a tour with Norwegian Coast to Coast. Just OK. The lady conducting the tour spoke clearly and pointed out things as the bus drove on by. A lot of sitting in the bus for just three stops.

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5
Outside excursion to Smugglers Cove.

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
Outside excursion much nicer then the one we did the previous year with Norwegian.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5
Love the snorkelling here and market. Wish we could stay until 3pm.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Did an outside excursion here was worth the time and saw a lot of the island.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
We’d choose to go on our own. Appreciate having the options to choose. The longest part is getting an elevator. They are jammed packed with so many people and suitcases. I would suggest modifying elevator system on disembarking days to accommodated more elevators to go down. Or if you allowed them to take your luggage if possible use stairs, it will be faster.
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2 Comments

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Great review

jenyfur    4 years ago

Nice review, thank you

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