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Item: Norwegian Epic
Rating: 4
Author: nms1114

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

nms1114

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

11 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 26, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11535

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

I understand that there are thousands of people for the staff to wrangle during excursion line-ups. But there is a lot of line jumping by inconsiderate passengers, and the staff gets overwhelmed and lets these people bulldoze in.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Very fast; but I wasn't given the Daily for that day and didn't realize it until I was on the ship 2 hours later and realized I had missed the first day ship tour.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Portions very small in dining rooms, which i understand to avoid waste. Shangai restaurant was excellent, I went there 4 nights. It is too bad that it is in the casino section as it is gets the cigarette smoke.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

The pools were very small, hot tubs were nice.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Burn the Floor was amazing.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

The cabin itself was great. But there was wasn't much insulation between the walls next to the housekeeping closet.

Ship tip

Line up at least a half hour early for any show.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

I did the rainforest excursion with transfer to airport. The listing said "best for flights after 5pm." Unfortunately, we were at the airport by 12:30pm, and my flight was not until 7:30pm

Thumbs Up 1

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Hato Caves and Ostrich Farm was a great excursion. Alex at the farm was an excellent guide.

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Kralendijk, Bonaire

4 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

4 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados