overall excellent cruise. Freiendly staff, great food and entertainment.

Item: Norwegian Epic
Rating: 4.6
Author: tedeaton17

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

tedeaton17

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

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10 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 06, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12168

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Despit all the negative reviews about the epic we love it. Go with friends and enjoy the many island in the southern Caribbean. Excellent food and entertainment

Embarkation

5 out of 5

well organized ...easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

hard working staff made this the best part of the cruise.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

we enjoyed all the activities...pool was too small. Beatles show needs to be in epic theater

Entertainment

5 out of 5

first class

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Alan and Freddie in the whiskey bar best bartenders I've ever seen.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship design is a bit of a problem. balcony room have a quirky design. . Cleanliness was great.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

overall great, Didn't like the sink layout.

Ship tip

Relax...ignore all the terrible reviews.

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

good visit to old town

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Kralendijk, Bonaire

3 out of 5

Not my favorite but water was beautiful.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Eagle beach was awesome

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Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

Segway tour was a blast.

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Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

my favorite. catamaran tour was excellent except too many people on the boat.

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St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Gret shopping and wonderful beach.

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

Virgin gorda baths was great.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Beach snorkling was the best.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

very well organized

3 Comments

ColoradoKen 4 years ago

The Epic is a great ship, but thanks to the French designers it's not liked by all. Helps keep the prices down compared to the rest of the larger ships in the NCL fleet.

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Nice

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buckeyegirl 4 years ago

We liked the Epic even though, the bathroom setup is very weird. Didn't care for the food in main dining rooms but, the specialty restaurants were really great. The shows were out of this world and very entertaining. The ship seemed huge. Loved that our balcony doors stayed opened and the room had tons of storage. The ship overall is great. Our main dining staff wasn't as friendly as the specialty restaurants were. We each got to choose two free packages from a handful of offers when we signed up for the cruise. We picked alcohol package and gratiulties. Helped alot.

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