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Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
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Norwegian Epic

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 09, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9202

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Love the Free-Style Dining and no formal nights which made it more relaxing. Ship was constantly cleaned. Food was good but average cruise ship food. Specialty restaurants were good. Buffet was very good. Entertainment was good but Howl at the Moon was our favorite. Casino dealers had no personalities.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Organized, but slow. We had to take a bus to the Sheraton and have another Covid Test.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Dining room was good with several choices. Cagney's was disappointing but Le Bistro was very good. Buffet was average but not crowded.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Loved the Howl at the Moon! The Cavern's Epic Beatles was just okay.

Children's Programs

no kids.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Service was great. Staff was nice but hard to understand.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Kind of hard to navigate but eventually we kind of figured it out. Epic is a huge ship!

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
This cabin needs some maintenance. Cracked mirror, vanity mirror was half gone, one dresser drawer was broken and unusable. Molding was falling down. Deck chairs had paint spattered on them as well as the outside balcony glass and the balcony floor. One outlet is not enough for charging ipad, phones and using a curling iron. Lighting in the cabin was very dim!

Ship tip

Bring a sweater if you are a freeze baby like me!

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
We stayed in San Juan Pre and Post cruise. The weather was perfect. The hotels are old and the main avenue where the action is, is in dire need of sidewalk repair a big holes covered.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Love Aruba! Went to the beach and also Alhambra casino.

Willemstad, Curacao

2 out of 5
Ended up in the Curacao hospital for the whole day so never got to see the island but we have been there before.

St. George's, Grenada

1 out of 5
We were not allowed off the ship if we did not have an excursion which was disappointing so did not see anything. Had to cancel excursion because of health issue.

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
Pretty island but only stayed in port. Cancelled excursion.

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
Also a nice port.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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10 Comments

hollysmomtravel    2 years ago

Sorry it wasn't great

Curt34    2 years ago

Thanks for the review.

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate you sharing your experience

izrgreen    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Hope you are feeling better. Sorry your room was such a disaster. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of the hiccups.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

My last cruise on the Majestic people were dressed all different

dcregar    2 years ago

I bet the Epic is due for a refreshing.

Shh813    2 years ago

Oh no, what happened that you ended up in hospital?

Shh813    2 years ago

Is it always no formal night or is that just because of Covid? Do that serve lobster tails at all?

cruising2004    2 years ago

Sorry to hear about your cabin conditions. Thanks for sharing your experience.

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