Good First Cruise

Item: Norwegian Epic
Rating: 3.6
Author: laurenfaye05

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

laurenfaye05

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 20, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11077

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall, the friends and offboat food made the trip.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

I give this a low rating because even with the beverage package there was no drinking water included and all the fountains were closed to fill up a water bottle (assuming this is due to COVID). If you are serving people alcohol, you need to make water more available.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Entertainment felt a little rusty- giving them the benefit of the doubt that they haven’t been able to perform in 2+ years.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Tao the room steward for 11077-11081 was fantastic.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Everything was clean and working- my only complaint is the apparent lack of bathrooms in public places. It felt like you had to walk quite a ways to find one that was open.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin was clean. Bed was sub par. The outlets are under the tv in a cabinet (took me way too long to find).

Ship tip

The NCL excursion process was painful- we didn’t book ahead and weren’t able to book past Barcelona until we reached that port and the new group onboarded. Leaving the shop on a tour was drawn out and a lot of waiting. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend any of the NCL excursions except for Pompeii. Do the rest on your own to save time and frustration.

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