We decided verry last minute to go on this cruise and got a verry good deal. We had a great time.

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review

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Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Norwegian Epic

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 20, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

This was a last minute deal and we were verry happy with it. We really enjoyed it.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We arrived at 11.25 (our check-in time was between 11 and 11.30). There were like 10 people in line. We first had to show our pasport, negative test result and our vaccine card. After that we could leave our lugage and go through security. Then we had the usual check-in to receive our seapass. From arrival at the port to our first drink at the bar was max 20 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food at the buffet was ok but not as good as in 2018. Choice at the buffet was more limited. A lot of verry unhealthy food especially at breakfast (for the more healthy option there was only some fruit/salad, but no yohurt without sugar/granola/dark bread/...) so we skipped breakfast a few times but were never hungry 😁. Coffee was terrible so we went to the starbucks. Lunch and diner was better (Indian food was good and more choice of vegetables). We also enjoyed the Teppanyaki and the Noodle bar. O'Sheenan was just ok.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We enjoyed the hot tubs and pools. H2O is verry nice but would be better with some (quiet)music.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
We did not go to the shows (seen them in 2018). We enjoyed the music in the different bars and had a great time.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Room steward and waiters were verry nice and friendly. Bar staff just ok.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
As the cruise was a last minute decision we had a GTY balcony cabin. 24hours for our cruise we received the cabinnumber; deck 13, front, interconnecting but there was nobody next to us on both sides so verry quiet. Perfect.

Ports of call

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5
Did not go to Palma, been here before a few times.

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

3 out of 5

Cannes, France

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We did the self disembarkation. Only the elevators were a disaster but we were off the boat in 5 minutes at 8am.
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7 Comments

Exideuil    2 years ago

Only 1 r in very and only 1 s in busy!

Pittsfire51    2 years ago

Curious, what port was it that you went through? Wife and I are leaving out of Barcelona Sept 25.

Marybethcrouse    2 years ago

What type of restrictions, secondary to Covid, did you encounter ? Masking on overseas flights …..and while in ports in Italy or Spain ?

cowboy74    2 years ago

Hey, Izzy, thanks for the review. Glad you had a good cruise. Hope your home safe and planning your next cruise. We leave Thursday for the same cruise.

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Great itinerary. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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