Good family cruise...great way to visit 2 countries!

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

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Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

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Norwegian Epic

5 Night Mediterranean: Naples & Ibiza (Rome To Barcelona)

Sail date: August 12, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13130

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Ship was fine, but disappointed in Norwegian as somehow they gave away one of our cabins (their fault) and were not able to fix this....offered absolutely NOTHING to make this right. Left very bad taste in our mouth...not sure will travel with Norwegian again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Speciality restaurant has GREAT food....other restaurants pretty good!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Pools not great....tiny pools....

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Entertainment very good...

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff very attentive....but always pushing sales.....

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin very clean...steward excellent!

Ship tip

Smaller ship compared to others, but destinations excellent!

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

NAPLES (POMPEII), ITALY

5 out of 5

Did Pompeii tour...excellent (but private tour much better and cheaper)

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5

Did excursion (on own) to Drach caves....a must see (ship excursion too expensive!)

Ibiza, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5

No excursion, but taxi line off ship too long (over 45 min)

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5

Did ship excursion on city tour...tour guide was very old and didn't give any history at all

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

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