Highs and lows Mediterranean Cruise

Item: Norwegian Epic
Rating: 3.4
Author: MHCshipmate

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

MHCshipmate

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

Verified Review

12 Night Mediterranean: Italy Greece & Turkey (Rome To Haifa)

Sail date: November 08, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 13044

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Cruise was ok, nCL should have cancelled the cruise due to Israeli Hammas conflict!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Good and Bad

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Spa - bad Burn the Floor- great Bingo - ok Music - ok

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Design Bad Much deferred maintainence

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Weird Layour Bed - uncomfortable Good storage space Deferred maintainence

Ship tip

Be aware of wired layout

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Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

4 out of 5

No Quite always from Rome well organized

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NAPLES (POMPEII), ITALY

4 out of 5

Yes

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Mykonos, Greece

2 out of 5

Yes

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5

Yes

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Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

4 out of 5

Yes

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Istanbul, Turkey

3 out of 5

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Limassol, Cyprus

2 out of 5

Poor excursions

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Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5

Excursions cancelled

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Sermless

10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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v3cruiser 1 year ago

Wow. Would love to sail that itinerary!

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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dooduh 1 year ago

The boat literally left Israel. Don't see the issue.

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Jerrec 1 year ago

The cruise didn’t stop in Israel. Why would they cancel it? Most they would normally do is skip an affected port if necessary.

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Sorry you were not happy with your cruise.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Why should NCL cancel the cruise

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AFE8Ret 1 year ago

We canceled our Viking cruise that was stopping in Israel. Received full refund, less insurance, no questions asked.

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gwright1129 1 year ago

Perhaps YOU should have canceled your cruise instead of being a miserable crybaby after the fact🤷‍♀️

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RetiredRay 1 year ago

With all those ports why cancel for a localized issue? Sounds like an average cruise, some good, some not to taste.

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