This will be our last cruise on NCL
Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Transatlantic
12 Night Transatlantic: Gibraltar & Alicante (Port Canaveral To Rome)
Sail date: April 07, 2024
Ship: Norwegian Epic
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 12065
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 4 months ago
Review summary
As almost everyone states in reviews of NCL Epic, the lines for everything are God awful. We never ate in a main dining room because of the lines. The service in the Whiskey Bar for drinks was the one good thing with regards to service. Easy to get drinks there and wait staff was present and good. And the cabins are as most comment, really odd. And cramped. Great steward though. The fact we missed our port call in Gibraltar due to an engine being down was truly disappointing. And do not get a steak in the Cagney's Steakhouse. Both my ribeye and my wife's NY Strip were over 30% fat and really tough. The Le Bistro specialty restaurant was wonderful as was the Moderno Churrascaria. While the food on the buffet was ok there was a welcome surprise on the last night of the cruise when they served up a wonderful prime rip. The concept of Freestyle Dining sound good, it really isn't. Because NO reservations were accepted, the lines were crazy. All in all...We will not sail on this ship, or any NCL ship again. The aggravations simply aren't worth it.Embarkation
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Ship tip
Don't.
Ports of call
Gibraltar (U.K.) Did not visit port
Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy Did not visit port