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Norwegian Epic Cruise Review

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Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 56

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
Norwegian Epic

10 Night Greek Isles: Malta & Italy (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 29, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9151

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

We really loved Greece enjoyed it far more than I enjoyed Italy would vote Mykonos 6 star if possible definitely want to visit Greece again

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Ok so I bought the soda package which should count getting a soda anywhere on the ship apparently that’s not the case was charged 4.20 for cokes several times on the first 2 days from a bar I never went to so had to get that straightened out. I did really like the choices of ice cream they had both soft serve machines and traditional ice cream available including with your fare so that was a nice plus. The buffets were ok bout what you expect

The Manhattan Room

2 out of 5

Yeah they had some wierd stuff on this cruise fewer choices than royal or carnival too. The cheese ravioli was very weird some stuff was good though like the final night they had chicken Parmesan and it was tasty but there was quite a lot of variable in the food

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
There was a distinct lack of good movies on this cruise most days was 1 single movie and some were total crap like the book club part 2. I was hoping for more recent ones like the marvel bee keeper dune part 2 or the new ghost busters. They did like showing movies during port times which I thought was a strange choice. I did enjoy some of the games like bamboozled was interesting. My team won and was given a mesh bag as a prize which I am using as an overflow bag for souvenirs so points for usable activity prizes. They did a queen tribute but only did verse 1 of bohemian rhapsody so that was strange and kinda a let down. They didn’t have as much trivia as other lines like carnival and royal carribbean. Activities were a little more mixed.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Saw the juggler John udry and he was pretty meh 🫤. Also saw the magician Christian Miro now he put on a pretty good show you before you knew it it was over but that dosn’t mean I wasn’t entertained the time just flew by. Didn’t care for all the beetles stuff mostly cause they were way before my time. They did have some good music on the ship it wasn’t just crappy rnb or edm all the time. Went to the awesome 80s party and it was fun 🤩. The singers were a mixed bag some were ok some were just like e cube duo were ok

Bliss Ultra Lounge

4 out of 5

Had a pretty enjoyable 80s party here on like night 3 I believe

Epic Theatre

4 out of 5

Saw a pretty good magic show here and a pretty meh juggler

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
There was the slight problem of getting charged for cokes when you have the drink package but it was straightened out.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The ship was clean and the overall layout was fine. Having the shower and toilet separated and at the room entrance was extremely challenging when trying to juggle getting ready.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The whole split bathroom thing is weird toilet on one side shower on the other with only a curtain separating the room. The tv was pretty small and had only 1 movie channel and no free movies on demand like carnival has. The beds were soft though so they were good. We had plenty of towels never had to ask for more.

Ship tip

Be prepared for the food to be all over the place

Ports of call

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5
Didn’t get to go inside the Parthenon but that’s due to long line 2-3 hour wait we choose not to wait so go expecting a lot wait

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5
Mdina was a pretty interesting place to visit if you go make sure your on the right bus the hop on hop off has a yellow short loop and blue long loop the blue takes about another hour or more

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5
They should of cutout the vineyard on the let’s take a selfie tour stopped us from having enough time in fira town

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
Pompeii was really great to visit and castel nuovo was nice

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5
Loved Mykonos was a beautiful place had plenty of shopping and felt very much like you were in Europe the Greek feeling was very strong here

Messina, Sicily

3 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Was a pretty well organized disembarkation

Traveler Photos

The bag i won at bamboozled
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8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

MzMoniqueRenee     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing. I was on the sam cruise and agree with your sentiments as to some of the food outlets and entertaiment. So glad you got your soda package sorted out.

javawoody     5 months ago

Appreciate the review

HeavySeas     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

bubbles60     5 months ago

Great itinerary! We have been on the Epic twice and enjoyed it.

AuntPinkie     5 months ago

Great itinerary. Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your your ports of call if not the ship.

Gwbigdog     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004     5 months ago

Thank you for your detailed review.

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