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Item: Norwegian Epic
Rating: 4.6
Author: FRP1shipmate

Norwegian Epic Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

FRP1shipmate

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

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

Sail date: July 18, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Epic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11019

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 months ago

Review summary

The cruise is tiring because of the number of stops for the cruise days, but it was a good tired. Absolutely worth doing.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Strange design that really cut down room. Very little room between end of the bed and counter. 2 people have to go 1 at a time. Otherwise, not a lot of non-sleeping time in the room so it was tolerable. Nice balcony because of location.

Ship tip

The ship is large and you have to get use to it. Spend early cruise time getting to know where things are and how best to get there. Not a typical cruise ship layout.

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Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

4 out of 5

Santorini was beautiful. However, there were too many ships there. Getting on the cable car to get up and down was very slow. A couple of the ships were Norwegian. Because the line for the cable car was too long and we were concerned about all aboard time we walked down the spiral walkway. 40 minutes to walk down .6 miles. Distance not bad, but the walkway is slick and dangerous. You also have to share the walkway with donkeys, which only made things worse. Then 40 minute wait to get in the tender. Leave lots of extra time after your tour do you can take the cable car down. Many older people will not be able to safely navigate the walkway. Tour of Santorini is a must, but plan return accordingly.

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Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Took a private tour and saw a lot of things. Private tour (as in only 2 of us, which we didn’t know when we booked) was fantastic and very reasonable. It would take 4-5 separate ship tours to see all we saw. Additionally, we could move at our own pace instead of the pace of the tour guide and slowest person in the group. Our private tour driver was great. He dropped us at each place and we would call him when we were ready to go and he would meet us where he dropped us off.

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Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

3 out of 5

Great historical sightseeing. However, the tour required lots of exertion. Fine for us, but a lot of people would have issues with it.

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Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Absolutely beautiful. As far as beauty and scenery it was the #1 stop.

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NAPLES (POMPEII), ITALY

5 out of 5

Pompeii is a must see.

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Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Lots of people trying to use too few elevators, but otherwise uneventful.

2 Comments

Ladyjunecliff 2 months ago

Thank you for your review. I heard that Greece is looking at reducing the number of cruise ships coming in. I have read in several reviews there are too many ships in port at the same time and difficult getting in to Santorini. It’s such a beautiful island too!

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Sogmoore 2 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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