Norwegian Epic Cruise Reviews - Reviews

We had a wonderful time on our first Norwegian cruise. There is something for everyone on the Epic. The number of people on the ship can be daunting but there are places to get away from the crowds on the ship. Getting on and off the ship in port went smoothly for the most part even with the high volume of passengers.

Great itinerary, mediocre ship. For the right price I might do it again.

Very packed ship older ship and shows age. Room was OK. Make sure if you get a balcony room the bed is near the balcony. Pools are tiny, lines for drinks very very long. Entertainment other than 1 show was very subpar for a company that prides itself on quality entertainment. Food was generally good. Service was hit or miss bit you can tell the workers were overworked and were not happy.

The ports of call were beautiful. Do get off the ship at every port. Spa was wonderful - massage therapist were top of the line. Dine specialty where possible. Main dining and buffet sub par.

Overall the cruise was great. It could use a bit more of entertainment. They had several but it was very repetitive. Comedians were great but did the same skit just about every time. Howl and the Moon was AMAZING, by far our favorite and each show was different. Magic show was great and the Main show was always full to capacity even though it was the same show each time. There was not a lot of variety, but overall cruise was pretty good even with it being at full capacity.

I wouldn't recommend this ship to anyone. I will stick to the newer ships

I would definitely do another NCL cruise but you need to improve the food & drinks. I went on a 5-day carnival cruise in august 2022 and the food in their main dining room was alot better than what i had on the epic.

This cruise looked very good on paper with all of the amenities included, however it seemed that many passengers were overserved alcohol and servers were insufficient at most points of service. It was the noisiest, least organized cruise I have ever taken.

We were disappointed with the ship. It was very crowded, noisy and difficult to get around since we had a scooter. I'm sure that new cruisers who were young and didn't have mobility issues they would have loved the experience. Since I've been on many cruises I would say the Epic was the worst cruise I've been on. Unfortunately, In addition, some of the guests we cruised with came home with the Covid virus.

Was by far my least favorite cruise. There was just nothing I could say to make this a great or good experience.

The most important thing about this cruise was the fabulous itinerary, but the timing of Bonaire and St. Lucia was off, and the ship's size and vast number of passengers made it a little less spectacular. Getting to bars and restaurants was difficult and unless you went to Deck 18 to lay out, it was always loud and crowded. (Now I understand why they have the Haven). It also felt like everything was extra, including the Ice Bar, bowling, the Arcade...it went on and on. Overall it was good, but not great.

Cruise was only ok due to the fact that there was an abnormally large amount of extremely rude people on board the ship. These people were doing such things as sitting on the stairs blocking any people from using them. When you said excuse me they would just give you a dirty look and move just a little bit. Other incidents that occurred were a large amount of people that would bring portable speakers everywhere they went on the ship from restaurants to the pool. I guess if I liked that kind of music it wouldn’t of been that bad, but I didn’t so it was annoying. Cruise staff as usual were great.

the cruise was pack every where ,in the buffet you cant walk we went once,the steaks in the manhattan and taste restaurants was like rubber,the Carney was excellent.needs more personel to handle this many people in the cruise,making reservation for a show and when you get there is cancel,needs to clean those chimney,this port by isla verde airport is a disaster you need to get to the one in old san juan ,Jorge Diaz 973-997-9733

No cruise is a bad cruise, IMHO. however, I was disappointed in the lack of shows in the big theatre place. One of my favorite things to do. Food was not as good as usual. Lots of waving in the back of the boat.

We are planning another excursion hopefully Norwegian upgrades somewhat

Feel like NCL has worsened significantly. I bought a suite (and paid $250 more per person) that was essentially a balcony with no special benefits (some in cabin cookies and sparkling wine). Was a joke, Feel like they took advantage of us.

Fantastic ship, great ports, best food, amazing drinks, friendly staff on the Epic. Need to organize embarkation and disembarkation - they were a compete disaster.

I personally will not go back to a Norwegian cruise, from the start the way they advertise and promote is deceiving, not clear, for example they said we had a package for internet and my husband didnt believe it and asked for an upgrade while I remained with their 'unlimited internet offer' which turned out to be a ruse as it only worked to open the Norwegian app and nothing else. The same happened with drinks ,we had the unlimited package and as we are non drinkers thought it was ok, but if we wanted water in abottle we were told we would have to upgrade very disappointing! The only thing they promised and did hold was that we had 2 restaurants included in our package which was true as we were not charged once we left. I will return to my favorite cruise line Celebrity and keep appreciating everything they do for us

Overall a good cruise, nice to start from NY with mild waters and then after day 2 , getting warm. Weather was fantastic in carribean

Don not cruise with these guys. Awful service. No proper entertainment, and the timings for kids sore are a sick joke.