Norwegian Epic Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Overall, enjoyed the experience. Wish I realized ahead of time how far some cruise ports were from the actual city, specifically in Italy.

The ports were amazing. The only issue I would have is visiting Pompeii was very rushed with only 2 hours at Pompeii and the museum. Would have loved more time there.

It was a beautiful life experience. I could recommend this for the summer season for families.

For this cruise we took our 5 grandchildren ages 11 - 20. Their parents came along, as well as our beloved aunt. The grandchildren have all stated how much they enjoyed the cruise which was our main desire for booking. We wanted them to experience some places in Europe with us before we are too old to travel. It was a short cruise, and we really missed the sea days where we could rest up, relax, and enjoy activities on the ship. It was sometimes difficult to navigate with 11 people and all the different personalities, but all things considered, an enjoyable experience.

Basically loved almost every minute and am sad I’m home. Can’t wait for next trip!

We love cruises but this was the worst and it was a shame to ruin our anniversary cruise. We paid for Norwegian Air to Sea and then got no help when the first flight was delayed and thus caused us to miss our connecting flight. We were traveling with 2 kids under 12 and a one day in the airport turned into 3. We joined the cruise in Rome (2 days late) and were so exhausted and disappointed that we missed activities in Barcelona, Ajaccio, France, and Rome. We had to arrange our own hotels, meals, etc. while we tried to get to the ship. If we had booked our own air we would have had more of a buffer and would have had a better experience and easier rebooking. Air to Sea is a waste of money. Norwegian's service and follow up when something goes wrong during travel are awful. We did not get refunded the air transfers or for the unused cruise days.

We did not want to get off the boat. Best cruise we have done so far!!

Very nice and relaxing cruise, quite a bit to do on board. Specialty dining was good and drinks were great.

Wonderful Mediterranean cruise. Beautiful layout, except the staterooms.

Buffet closes too early. Europeans eat late. We’re on a cruise in Europe. One all aboard was at 8 and buffet closes at 9:30. Doesn’t give you time to change clothes.

We couldn’t ask for more. We truly loved every minute onboard the EPIC.

Ship is OK; food is OK; the stops were very nice particularly if you arrange for your own private tours. Be very aware of cruising during the pandemic with a rule such as the US. that requires a negative test before returning. I tested positive on the second to last day (double vaccnated, double boosted where mask). In spite of the what is written the cruise does little to prevent the spread. Almost no-one wears a mask even with crowding in elevators. They did no contract tracing with me. They did not even consider quaranting any of my traveling party. NCL canceled my flight home, took the refund for itself (according to the airline), NCL said it would use the cost of my trip home toward my flight and book my flight but then refused to do so leaving me to obtain my own flight home and pay for it. And by the way, travel insurance does not pay for the hotel and food while quarantining (or is very limited) and pays nothing for traveling companion (or at least the insurance I had).

We had a great time, very active, we saw a lot. The drink package was really nice and so was the specialty dining package.

, I was not late for the ship, but they would not let my 18-year-old daughter on the boat because she did not have the booster shot ( which there is nothing on the website or in any of the email pre-cruise say you must have just the 2 shots which she had, we had to go back to roam to get the shot $300 round trip) then had to fly to the 1st port to meet up with the boat another $300. and 170 for the hotel room for one night

Awesome cruise and excursions. The food was really good and our room was fabulous. The wifi cost was abusive so we just waited to get into port for good phone service. Why be on your phone anyway!! CAIO

It was a very good experience Ports were amazing and exciting

An excellent first foray into cruising. A few minor room issues and a canceled show, but otherwise amazing.

Overall, the friends and offboat food made the trip.

Here are my thoughts in the excursions and places we visited

Nonstop 9-10 hr shore excursions. Early mornings until around 6 pm then maybe dinner and sleep to do it all over again. Too much to see and not enough time. 7 days 7 ports. Great trip but I should have stayed another week.