Norwegian Epic in the Med - Final Thoughts

[Zawadi]

Final Thoughts
The Norwegian Epic is a huge ship at 1100ft long and it is impossible to do everything on a 7 night cruise. Getting around is fairly easy...

• Two elevator/stair wells (1 forward and 1 aft).
• All elevators open towards the middle of the ship. Blue on starboard (right) and red on port side (left) when facing forward.
• Electronic event schedule and navigation screens are everywhere with finger-post signs on the open decks.
• The casino on deck 6 is vast. This is a smoking area and for us it was not pleasant walking through it to get to the venues and restaurants.

The freestyle cruising is a bonus but we treated it more like Disney ADRs and booked the signature restaurants online before the cruise. The main Manhattan restaurant always appeared to have a long line of people waiting. Out of the signature restaurants that we used, we would probably only return to Le Bistro.

We never got to spend must time in the Irish pub or the Jazz club. Nor did we get to use the 10 pin bowling lanes or main pools or even the ICE bar where your glass is made from ice.

The Epic is the first to not use a ship's theatre company. The headline acts give you a chance to see what you want, when you want to. You must book the, must see, Cirque dinner show in the Spiegel Tent.

Always leave for the ship early. Never take the last flight possible as we did! If it goes wrong then you have no alternative but to loose day(s) aboard.

DO NOT get on any scales! Although there was a set of scales in our suite, which remained untouched.

Would we sail on the Epic again? Definitely but it would depend on the itinerary.

If you get the chance to sail on the Epic you'll find it hard not to have a good time even with nearly 4600 other guests on board.

DW and I hope that you've enjoyed reading this trip report so, until the next one from WDW in September, we'll set sail into the sunset.

[NJGIRL]

Thanks for doing the detailed trip reports. They were fun to read. It sounds like the cruise was wonderful and you had a good time!

[marlyn]

Thank you for your trip report. I'm doing this exact same cruise on sept 16 so it was nice to read about your trip! I've only been on the Disney cruise ships so was a little apprehensive about the size of the Epic and also unsure of the freestyle dining. I feel better now after your report.