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Thanks Joe! Great info....I will take your advice!

Hi all

We will be in Port Canaveral for a few days prior to a cruise on March 18th. I looked up the port schedule for cruise ships and see that there are 3 ships departing at 4pm and 430pm on Fridays.

Which restaurant/bar is the best place to be to watch this? I want to get some good photos too, and would be nice to be sipping a cocktail or two!!!!

Am I asking for too much???? :):)

Last year I was on Epic in the med with my daughter who is visually impaired. From embarkation to disembarkation she was treated so well. They couldn't do enough for her. It made her so happy that NCL cared enough to ensure she had a personal orientation of the ship, got her seated at shows on seats that suited her disability, tried to get her a seat in a busy buffet on sea days as she tried to weave in and out of people with her cane. Nothing was an issue. It made me so happy to see her so content, confident and happy to cruise. She has the cruising bug now. Only thing, she won't be with me in a few weeks cruising out of Port Canaveral so I won't get that special special treatment but nonetheless I will have a great time.

Thanks NCL.

Hello everyone,

We are on Epic in March and I wondered what kind of weather I can expect in the Caribbean. Going to Tortola, St Thomas, GSC.

Thanks :)

Thoroughly enjoyed this review!

One of th best, had me laughing all the way through.

You bet....it is accessdesk@ncl.com

Thanks so much :)

Does anyone know the access desk email address. Can't call the number mentioned previously as I am in Europe.

Thanks :)

Are there more sun umbrellas in Posh?

Not much shade in Spice H20 if I recall. Only umbrellas around the seats at the bar.

I am on the same cruise Julie....and I share your concern.

I'm not from the US, and my opinion of Spring Break chaos is purely from the movies....

That said we have two "Spring breakers" at home and we are leaving them at home and don't want to meet their US cousins on our cruise.....

Worried now...

My bad!

And there I was admiring him for drinking that stuff!!!!

:) :) :)

Forgive me for being pedantic but as an Irish person the spelling is Poitin!

But kudos for drinking that stuff! I wouldn't let it pass my lips! :)

I was on the Epic recently but didn't spend much time in O'Sheehans so wouldn't know.

We had floor level seats and they were superb.

Brilliant show. Enjoy

Google to the rescue: https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&q=great+stirrup+cay+clamshell

😄 Well duh me...why didn't I think of that!!!

Thank you 👍

Anyone got a photo of the clamshells?

Finding it difficult to imagine.

Sounds like I would like it though.

Definitely UBP....hat a fabulous feeling not to have to pay for drinks.

I will qualify my comments by saying I am not a cruising pro. Have cruised twice with RCCL some years ago and once so far with NCL (EPic) with another cruise booked for next year.

Love the freestyle aspect of NCL.

In my opinion, the food and entertainment was far superior on NCL.

I prefer the pool decks on RCCL. I prefer the interior of ships on RCCL. More light, more Windows, more sense of space.

I prefer the walking/jogging path on RCCL.

The cabins I had on RCCL were larger and more spacious.

For me living in Europe, an NCL cruise is way cheaper than RCCL. So if I can compromise on my likes/dislikes then my pocket loves me and I can cruise more often.

I don't know how you managed to do all you did with the boot!

Fair play!

Really Enjoying your review

And passengers fighting is the fault of the cruise line???? :):)

If you are one of 2000 or 4000 to 6000 passengers I can tell you there are some bad guys in that number!

It's the real world on a cruise .....treat it as such

I am so glad we bought the water package. If you drink a lot of water ordinarily then you will drink more on a cruise. We got the 12 litre bottle option for 2 of us. We asked our cabin attendant to empty the mini bar so we could fill it with our water. It took 24 hours to really chill the water effectively but once cold it was great. We brought our water with us on excursions.

We also had the UBP, and we got great mileage from it. Even though it was port intensive we had drinks before dinner, during dinner and after dinner. If we got back to the ship relatively early in the afternoon/early evening we always got a cocktail up in the wave bar and brought it back to the cabin.

A few weeks ago there was a considerable amount of Spanish families....big extended families.

As a result it was very busy later at night in the dining room. Suited us fine as we like to eat early.

Thanks Joe

I'm interested in staying at the Radisson as I can use points.

Does anyone know how I would get there from MCO. Do they have an airport shuttle system?

So nine times out of ten the longest queue is folk without reservations.

Just rock on up to the other side (short queue or no queue)

Sometimes you will hear the staff saying, "anyone with reservations please come this way"

Enjoy

Thanks guys! I'm glad it was helpful.

I read every thread on here about the Epic and ports of call before I went on my cruise and got plenty of good advice so glad to share my story.

Suzy69.... I had the same concern and that was one of the reasons why I booked a private transfer. Our flight was at 1020am.

When I looked out on the port at 530am there were at least 5 taxis waiting. When we got off at about 0615am there was still at least three taxis there so not many people were leaving that early like we were. That said there were others walking off and getting on large 52seater coaches which were NCL transfers to airport.

So I guess as ollienbertsmum said all going well, you dock very early at 5am which gives you plenty of time to get to the airport. Obviously there was absolutely no traffic at that time of the morning so it was a 15 min journey to the airport.

Disembarkation

We were up early after 5am and got ourselves together. We went to the buffet for breakfast at 545am. I don’t know how she does it but DD had a full big breakfast at that hour of the morning. I could only manage ¼ of a toasted bagel and a mug of coffee. Then we walked off the ship, collected our bags and our private car transfer picked us up on time and dropped us to the airport.

It was a great cruise overall. Would I cruise on Epic again? Yes, I would. There are features on this ship that I don’t like but that would apply to any cruise line. The food was very good overall, the entertainment was fantastic. The disability support that we received was exceptional. Well done NCL.