Wow Don. Where do I begin? First, let me thank you for taking the time to share your talent with us. What a gift you have. I felt as if I were right beside you during your vacation.
Loved it.
I have a trip booked on the Epic for June of 2013. My only experience with the Epic was being docked beside her in St. Martin (I think that was the port) in 2010. I was on the Disney Magic and looked at the huge, ugly, flat butt ship next to us and was so happy I was traveling on a classic ocean liner and not that square bucket of bolts. :D
When I booked my Epic trip is was port driven. 100% port driven. I called the pcc at NCL and told her where I wanted to go, what ports I wanted to visit and where I wanted my trip to begin and end. And she said... I have a ship that is going exactly there .. The NCL Epic. I had no clue which ship the Epic was. Didn't make the connection to the ship I saw until I looked at my trip pictures.
So then I became obsessed researching the ship. Wanted to find out as much as I could. What exactly was that blue thing on the top deck? Gee, those balconies look teeny, tiny. Saw a ton of really bad reviews and my heart sank. Then I read three good in a row and now I just can't wait to go.
I first read SD Mike's review and I was able to talk myself off the ledge. :)Then I read Aaron's review and ended up staying up late to read all three years of his From The deck chair blogs.:) Found there are other cruise lines than Carnival, RC, Disney, Princess and NCL. Who knew??? :p
And then there was yours. I want to write like you. So informative. I was right beside you. I loved your detail. Not preachy at all. Clear wonderful writing. And I've stayed up much too long reading all 38 pages. When I first started to read, I didn't notice the report was from 2011. :rolleyes:
I'm so glad I can get past the first impression I had of that ship. You displayed her inner beauty so eloquently and I thank you for that.
Recap of first-time-ever NCLer going on EPIC . . .
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Wow Don. Where do I begin? First, let me thank you for taking the time to share your talent with us. What a gift you have. I felt as if I were right beside you during your vacation.
Loved it.
I have a trip booked on the Epic for June of 2013. My only experience with the Epic was being docked beside her in St. Martin (I think that was the port) in 2010. I was on the Disney Magic and looked at the huge, ugly, flat butt ship next to us and was so happy I was traveling on a classic ocean liner and not that square bucket of bolts. :D
When I booked my Epic trip is was port driven. 100% port driven. I called the pcc at NCL and told her where I wanted to go, what ports I wanted to visit and where I wanted my trip to begin and end. And she said... I have a ship that is going exactly there .. The NCL Epic. I had no clue which ship the Epic was. Didn't make the connection to the ship I saw until I looked at my trip pictures.
So then I became obsessed researching the ship. Wanted to find out as much as I could. What exactly was that blue thing on the top deck? Gee, those balconies look teeny, tiny. Saw a ton of really bad reviews and my heart sank. Then I read three good in a row and now I just can't wait to go.
I first read SD Mike's review and I was able to talk myself off the ledge. :)Then I read Aaron's review and ended up staying up late to read all three years of his From The deck chair blogs.:) Found there are other cruise lines than Carnival, RC, Disney, Princess and NCL. Who knew??? :p
And then there was yours. I want to write like you. So informative. I was right beside you. I loved your detail. Not preachy at all. Clear wonderful writing. And I've stayed up much too long reading all 38 pages. When I first started to read, I didn't notice the report was from 2011. :rolleyes:
I'm so glad I can get past the first impression I had of that ship. You displayed her inner beauty so eloquently and I thank you for that.