Karmachelle

Wait - what policy changed here? I've had to pay the $15/per bottle corkage fee since I started cruising with NCL in 2013. Is there a new change? Lindros2 - thanks for your input on the cruise! Happy to hear the entertainment is good and the beds are comfy. Not thrilled about a lot of recent reports about the crew not being friendly, but hoping things will be turned around when I cruise in 11 days! Thanks again!

I, too, have been paying this corkage fee for many years. I think what's new is that as of July 2016, you can no longer bring your own bottled water or soda on board. That really bummed me out as I like Coke but NCL serves Pepsi. [emoji53]

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Interesting thread. When someone critiques a sailing, the responses are "you must be dreaming because ..." Or "I agree". I think you have to take the review as an honest interpretation of their experience.

 

We were on the Allure and I was blown away by the sheer magnitude. There was much much more to do than on a 1500 passenger ship. I thought the Allure was directed @ families. The gym was amazing. The food was standard. I liked it but I like smaller ships better. So why am I taking a cruise on the Epic?? Because we wanted to get away this week, didn't want to fly and as happenstance has it we wanted to try NCL.

 

My expectations are that I have to make a lot of reservations, be patient, and enjoy the hell out of the cruise.

 

Will report back once the cruise is over

I like your attitude. [emoji1] I also plan to enjoy the hell outta my upcoming Epic cruise!

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NCL offers motorcoach service from/to MCO from Port Canaveral. Just call reservations and they will add it to your booking. If you provide your flight number and time, they will pick you up at baggage claim and escort you to the waiting area. You are boarded in the order you arrive.

 

They use full size motorcoaches (versus other transportation services where you are jammed into vans,,, suck in someone's arm pit for the hour drive to the port).

 

As you board, you turn over your luggage to the bus driver, and they will have it transferred to your stateroom. No handling of luggage at the port. You walk right into check-in.

 

We actually showed up the night before cruise in April and stayed in an airport hotel with a free shuttle. The next morning, we caught the shuttle to the airport and checked in with the NCL transportation people.

 

Could not have been easier and more comfortable.

That's incredibly helpful, thank you!