Batting Cages

[Partyatsea]

Can anyone give us any info on the hitting cages on Epic? Thanks!

[Partyatsea]

Nobody has any info on the hitting cage? Does Epic actually have one or was it another thing dropped after the initial literaure was released?

[time2cruise1]

All I can say is I did not see batting cages anywhere onboard the Epic. :(

[UK_Cruiser]

All I can say is I did not see batting cages anywhere onboard the Epic. :(

 

 

 

Maybe they are not there but on Day 2 Eastern Dailies...........................4:00PM Batting Practice........Sports Court

[time2cruise1]

Maybe they are not there but on Day 2 Eastern Dailies...........................4:00PM Batting Practice........Sports Court

 

That makes sense since the sports court is in fact a cage. Same space they use for basketball, skating, and I guess for batting pratice at different times.

[UK_Cruiser]

That makes sense since the sports court is in fact a cage. Same space they use for basketball, skating, and I guess for batting pratice at different times.

 

 

And it is fully covered on top with a net I think.

[Caligirl33]

My Daughter is a fastpitch softball pitcher and when we cruise, she and hubby use the sport court to get her pitching practice in. Can't wait to see what they "batting cages" are like.....

[Partyatsea]

Cali please come back and lets us know, our 12 year old plays travel baseball year round and is very looking forward to getting in his swings in on Epic.

[Caligirl33]

My hubby thinks it will be nothing compared to what we are used too. Thinks it will probably be a waste of time. I will let you kow when we get back!

[UK_Cruiser]

My Daughter is a fastpitch softball pitcher and when we cruise, she and hubby use the sport court to get her pitching practice in. Can't wait to see what they "batting cages" are like.....

 

 

There are no batting cages.

[sdmike]

There are no batting cages. They might set something up like the do for ice skating on the sports court, but I never saw anything.

[josh35b]

I noticed they were in the dallies a couple days and I had every intention of make it up there to participate but something always came up. I was assuming they set them up on the basketball court. I have no idea whether it's softball or baseball or fast pitch or what not. Sorry I don't have more info.

[Caligirl33]

There ARE batting cages. They are only set up on port days so my daughter did not use them. I spoke to a couple of crew members who said they only open then while in port to keep the use down. They feel that there would be too much interest if they opened them during "sea time"

[polarbear36]

Pasting from my cruise notes:

The batting practice on the sports court is real. They only do it on port days from 11 or so until 1, so I only was able to check on it when we went to Cozumel the second time. They have batting helmets, and the bats were 32 in/22 oz. aluminum. The pitching machine was set to “as slow as it could be to get it to the batter in the air,” maybe 50-55 mph. Wasn’t that hard for this slow pitch softball player to get in some good cuts.

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I know they exist, first hand. If you want it bad enough to cut short your time in a port, it will be there, likely with no waiting.

[NewHere]

Batting Cages are set up on the sport court from 11-1 on port days. They're not impressive, but are better than the plastic they throw down for 'ice skating'