On the Epic right now! My first cruise and having a blast..

[jarz85]

Hi, we are somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, no idea where haha somewhere off a Bermuda Island! The weather was great the first couple of days, today is a bit rainy and the seas are picking up! I hope we get some big waves LOL

 

My first cruise is going great, we've done so much and have soooo much still to go!

 

If anyone has questions or wants pictures/menus etc let me know and Ill take them and report back tonight and or tomorrow!

[mtb242]

Your first cruise is a Trans-Atlantic? You are a bold, bold person! I just got off the Epic and still feeling my sea legs. Enjoy the ship! I wish I had gotten to taste more of the cookies and ice cream, and gone to the MDRs more than once.

[KirkNC]

Glad it is off to a good start, keep us posted!

 

Kirk

[tiyana4]

I am SOOO jealous! You picked a heck of a ship for your first cruise. Enjoy and take lots of pics.

[CruisenLexie]

You're done now....you've been bitten by the cruise bug....you may as well give in now and book your next one while you are on the ship :D

 

Enjoy!

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Have a GREAT time!

 

It doesn't look like you'll be encountering "substantial" (14+ ft) waves. LINK

 

Tom

[thejuliet]

My son and his room-mate are on the same cruise with you. He'll be at the poker table wearing a pair of board shorts from Target, as AA lost his luggage on the way to Miami. LOL.

[apmecruise]

We are off the Epic on April 23. I wished I had taken advantage of the $100 credit with a $250 deposit. Rebook right now! Don't think...just do it. At least pay the 250 credit. What I didn't understand is if I had done that onboard when I booked this cruise I wouldn't have to pay anything for the deposit (instead of the 500 I just shelled out).

 

The Epic was our first cruise in 10 years and last week I booked another cruise on the Gem for September. Would have gone again on the Epic but the kids free special encouraged us to book a cruise where we didn't need to pay airfare to get to the departure port. We have been bitten...I will be booking another one once I get out on the Gem.

 

My favorites: Howl at the Moon, Second City, Le Bistro, Martini tasting (you can share if you want).

 

Things I am sad I missed: Wine tasting, beer tasting, meeting the Blue Men group when they had their own meet and greet, ice bar and enjoying snacks at Spice H20.

 

Enjoy have fun!:rolleyes:

[mtb242]

My favorites: Martini tasting (you can share if you want).

 

I'd recommend the sharing. :eek: I still don't know how I was standing after the martini tasting. Armando didn't either, when I showed back up later for another espresso martini.

[CruisinMaterial]

Question: How has Spice H2O been since you're hard to sea now? Is it really windy up there?

 

It was windy on our sailing in the Caribbean in March 2011 but I LOVE this venue anyway! Bust a move on the pool at Spice for me! :D

[patseacruiser]

@APMECRUISE - You can buy up to 4 per person cruise rewards and they are transferrable. So you pay $250 per cruise reward and it is good for the stateroom deposit when you do decide to book and you get $100 obc on the cruise you buy it on. So if you are a slot addict you can take that $100 obc and turn it into $125 in the slots on a special promotion and as you win keep taking the money out because the $125 is only for playing. If you like NCL it behooves you to buy a cruise reward. They are awesome.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

@APMECRUISE - You can buy up to 4 per person cruise rewards and they are transferrable. So you pay $250 per cruise reward and it is good for the stateroom deposit when you do decide to book and you get $100 obc on the cruise you buy it on. So if you are a slot addict you can take that $100 obc and turn it into $125 in the slots on a special promotion and as you win keep taking the money out because the $125 is only for playing. If you like NCL it behooves you to buy a cruise reward. They are awesome.

 

We went ahead and bought FOUR on our Epic sailing, and I did then turn right around and went the extra play for Video Poker! :)

 

 

EDIT: if you REALLY want to take advantage of promotions and coupons (in the Casino), check out THIS link.. if you have not seen it before! :)

Tom

[insidecabin]

@APMECRUISE - You can buy up to 4 per person cruise rewards and they are transferrable. So you pay $250 per cruise reward and it is good for the stateroom deposit when you do decide to book and you get $100 obc on the cruise you buy it on. So if you are a slot addict you can take that $100 obc and turn it into $125 in the slots on a special promotion and as you win keep taking the money out because the $125 is only for playing. If you like NCL it behooves you to buy a cruise reward. They are awesome.

 

Since the $250 went onto your account along with the $100 credit they only cost $150.

[DGP1111]

EDIT: if you REALLY want to take advantage of promotions and coupons (in the Casino), check out THIS link.. if you have not seen it before! :)

Tom

 

Wait . . . what?? . . . where did you find that????

Thanks, Tom!!! :) :)

Checking that out now.

[CruzinMel]

I hope you have a blast!

 

We ran into a chatty tech guy who told us your sailing had about 2800 people on it, with about 1776 of them being 60 and older and 180 or so being over 80. Somebody else told us that they were expecting to be taking care of over 2000 Latitudes members. . .

 

So are you seeing any crowding?

[Hikini]

Glad you're having a good time. Keep us posted!

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Wait . . . what?? . . . where did you find that????

 

Thanks, Tom!!! :) :)

 

Checking that out now.

 

:D

 

I picked up one for me, and one for Cheryl... they are safely sitting in my top drawer!

 

EDIT: It would appear that it's been going on prior to our 2/26 sailing. Too bad we didn't find it sooner!! LINK

 

Tom

[debt]

Hi, we are somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, no idea where haha somewhere off a Bermuda Island! The weather was great the first couple of days, today is a bit rainy and the seas are picking up! I hope we get some big waves LOL

 

My first cruise is going great, we've done so much and have soooo much still to go!

 

If anyone has questions or wants pictures/menus etc let me know and Ill take them and report back tonight and or tomorrow!

 

 

Would love to have a look at the daily schedules. I'll be doing the TA back to Miami in October. Would love to know what to expect! Enjoy the reat of the cruise!!

[jarz85]

Thanks for all the replies! Had a sleep in this morning!

 

You're done now....you've been bitten by the cruise bug....you may as well give in now and book your next one while you are on the ship :D

 

Enjoy!

 

We already had our 2nd cruise booked before we got on this one LOL

 

Question: How has Spice H2O been since you're hard to sea now? Is it really windy up there?

 

It was windy on our sailing in the Caribbean in March 2011 but I LOVE this venue anyway! Bust a move on the pool at Spice for me! :D

 

There has not been much wind at all on this cruise... we had a CC sail away party at H2O on Saturday but it was so hot everyone went their own ways. It has not been windy at all on any of the top decks!

 

I hope you have a blast!

 

We ran into a chatty tech guy who told us your sailing had about 2800 people on it' date=' with about 1776 of them being 60 and older and 180 or so being over 80. Somebody else told us that they were expecting to be taking care of over 2000 Latitudes members. . .

 

So are you seeing any crowding?[/quote']

 

The only time crowding has been an issue was when Blue Man Group finished and EVERYONE heads to Manhattan Room for dinner, to solve that problem we just west to Taste and got a seat no probs.

 

We've had breakfast every morning up at the Garden Cafe and yesterday there was about 10 other people outside with us eating.... we really feel like we have the ship to ourselves!

 

Today is the first day we have nothing planned, so can relax a little bit! Trivia got a bit full on yesterday, lots of arguing with the host over repeating questions :eek: I thought trivia was meant to be fun!

 

Well, Ill be keeping all of the dailies and will scan them when we get home in about 2 weeks!

[CruisinMaterial]

Is the ship booked at double occupancy capacity this sailing? That few people sitting outside on my cruise only happened when I was up at 6AM and we were in the port of Miami waiting for debark. :eek::D

[schubean]

So glad your first cruise is a great one:) Wishing you BIG waves:D:D We will be sailing with you on the BIG APPLE TO BIG EASY Star Cruise next year!!

[jarz85]

Is the ship booked at double occupancy capacity this sailing? That few people sitting outside on my cruise only happened when I was up at 6AM and we were in the port of Miami waiting for debark. :eek::D

 

Apparently there is less than 3000 people on the ship! When we went to the Ice Bar the other night it was only 6 of us from our roll call in there!!!

 

So glad your first cruise is a great one:) Wishing you BIG waves:D:D We will be sailing with you on the BIG APPLE TO BIG EASY Star Cruise next year!!

 

Thanks for the wish... last night wasnt a very good one for me! The wind picked up a lot and the ship is swaying side to side.. kinda feels likes airplane turbulence! Plus we went to Modernos and I kinda ate too much hah so that didnt help!

 

Really looking forward to the cruise in 2012

[schubean]

Oh, so sorry for the Big Waves wish:( Hope you are feeling better today & have smooth sailing for the rest of your cruise. Is your Mum with you on this one as well as 2012? Looking forward to meeting you all at the M & G! Have a safe & happy cruise.

[CruisingAmazona]

if you REALLY want to take advantage of promotions and coupons (in the Casino), check out THIS link.. if you have not seen it before! :)

Tom

 

Interesting, Tom. Does NCL really honor them? Do you just bring to cage, what?

[slotaddict]

Jarz, I would be interested to know how the ship handles a bigger wave. We were on the 4/30 sailing and I swear I never felt like I was on a ship..It was great....