Epic shops all closed permanently.

[Markanddonna]

We boarded the Epic Nov 3 and the shops, as of this sailing are permanently closed. I peeped behind the canvases and the were truly all empty. No display windows either. I wonder what is going on?

[ColeThornton]

You could always just ask one of the officers.   🙂

 

I doubt they are permanently closed, more likely renovations.

[shof515]

5 minutes ago, ColeThornton said:

more likely renovations.

this is the main reason. they did the same thing on the breakaway for a few cruises 

[www3traveler]

Probably getting ready for the Transatlantic Crossing on Monday and the Winter Caribbean Season.  Trading  out merchndise from one season to another.

[dandelpino]

They’re just renovating. On our breakaway sailing last month the shops were closed at the start of the trip and had a grand reopening halfway through our cruise. 

[dshefter]

The shops had clearance sales. We thought it might be supply-chain issues, but renovations sounds  more plausible. We were on the Oct. 2-13 sailing.

[PugsRuleATL]

Sounds like a dream to me. This would be about the only way to control someone’s shopping habit while onboard (I’m not naming anyone). 
 

Enjoy the cruise!

[Jltjr1999]

We're on board now. A guest service crew member told us today that the shops will reopen November 10th. I guess we'll see.

[The Black Page]

On 11/4/2022 at 8:43 AM, Markanddonna said:

We boarded the Epic Nov 3 and the shops, as of this sailing are permanently closed. I peeped behind the canvases and the were truly all empty. No display windows either. I wonder what is going on?

 

I seriously doubt that they are "permanently" closed.  That is a little drastic and melodramatic.  The assumption you are making is unrealistic as are most assumptiosn.  This is how most rumors are started! 🙂

[DCGuy64]

Yeah, I was about to say, please be mindful when creating topics to avoid words like "permanently." Unless you know for a fact that such is the case, it causes confusion for people reading these boards. Thanks.

[dolls123]

22 hours ago, Jltjr1999 said:

We're on board now. A guest service crew member told us today that the shops will reopen November 10th. I guess we'll see.

I was wondering what was going on. I was on the Oct. 2nd sailing and the NCL stuff was 75% off and some of the other merchandise was 50% off. It was great since I had OBC to spend. 

[Yesimapirate]

22 hours ago, The Black Page said:

 

I seriously doubt that they are "permanently" closed.  That is a little drastic and melodramatic.  The assumption you are making is unrealistic as are most assumptiosn.  This is how most rumors are started! 🙂

And also normal for this forum sadly 😥 

[J0Y0US]

Did they reopen at this point?

[Middleager]

They are open.  We're on b2b from 2022.11.15 Haifa, then 2022.11.26-12.7 Rome to Lisbon.  The shops are open.

 

There's no way these shops are "permanently" closed.  It's an important money maker for NCL.