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Friday 26 November 2010

Thoughts about an Epic Trip...Part 1 Cabins

Well the Epic trip is now over, back to the cold of an English winter and just waiting for the snow to come!


Before I went I did say that I had some trepidation about the cruise, mostly due to comments I had heard about the unique features and size of the balcony cabins, so what did I really think?

So you walk through the cabin doors and on one side is a separate shower cubicle and on the other a separate loo cubicle, both with opaque sliding doors although there is a privacy curtain which you can use to separate the loo and shower from the cabin.



The sink is small and in the cabin! For hygiene just wonder why you have to open the loo door before you can wash your hands!





There is not a great deal of floor space in the cabins, as you can see from this picture but NCL have found loads of little places to put storage. The drawers are not that deep and if the ladies decided to take a few dresses the wardrobes are probably too short, but we did not struggle finding places to pack things away.

I have to be honest and say the cabin would be in my eyes too small for any more than 2 people so the picture of the 3rd passenger bunk, and if you did not know your travelling companion well there may well be some privacy issues!



No here is my tip, some of the cabins have the beds by the bathroom and some of them have the beds by the balcony doors. In my humble opinion the ones with the beds by the balcony doors are a little better configured, so how do you know?

If you look at the diagram below, which is a screen grab of the deck plans off NCL's website you can see the 'Wave' design of the cabins, then just follow my labels.


Well, you have to say the balcony cabins are not the biggest cabins at sea, and for a week are just about OK for 2 people who know each other well, but any more than this would just be too tight. Of course the old adage still stands - how much time do you spend in the cabin on a cruise holiday?

Further blogs will follow about the Dining and Entertainment on board this ship.

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