Epic Itinerary Change April 17 2016 - November 20 2016

[warringtonian]

In the UK if you cancel the day after you book you still lose your deposit.

[BamaVol]

The change is now reflected in the itinerary for my May 15 Barcelona departure. It even shows on the map. I guess I'll be selling my Mallorca guide book.

[LEtue]

I did the Epic in July with reduced port times for three of the ports. I was informed by email about 5 weeks beforehand, that the new times were for all sailings until October, but none of the changes were displayed on the website. I think they wait until you book and are past cancellation with no penalties before they inform you of the changes.

 

I do see a lot of posts about this. Has it become common on NCL? I am booked on the Harmony (solo cabin) that was only $114 more than a studio on the EPIC. I planned to monitor the prices because the EPIC also leaves from Barcelona on the same day and it wouldn't require a change to airfare once I book my FF seats. However, I would be very unhappy if the port times were shortened after final payment! :mad:

 

That alone will send me far, far away from NCL. Port times in the Med are short enough!

[BamaVol]

My TA forwarded the letter today. I've ordered a Provence guidebook to see what I might like to do with a day in Marseilles.

[bmwman]

We still have not been told although we did book through a TA. Marseille was a dump the last time we went but that was years ago.

 

Still is much prefer Palma

[tel2]

Maybe this will help? It looks like you can do the trip in 1/2 day and maybe others on your sailing will want to join you?

 

http://www.provenceandwine.com/en/5/chateauneuf-du-pape-provence-and-wine

 

Thanks. I have been searching, but hadnt found this tour.

[JMorris271]

Hello everyone. I hope you don't mind my piggy backing on this thread but don't see a thread for sailing out of our port of departure. My wife and I are on Epic May 15-21 Barcelona to Barcelona and are looking forward to a nice relaxing trip. I am retired so I could use a break.

We did Eastern Med last year and really enjoyed that one. I do have some reservations about booking this cruise as it goes to some ports we did before last year. That's ok as there are always more museums to see.

I want to stop in France just to have some of the bread and wine again. :D as I lived in France before so it will be sort of du ja vous for me. Any port of call will do.

I can remember seeing some Frenchmen riding home from work on their bicycle and stopping by the bakery. Once outside they hopped on their bike Before taking off they tucked the loaf of bread under their armpit and off they rode home. Such memories.

I hope you have a great time on your trip. Times getting shorter.

[chong67]

I am looking to get on this ship for Nov 19 cruise to Caribbean from Florida.

 

It will be my second cruise. I just had my first cruise this week.

[bmwman]

At Palma you can walk off the ship and you are in the middle of the town.

 

At Marseille you are miles from anywhere in an industrial zone. We were there once and due to a huge road accident on the main route no taxis or coaches could get into town. So we walked out of the port and into the local residential area. Never again. Rough is the best word to describe it. Litter and graffiti everywhere.

 

:)Perfect I agree with that. Does it go to Marseille or Toulon with a long trip?

[eichmat]

The last port stop has been changed from

Palma Majorca, Spain 1-8pm TO Marseille, France 7am-4pm

 

We were just on the 22/NOV sailing out of Barcelona. With all honesty, we ended up not going ashore in Palma. Because of the distance between Cannes and Majorca, a late departure from Cannes (late passengers), and gale force winds overnight, we didn't arrive until after 2pm and pushed off at 7pm for less than 4 hours of shore time (2:30 to 6:30).

 

In stead of heading ashore in Majorca, we'd already "relaxed" our way through the first half of the day with room service for lunch and making use of our balcony, we decided to continue to enjoy some sun and as much time on our balcony as we could get (plus I got a jump on packing :( ).

[joehick]

Is any one re-thinking the cruise due to the problems in Europe?

[eichmat]

There were a few cancellations on the 22/NOV sailing (just a week after Paris) [could tell only by the fact that the Haven was sold out weeks before sailing, but in the last few days, some people were getting upgrades], but for the most part, the ship was full.

 

We found the mood in each city seemed to be one of "keep it in the back of your mind, but don't fret--just be aware of your surroundings"... security at landmarks (especially Rome) was noticeable, but we were told that was normal. I think we were more worried about pickpockets then terrorism.

 

As is common in Europe, you may see police with machine guns (that caught my wife off guard in Barcelona--it didn't surprise me).