phoneman69 Posted June 7, 2020 #1 Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) Been checking out port Miami web cam just about every day. Why has Epic been at the pier for 5 days at least ? Most ships seem to be an overnight then gone next day. Edited June 7, 2020 by phoneman69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loucat Posted June 7, 2020 #2 Share Posted June 7, 2020 I noticed that too! Anyone know why Epic has been docked in Miami all of this time? There is another Oceania ship docked near the RCCL headquarters that has also been there for some time. Other ships stay for a short time and leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexddd Posted June 7, 2020 #3 Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) The Epic Webcam has been offline since 4/16. Spirit since January. Epic was on the move, Spirit in Norfolk, Edited June 7, 2020 by dexddd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted June 7, 2020 #4 Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) Epic has been in Miami since 5/29. She last left Miami on 5/27 and returned on 5/29. Edited June 7, 2020 by BirdTravels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAHAM Posted June 7, 2020 #5 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Perhaps the captain enjoys Cuban sandwiches and coffee. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver2014 Posted June 7, 2020 #6 Share Posted June 7, 2020 9 hours ago, Loucat said: I noticed that too! Anyone know why Epic has been docked in Miami all of this time? There is another Oceania ship docked near the RCCL headquarters that has also been there for some time. Other ships stay for a short time and leave. I watched the Oceania ship leave the dock a week ago then return a day later. Must have had to take on water for its reverse osmosis system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loucat Posted June 7, 2020 #7 Share Posted June 7, 2020 So no one knows why one NCL ship EPIC is docked in Miami for extended periods of time and most all other ships come in; dock and leave within a short time period. What is up? Do they have technical problems? Anyone have communication with anyone onboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle9 Posted June 8, 2020 #8 Share Posted June 8, 2020 i have been watching to see if it will head to europe most of the other ncl ships that are scheduled to do trans atlantic cruises are now over there a couple just got there a week or so ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romalley99 Posted June 8, 2020 #9 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Norwegian Epic is an acting hotel ship, housing all South African, Mauritian, various South American (Peru, Brazil... etc). There are still around 1500-1700 crew left onboard. It'll be staying in Miami until further notice until their home countries reopen and allow them to fly home. Every couple days she will go out for fresh water and come back in to Miami. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love my butler Posted June 8, 2020 #10 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Our butler is currently on her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romalley99 Posted June 8, 2020 #11 Share Posted June 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Love my butler said: Our butler is currently on her! I hope they get to go home very soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F27TW Posted June 8, 2020 #12 Share Posted June 8, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Love my butler said: Our butler is currently on her! You seem to have a butler obsession. Edited June 8, 2020 by F27TW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzCanuck Posted June 8, 2020 #13 Share Posted June 8, 2020 8 hours ago, Love my butler said: Our butler is currently on her! That must be hard on you, having to do all that stuff around the house yourself? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted June 8, 2020 Author #14 Share Posted June 8, 2020 9 hours ago, romalley99 said: Norwegian Epic is an acting hotel ship, housing all South African, Mauritian, various South American (Peru, Brazil... etc). There are still around 1500-1700 crew left onboard. It'll be staying in Miami until further notice until their home countries reopen and allow them to fly home. Every couple days she will go out for fresh water and come back in to Miami. So their hoping (NCL) that they can let them leave the ship to fly home rather then cruise to South America to drop them off ? Maybe i am miss understanding do their home country's not want to allow them to return? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinsd Posted June 8, 2020 #15 Share Posted June 8, 2020 9 hours ago, Love my butler said: Our butler is currently on her! Must be nice to have a personal butler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColeThornton Posted June 8, 2020 #16 Share Posted June 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, jskinsd said: Must be nice to have a personal butler. Well, Wayne Manor is way too large to take care of by himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lachelli Posted June 8, 2020 #17 Share Posted June 8, 2020 What date was the Epic supposed to do its Transatlantic to Europe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinsd Posted June 8, 2020 #18 Share Posted June 8, 2020 46 minutes ago, ColeThornton said: Well, Wayne Manor is way too large to take care of by himself. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Laszlo Posted June 8, 2020 #19 Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, OzCanuck said: That must be hard on you, having to do all that stuff around the house yourself? 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mking8288 Posted June 8, 2020 #20 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Some of the countries in Central & South America continued to experience spikes and rise in Covid-19 cases, and aren't anywhere closed to managing this pandemic outbreak (looking at the John Hopkins dashboard tracking data.) Even if Brazil, Columbia & Peru, etc. are keeping their borders open and accepting repatriated crews from cruise ships, without and/or with quarantine & isolation measures in place, not necessary a wise and safe idea, best practices to just send them home & dump them at the harbor's transfer points. Sadly, the cruise ship crews onboard the Epic is going to be remain stranded, unable to get home. Aren't those butlers getting care packages - perhaps c/o the NCL port agents - from well-wishing passengers that get to know them personally over the decades ?? We sent packages overseas to our troops stationed abroad as a way of saying they aren't forgotten ... Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romalley99 Posted June 8, 2020 #21 Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, phoneman69 said: So their hoping (NCL) that they can let them leave the ship to fly home rather then cruise to South America to drop them off ? Maybe i am miss understanding do their home country's not want to allow them to return? You are exactly right. These are the folks who cannot fly home as their countries do not want them back yet. It's extremely sad, especially when it's your own country. Mauritius is still denying thousands of their own people from returning home. South Africa and most South American countries are the same way for the time being. Thankfully, Norwegian has decided to keep one ship with these crew... feeding and housing them as an acting hotel ship until further notice as these last crew receive plans to go home. Some just received flight details to fly home on charters this week, but, if the past comes back around, this would not be the first time it's been cancelled on them. So incredibly sad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesea777 Posted June 8, 2020 #22 Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, mking8288 said: Some of the countries in Central & South America continued to experience spikes and rise in Covid-19 cases, and aren't anywhere closed to managing this pandemic outbreak (looking at the John Hopkins dashboard tracking data.) Even if Brazil, Columbia & Peru, etc. are keeping their borders open and accepting repatriated crews from cruise ships, without and/or with quarantine & isolation measures in place, not necessary a wise and safe idea, best practices to just send them home & dump them at the harbor's transfer points. In case you haven't seen this, there is another one (that I prefer over the JH one): https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted June 14, 2020 Author #23 Share Posted June 14, 2020 On 6/8/2020 at 10:17 AM, lachelli said: What date was the Epic supposed to do its Transatlantic to Europe ? Well the Epic has been back in port Miami for a couple of nights / days again. NOT doing a Transatlantic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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