Why is it that something called Blue Man Group is such a phenomenon, in New York, Boston, Vegas, Stuttgart, Amsterdam and now the Norwegian Epic? One of the group’s three founders puts it like this: “To capture the audience, you have to do something no one in the audience can do,” says Matt Goldman, in… Continue reading Epic Entertainment Out of the Blue
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Norwegian Epic Ice Bar Ve-r-r-y Cool!
Anybody who knows me is well aware that I’ve spent most of the last few decades in pursuit of somewhere warm. When Jimmy Buffett sang about being “umbilically connected to the temperate zone” I could identify. When I chose to spend the last two Christmases with grandchildren near International Falls, MN., the renowned coldest place… Continue reading Norwegian Epic Ice Bar Ve-r-r-y Cool!
Changing Times for Casinos on Ships
Do you have any idea how hard it is to walk through a floating casino — especially the one on the Norwegian Epic — every day for a week? Well, it’s not as hard as it used to be. Let’s go back 20 years. We were on our first cruise, aboard a Carnival ship the… Continue reading Changing Times for Casinos on Ships
Cruise Cozumel — Discover Mexico
COZUMEL, Mexico — The recommendation was to see “Discover Mexico” and it came from friends who have been here even more than us, and with our last arrival on the Norwegian Epic, we’ve been here three times in 17 days. Our friends thought the theme park that gives visitors a taste — not literally a… Continue reading Cruise Cozumel — Discover Mexico
Privacy, Spacing and Epic Staterooms
From the first time somebody with unfettered objectivity stepped onto the Norwegian Epic, there has been a controversy about the staterooms. It has to do with the, uh, facilities. To paint the picture for you, when you walk through the door from the hall, the shower is on the left, the toilet is on the… Continue reading Privacy, Spacing and Epic Staterooms