{"id":15780,"date":"2013-01-11T01:36:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T09:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=15780"},"modified":"2013-01-11T01:36:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T09:36:22","slug":"friday-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=15780","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian&#039;s Irish Pub of the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Among the innovations when the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ncl.com\/\">Norwegian<\/a> Epic arrived in 2010 was an Irish-style pub called <em>O&#39;Sheehan&#39;s<\/em>. If it was a test for inclusion on future ships, <em>O&#39;Sheehan&#39;s<\/em> passed with flying colors. It will be replicated when the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breakaway.ncl.com\/\">Breakaway<\/a> arrives in May, and it will surprise us if it&#39;s not on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ncl.com\/cruise-ship\/getaway\/overview\">Getaway<\/a> when that new ship arrives next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Anybody who has sailed on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ncl.com\/ship\/epic\">Epic<\/a> knows why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Despite the fact that Norwegian&#39;s CEO happens to be named Sheehan (Kevin), this is a venue that&#39;s understated. It tends to get lost in the glare of the specialty restaurants and fancy bars and lounges. There are no press releases about <em>O&#39;Sheehan&#39;s<\/em> &mdash; maybe the boss thinks that would be self-serving. It&#39;s as much a best-kept secret as a restaurant can be given that it&#39;s located in the heart of the ship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Its proper name is <em>O&#39;Sheehan&#39;s Neighborhood Bar and Grill<\/em>, and it&#39;s a neighborhood passengers can access 24\/7, the only place to eat at any time on the Epic outside of your stateroom. Spread across both sides of the ship, it accommodates up to 180 guests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The modestly sized menu is traditional&#8230;bacon and eggs, chicken pot pie, fish and chips, etc. If you&#39;re looking for comfort food on the Epic, <em>O&#39;Sheehan&#39;s<\/em> is the place. If you&#39;re looking for toast that&#39;s hot, as rare as that is on cruise ships, you&#39;ll find it at&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/2013\/01\/friday-27\/osheehans-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15917\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/OSheehans-3-e1357861054319.jpg\" title=\"The walls tell stories at O'Sheehan's\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><em>O&#39;Sheehan&#39;s<\/em>. The atmosphere is comfortable, like a pub should be, with an eclectic collection of memorabilia from all walks of life decorating its walls &mdash; sports cards and pictures, photos of movie stars and politicians, documents and artifacts from ships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The Epic was Norwegian&#39;s first new ship since 2007 and there was only one thing wrong in having <em>O&#39;Sheehan&#39;s<\/em> make its debut then.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">It should have happened three years earlier on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ncl.com\/ship\/gem\/overview\">Gem<\/a>, because that&#39;s what it is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12028\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" title=\"DailyDeal-2\" width=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/cruise-vacation-onboard\/Ryndam\">Holland America Ryndam<\/a><br \/>\n\t16 nights<br \/>\n\tMarch 31, 2013<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampagov.net\/\">Tampa<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azores.com\/sao-miguel\">Ponta Delgada<\/a>, Cadiz, Motril, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mallorcawebsite.com\/htmls\/history.htm\">Palma de Mallorca<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcelona.com\/\">Barcelona<\/a><br \/>\n\tInside: $699<br \/>\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong>Cost per day: $43<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\">www.hollandamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Among the innovations when the Norwegian Epic arrived in 2010 was an Irish-style pub called O&#39;Sheehan&#39;s. If it was a test for inclusion on future ships, O&#39;Sheehan&#39;s passed with flying colors. It will be replicated when the Breakaway arrives in May, and it will surprise us if it&#39;s not on the Getaway when that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=15780\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Norwegian&#039;s Irish Pub of the Sea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[137,912,72,86,35,231,29,23,862,733,126,1151,302,148],"class_list":["post-15780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-dining-on-ships","tag-epic","tag-holland-america","tag-holland-america-ryndam","tag-kevin-sheehan","tag-norwegian","tag-osheehans","tag-specialty-dining","tag-transatlantic-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}