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Norwegian Epic has a “ship within a ship” section of 128 smaller (100 square feet) “Studio Staterooms” all nicely hidden behind a series of solid doors and connected by a common corridor that leads to shared "Studio Lounge."
These small rooms are incredibly comfortable for one person, and fortunately that is how they are sold; one price for one person in the room, with no “singles supplement” surcharge.
It is very easy to meet other solos onboard Norwegian Epic, but the Free-style restaurants and shows tend to full up long before the ship sails. So we recommend that you make reservations online at ncl.com 45 days before your cruise sails.
If you are sailing in a Norwegian Epic studio Stateroom Please post your sail date here and any other information you may want to leave. You can meet others on your cruise and make pre-cruise plans together here.
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Hello,
Thanks for creating this forum. I have been cruising since 1980. I used to travel solo, then with family during my 13 year marriage. Now I am going back to the future. I have also travelled mostly in Jr. Suites. The "studio" concept has intrigued me. I reserved on for Thanksgiving week. My thought was that lots of singles would gather in the "Living Room". Not so sure now. I read on other boards about families reserving studios for older kids and even for luggage! Not so sure who will end up in the studios.
Me-53 Divorced dad. Healthcare professional.
I just got back from the first Epic 7-day cruise (transatlantic) and believe me - there are plenty f singles in those cabins, but any other single on the ship can also use the studio lounge - it is NOT a keyed access as origianlly conceived.
I saw LOTS of singles meeting up in the Lounge and will have an article about it up on Monday.
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I will be on December 18th thru January 1st. I am doing the whole holiday with the back to back Eastern and Western 7 day. I will be making my dinner and show reservations as soon as the system lets me. I look forward to meeting anyone else that is traveling solo on this trip either or both legs.
You have to use the "Reply to Thread" yellow button under the last message in this thread (not the "quick reply box") - then you will see a Title box to put in your info.
I apologie I did not remember to say this (because I always reply that way).
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Can't wait to try out the Studio
Finally we Solo Cruisers are getting a break.. Thanks NCL
Enjoy NCL as it has great entertainment etc. and I am sure that their Solo idea will catch on with other cruise lines...
Just hope there is a hairdryer in the room;-)
Welcome Solo Cruisers! How wonderful for solos to have this option! I am not sailing solo, but hosting the Cruisemates Halloween/Chef Matt Sigel Cruise, and I hope to hear lots of nice comments about these cabins onboard.
I can't imagine anyone booking this cabin for luggage! Now that is decadent!
I hope all of you posting here will meet Cruisemates,and chat before you board, and share the experiences upon your return..Happy Sails!
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I will be in the Studio thru the holidays. I have starting looking on several sites and there seems to be quite a few solo travelers in the studios as well as other rooms on the ship that are starting to talk to each other to see about setting different meet opportunities. Hope this helps.
You will have no problem meeting people on your cruise in the studio lounge. They should have a hostess there and a message pad for making sure people get together. Just congregate there and people will get to you soon enough.
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Hi drjeffb, I am very curious how you will like this cruise. I am thinking of booking with the Epic in January next year. I have never been on a cruise, would like to take one, but can't find anyone to go with me. So the studio rooms sound good to me. It would be helpful to find out how all of this went down. Have fun
Wow, this is an excellent post and idea! I am planning a solo cruise next year and luckily the NCL EPIC is catering to us. I have never been on a cruise to top it off!
Hey solo cruisers, i have been waiting for this for years, a truly price friendly and meet friendly solo cruise and on the new EPIC no less. be wary of the recent negative posts, a new ship needs tiome to get the kinks out, my sister and her family njust got backi from their Epic cruise and loooovvved it.
If anyone is ctuising on the Epic January 8th to the western carib, lets chat and plan a living room meet while on board......
I have tried these solo staterooms and they are the best thing ever created for solo cruisers in my opinion. The ship has great nightspots (Bliss and H20) and you can all meet in tastes for dinner every night at no extra charge.
Have a great cruise. If you meet people here firs t that is great, but you will also meet people onboard, no doubt about it.
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I will be on December 18th thru January 1st. I am doing the whole holiday with the back to back Eastern and Western 7 day. I will be making my dinner and show reservations as soon as the system lets me. I look forward to meeting anyone else that is traveling solo on this trip either or both legs.
Thinking of doing the Dec 18, 2010 sailing. Either that or one of the Carnival ships during the same time. The big draw of course is the studios and lounge, but the idea that it's open to everyone concerns me a bit. I think I'll check on this when I call them.
I have yet to find ANY review, by a solo passenger, on the whole studio cabin, lounge, living room, single cruiser activities experience - not one - anywhere! I keep reading about people going staying in them, then nothing which has me believing that:
1 - they are being used by friends, family who want seperate rooms AND private bathrooms....or...
2 - No one is using the studio lounge/living room but, instead, going out and about throughout the ship.
Thinking of doing the Dec 18, 2010 sailing. Either that or one of the Carnival ships during the same time. The big draw of course is the studios and lounge, but the idea that it's open to everyone concerns me a bit. I think I'll check on this when I call them.
Anthony
I just got off the phone with NCL. The representative assured me that the studio lounge was card-access only. Perhaps they didn't have the door fixed when Paul sailed??
I just got home from my cruise on the Epic and was in a Studio and can confirm that access to both the studio cabin area and the living room requires your key card.
Also if you are looking to meet people, go to the 5:30 pm daily solo gathering in the Living Room. It probably made the cruise even better for me. The Activity Crew member who hosts the gathering is really good at breaking the ice. Plus she organized a dinner for any of us who were interested as well as have our group attend Legends together.
I really liked the Studio Cabin. It was actually a lot bigger than I imagined with lots of places to store your stuff. It is really great for one person.
One other new thing, you can purchase a day or week pass to Posh (adults only). It's $59 for the week (I don't remember what it was for the day). I bought the week and it was a nice place to get away and relax in nicer loungers and there is also a bar there as well. However, there is a bug in the system, which hopefully they will fix. If you are in a Studio and want Posh access you will need to request a separate card. I found out the hard way if you have Posh access you lose your Studio access and vice versa.
For those that don't know what Posh is, it is the sun deck that was supposed to be exclusive to suite guests during the day and a nightclub in the evening. However, very few of the suite guest were using it, plus NCL realized that because Posh is built over the Penthouses, there could be noise issues if they had loud music in the evening so they nixed the nightclub idea. Because so few people were using it, they decided to open it up to any adults who wish to purchase a pass. It is limited, however I'm not sure how many passes are available. Even doing that it wasn't very busy most of the time. I think one afternoon it was 75% full, but most other times I was up there were only maybe 6 or 7 people there.
I have yet to find ANY review, by a solo passenger, on the whole studio cabin, lounge, living room, single cruiser activities experience - not one - anywhere! I keep reading about people going staying in them, then nothing which has me believing that:
If you read the thread in the NCL message board about my virtual cruise, I was in a single cabin and I related how they are. Maybe you are over-complicating them? They are basically just cabins with a casual gathering place. The idea of meeting at 5:30 is generally for people to plan what they want to do "outside" the studio area together.
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