After all the trials and tribulations Norwegian Cruise Line has gone through to get the F3 ship built, is it any wonder they have called it Norwegian Epic?
No sooner was the name out than the Cruise Critic message boards were buzzing. And the consensus? Sorry NCL. Most are not keen. One says, "I hope it grows on me" and I'm afraid I agree.
The good news is that once this 4,200-passenger Epic leaves the shipyard in St Nazaire, France, in May 2010, it will be stopping in the UK for some "spectacular inaugural events" so we Brits can become New Wave travellers in the curvy cabins and get our chills in the ice bar.
It will then head over the Pond to its new home in Miami, where it will be sailing alternating Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises.
Jane Archer
