After writing I didn't understand the written explanation of what the Epic Plunge on the Norwegian Epic was all about, I was kindly pointed in the way of the presentation last week that revealed all.
Put it on and go and make some tea because the bit you want is at the end and the rest is long and cringe-worthy - a jokey presentation to an almost silent audience. It doesn't work.
If you can't be bothered to wait, basically you sit in a rubber tube, get shot out into this big bowl which the tube will circle a few times (centrifugal force and all that) before you go through the hole in the middle. It does look amazing - it's the purple slide in the picture - and a lot of fun. And as a friend pointed out, no skill is required so it is something everyone can do.
As the (none-too-impressed) readers of Cruise.co.uk point out, though, the big "reveal" last Friday, which included detail about most of the restaurants on the new Norwegian Epic, left a lot of questions unanswered. Like which of the 14 restaurants will you have to pay for? And how much?
My question is whether there be a charge to go on the Epic Plunge? And if not, how will they control queues?
Jane Archer
