The Epic - Entertainment

One thing that really sets the Epic apart from other ships is the entertainment. While I absolutely love the entertainment on a Disney ship, my husband is not as much of a Disneyphile as I am and after 12 sailings, we've seen it all, so we were very excited for new options. Just a word of warning, you need to book the main shows in advance or you could be out of luck.

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Our favorite was the Cirque Dreams dinner show. While the food was standard dinner show fare, it was plenty good for us. The show was excellent! Set in a small, intimate venue, it feels like the acrobats will land in your lap. We both were 100% happy with this experience and would do it over and over again.

Blue Man Group was also superb. We've seen the BMG show in Orlando and Boston and this show was pretty much the same but it was highly entertaining. It was so funny in the beginning when they are running notes on the LED screens telling you different made up stories about audience members. To our surprise, they chose my name, and said that I was an Olympic Gold Medal winner in curling. This show is a great addition to the Epic and we had a wonderful time. Towards the end of the week they hold a Q&A session with the "Blue Men" which is not to be missed!

Second City was really fun. They had a few different shows during the week and we enjoyed them all. I would recommend getting there early so that you can sit closer up to get a better view of the action as there is a lot going on at times and sitting further back you can miss little things.

Howl at the Moon is a dueling piano bar that is awesome. We went to the show almost every time it was offered because the entertainment was excellent and very talented and we had a great time. Bring a few dollars with you to entice the pianists to play your request quickly.

We did not have the chance to experience the Legends show because we weren't sure where to fit it in before we left home and once on board we were so busy early in the week that once we decided to book it, we realized it was not offered the last couple nights.

We also experienced the Karaoke in the Bliss Lounge, which for us was just ok. We are used to a livelier bunch and it was mostly country music which we are not very familiar with. The Bingo was also a little boring for us as we are used to it being a little more entertaining and a little less expensive. I can't believe there is something on a Disney ship that is cheaper than their competition!

One of the things we were interested in experiencing was the casino. Sailing only with Disney previously we have not had this experience at sea before. We love Las Vegas and Biloxi so we thought a casino at sea would be great. We did have some fun playing Blackjack and Roulette and a few slot machines but overall the machines were very tight and the smoking in the casino was a total turn off. To clarify, it was not "smoky" but the smell, more of a musty old smoke smell was too much for me so we didn't spend too much time there. Our experiences in the casino made me realize that we aren't missing anything when we sail without a casino on Disney.