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BREAKING: NCL CEO Acknowledges Epic’s Controversial Design
In an interview with uber-cruise-site Cruise Critic, NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan stated:
We thought [the courtyard complex] through in the Project Breakaway planning, and so it’ll be more integrated into the structure this time around. What must have happened [on Epic] was that somebody said, "Let’s put another level on it," and it made the ship look a certain bit odd.
source: CruiseCritic






