Kevin Kwong was more interested in what was onboard the Norwegian Epic during his 10-day cruise than trips off it. Was it a good decision?
I am standing at the top of the Epic Plunge, a four-storey-tall waterslide on the Norwegian Epic cruise ship, filled with anticipation and trepidation.
There is no one else up here, so I quickly place my inflatable tube close to the edge of the slide, sit on it, right hand holding onto the right grip, feet facing front, and ready to go. But wait, where is the left grip?
As I shift my body to the left, the tube swivels 90 degrees and, just like that, I am speeding down the 200-foot (61-metre) spiralling slide, back to front, before I land in a giant basin, swirl around it a few times and then get sucked into the plughole in the middle.
It was the wrong way to do it, but fun no less.
