seemoreroyals

So far nothing to get rant about. Except for the bad weather.

That is strange. We booked the vibe on Prima for last years cruise almost a year out and we booked the vibe on Escape for our cruise later this year almost a year out. Good luck. Hope it works out for you. Maybe someone who has booked the vibe on Viva before can chime in. Must be a different policy depending on the ship. ETA - Maybe go with the cabana rental. Access to vibe comes with it I think for not much more than the cost of 2 vibe passes.

Meh on the free water. The only way I will drink it is out of the box over a glass of ice. Otherwise it does not taste very good. Prima does not have cabanas in Vibe or at least they did not when we last sailed in December. They did keep a carafe of fresh iced water next to us at all times. Thought that was a nice touch. Prefer over the boxed water.

As soon as you book your cruise, if the TA or CAS or NCL agent working with you will not do it for you, go to the entertainment section on your reservation on NCL's website and see if Vibe is available to be booked. Our past two cruises I was able to do this on the Prima in Feb 2023 for Dec 2023 cruise and on the Escape in Feb 2024 for our Dec 2024 cruise. In both cases I was able to book the Vibe on the same day our cruise was booked. Don't rely on others. In some cases they may be up to date on Vibe booking policy but in our case working with CAS the agent said we could not book vibe until closer to cruise date. Both cases they were wrong. If you book far enough ahead you should be able to get the Vibe with no problem. If you book closer to sail date I would check every day for availability in the event somebody cancels. I would not wait until on board or rely on others for help.

Thank you for pointing this out. I have always in the past called CAS and waited on hold to get something like this done. Just checked my account to verify the $250 had been deducted and for the first time noticed the payment button. Upon hitting that I realized that my remaining CNC's along with their cert number are listed there. Next time I am going to do it myself instead of waiting on hold for CAS.

Thanks everyone for bringing up the March 22 triple up cruise next certificate offer. Just got off phone with CAS and switched our upcoming cruise from 2 cruise next certificates to 3 cruise next certificates. Depending on how you look at it we saved either $125 or $250. They also told me that this offer is good through the end of this month. If you have extra CNC's on hand it's free money there for the taking.

Do you have to use a specialty dinner or pay an extra fee to dine at Supper Club on Escape?

That's a bargain on a 14 day cruise. Don't have regrets. Book the vibe if you still can before it sells out.

We are definitely not sun worshipers. We moved around a bit and got some help from the crew to place the provided umbrellas in such a way to keep the sun off of us. We do like being outdoors though. Especially when it is about 75 degrees with a nice breeze. Wife and I side by side enjoying a good book with a carafe of water and each of our favorite adult beverage awaiting our attention.

Good to see that you are coming around and changing your opinion on the vibe. In the past you have been one of this forums biggest critics of the vibe. To the OP the vibe is a wonderful and serene place to get away and be pampered, away from the hustle and bustle, no chair hogs or screaming kids to deal with. Wonderful drink service. Bartenders and waiters are some of the best on the ship. A great place to spend part of your honeymoon. But like the bird says book it ASAP as it is very popular and sells out quickly. Don't wait to get it when you get on the ship. In all likelihood it will be too late unless there is a last minute cancellation.

You have to sign out each time you use internet. If not your free 150 minutes will be gone in a flash.

To our surprise we thought Los Lobos was the best of the three we tried. We both had the table prepped quac, cheese fondue,wife had carne asada, I had the spicy white fish. Everything including service was wondeful. Plenty of chips and hot sauce. We also dined at Cagneys and Palomar. Cagneys was great as usual. Palomar was a disappointment for us and would not recommend.

On Prima in Dec they asked for our room key on day 1 to verify that we had paid for access. They put a smiley face decal on for easy verification on future visits. On any given day we watched quite a few attempts to enter the vibe with no vibe pass. The staff usually got to them within a minute or two and escorted them out nicely. On Prima the vibe has a sliding glass door that requires key access. Problem is after guest comes or goes it stays open for about 30 seconds.

We booked our upcoming Dec cruise vibe passes for Escape at time of booking. First part of Feb. CAS agent that I booked it with said I would not be able to book vibe passes until about 60 days out. Once I got through with her I went to NCL website and noticed vibe passes on my cruise were available for booking. They were under the entertainment section. It may vary from ship to ship. I would try to book them as soon as you possibly can. The vibe is popular with a lot of people and sells out fast. To @Chirphy6438 some vibes do not have cabanas.

Have a nice day.😒