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Packed. Rechecking airtags etc Also compared reservations for tours/printed tickets or QR codes etc to be sure we've got what we need. My dear spouse had it done - soup to nuts-- in under 2 hours. Bag weighed in at 50.5 lbs My bag weighed in at 54 lbs. Go figure In part toiletries double zip locked and in checked bags because they can't go on carry-ons. "Should" get lighter as we go. Not shoppers. And shoes going for Iceland are going in the trash- not coming home. Tomorrow am last min packing for carryon which will be light, just a few items, ipad etc.

@mking8288 "Second day in a row, more NCL "spam" emails about safety videos on Youtube, just click & let the 90seconds run its course, jump to another tab/browser page and resume. Maybe they are tracking as to see whether the email was opened or not using AI and placing "cookies" (no, nope, not the edible kinds) when they pushed them to 1,700+ email addresses (# of cabins and/or email addresses, probably more as it's "individually" addressed) " I had wondered about tracking We have watched it on the app We have watched it on the email and we got another.. SOOOOO why the spam? Will we have to watch it on the pier. The email says "to speed up embarkation etc" Honestly- survival of the fittest. If someone does watch/doesn't pay attention/doesn't follow directions...it's a Darwin thing. 🏴‍☠️We can just climb over them

Sent it to my spouse who asked for clarification Dropping an excursion. Upgrading some things and wanted to clarify so had a better idea on the timing. We are up super early this am as everyone here as early am biz appts. I will ask for a cut -paste to me later today. IMHO As long as its spent on the current sailing, I don't think they should restrict it from DSC and grats certs to crew etc. Its still money from my pocket to theirs. First world problem. We bought it at the 52 week low so with the $250 its a nice return. Just not as useful as it could be if you aren't a shopper and already have specialty dining etc. KWIM

https://news.sky.com/story/heathrow-strikes-to-cause-disruption-to-flights-full-list-of-dates-and-airlines-affected-13121938 "A Heathrow spokesman said: "We are reorganising our operations to deliver better results for our customers. There are no job losses as a result of these changes, ..." 🤪

OK 2 things 1- Yikes-- so this could spill over to Gatwick couldn't it. We don't fly til later in the week yet this is quite a wrinkle and could impact/move folks over. Thanks for the heads up 2- @Sugar Magnolia now I have an "ear worm" of Creole Lady Marmalade... 😆

Tina Turner, Proud Mary? I saw her as the Warm Up act for the Stones Tattoo Your Tour. Amazing concert. Creole Lady Mamalade?

This reminded me of an NCL sailing we did--saw a family and the older teen-maybe young college age boy had a kitchen trash bag with him at embarkation lunch for his carry-on. And a shirt or two on hangars. I was thinking-- even using a knapsack- bookbag would have been a bit better than the kitchen trash bag. 😆 The pressure is on now and when I said that to my better half this am-- the response was "its only Wed. I have tom" 😲

Meaning - ordering specialty dining for take out? Do you typically order specialty dining for take out-sent to your cabin? How does that work?

You have reminded me of when we had BIG swells between Madeira and Lisbon on a TA. My spouse slept through the night--I held onto the mattress for dear life--just terrified. It was more than I had expected. We were aft and had an amazing deep balcony and upper deck. I had gotten up in the middle of the night to throw towels down on the floor in case the toilet sloshed on the floor. Hangars and all banging in the closets in our stateroom and next door. Crew slept fine in the lower decks and thought I was hilarious.🤪 We'd be up for CLR/LCR-- I just dont have a set here to bring. If someone has a set, happy to join. Same for your idea of am afternoon gathering as folks can. I am hoping to see Bridge on the dailies in the AMs. On OBC--I think the Starbucks was a No for the stockholder OBC. The list from the Haven concierge advising us on what we can not use it on was rather "unfortunate". I will see if I can post it later. Guess tom I have to get serious about packing. Did some errands today including some grocery shopping for the house sitter. Worked on things like "dog" info (vet/shots records/emergency vet info" etc today. No plants to worry about here 😉

@snorklinbarb Thanks for the clarification 🥰 I was thinking that maybe my first world problems whining about NCL and the stock OBC was a downer...NCL doesn't show much love do they. Just a bit miffed with NCL and some of this. And its not like we haven't got a lot of skin in the game with Haven etc too! I do think NCL didn't serve the folks on the Prima right now very well-- could have made adjustments. It's not like this marine migration and shipping lanes isn't watched and known. I am all about respecting it all. Would love to see some whales. Haven't seen some since we were in Kona. Hoping for the best on Iceland-- and wonder if they'd move us to Akureyri if need be...? Fingers crossed for nice embarkation weather and as Henry reminded us back on the RC- bring your patience and sense of humor.

Henry So for those of us "in town", taxi is best from hotel to the port? (staying S/near the park/W of 6th) Plan had been cab or Uber Yet your Uber surge pt is well taken

You are asking-- "can I claim to own something when I am sailing that I don't own"... which would be fraud. You are submitting a Statement that you OWN something. And, the stock is not moving nearly enough to make it a day trade thing...right? We did buy it closer to the 52 week low so has little to no impact in terms of our global portfolio picture. Our purchase of RCC back in 2020 when everyone was running around like their hair was on fire (as well as a lot of other really good buys when people were panicking) have done far better than NCL. Point being, your 100 of NCL isn't going to change your financial picture. And there is no benefit to buy more than 100 with respect to OBC. Also, FWIW, you cannot used the stock owner obc for Daily service fees, grats certs, cruise next certs and a bunch of other stuff... NCL makes it not very attractive to own stock imho. We just got a list from the Haven concierge on what we cannot use the stockholder obc for....and it's pretty discouraging. Just fyi

Hello All Hope all celebrating have had a blessed Passover. Good cruise friends of ours (we met on a eastbound TA several years back) are in French Polynesia on a ship at the moment. They said that over 100 were gathering together on the ship to celebrate Passover. Warmed our hearts to hear about it. On Iceland - Found this site which I find helpful. See the tabs on the left. At the moment the gases are very centralized and it looks as though touring in the northernly region we will be fine. Lets hope that not only we have smooth sailing, yet also make port and have drier spring weather to enjoy the sites. https://en.vedur.is/volcanoes/fagradalsfjall-eruption/volcanic-gases/ A friend's son lives in Iceland and he recommends layers, to expect cold and winds for those of us out on the Golden Circle. We are really looking forward to this sailing as we had hoped to make Iceland and Greenland in a westbound crossing from Dublin in 2020 which didn't go. Got yet another reminder of the delayed embarkation. I suspect NCL is expecting it to be messy on Saturday. In other NCL news, -still no Haven luggage tags (so absurd) - the stock ownership credit of $250 is basically good for nothing: we got a long official list from Haven concierge on things it cannot be used for....1) can't be used for Cruise Next etc, 2) can't be used to Daily Service Fees, 3) Can't be used towards Grats certs for crew etc etc... We will do some upgrading onboard to capture-use it and some other OBC from TA As for the $$$ from the price drop on the cost of the cruise-- I suspect in then end it will be money left on the table as we have to spend it on a 7 day sailing within 365 days of disembarkation of May 12... and we don't yet see anything to choose... With the delayed embarkation which maybe they could have adjusted the sailing PR/DR and then started northernly route earlier? Wouldn't that have had had less impact on current pax disembarkation and their travel plans/connections. Also less impact on Embarkation. Feels like some of these things where NCL dropped the ball (Embarkation, Haven tags or NCL makes it hard to spend your Stockowner OBC), NCL takes a little sparkle out of things, don't they? We are looking forward to this sailing and hope the onboard experience is more smiles instead. @mking8288, so true about the germs and having to be careful about being around those with active "ick". Years ago an officer was telling some of us at a loyalty event how some bugs come onboard..and how traceable some of this is. Was fascinating. Icky yet fascinating. Makes me wish we had bright flashing lights and noise when people skip hand washing---bawahahah 🤣

🤣 "down to just 4 green plants. They are strong and required minimal moisture, a bit of "natural" light daily to be happy ... going in the Home smart app to set the daily schedule, switch on/off UV plant light as the window blinds will be closed. " @mking8288 Back in the day my mother and I would put all of her houseplants into the tub with an inch or so of water..african violets, spider plants, ferns etc. They would do great while gone for a couple of weeks. My style of gardening is "survival of the fittest"...if possible they are outside/shady area that will get rain and if they survive, voila. You'd be surprised how hardy orchids, christmas cactus, prayer plant etc are. Our house sitter/dog sitter will be watering the tomatoes and is going to trim the fig tree that should have been trimmed earlier in spring. May have mulch delivered to be spread too. Need to make the "to do list" while we are gone. My better half joked that maybe I should ask to have him paint the house ! ha

@cruiseny4life orchards and acreage sounds divine. good luck with the Edge 😉