AKR2011

I absolutely love your reviews! Thank you for taking us along on another adventure with you ❤️⚓️

Welcome back! I absolutely love following your reviews and am looking forward to this one. Just a bit sad that it may be your last. Good luck as you interview for a new role at work ❤️⚓️

You're still better off with a longer cruise for the reasons I said and others are saying. Better ports on longer cruises too.

They don't usually release them this far in advance anymore. Prior to the pandemic, the itineraries would come out about 2 years prior, but in the past few years they've had to alter a lot of itineraries, so now they wait longer. NCL also used to give you extra Latitudes Points for booking one year in advance. Sadly, that has gone away too ☹️ I've had tonlearn to be more patient with my bookings now. Difficult since I only get to cruise every two years.

I love sea days and longer cruises, but both these are too short for my liking. Both will likely be filled with lots of kids and younger people partying. I would suggest looking at at least a 7-day. The price per day is often better when cruises are longer, and then you can do a better comparison of ports and cruiselines.

Happy Belated Birthday, Yvonne! 🎉🎂 I don't get the chance to get on here every day, but I'm loving your review as usual. Do you have another trip to Alaska planned so you can reschedule the whale watching trip?

Welcome back, Michelle! I remember your last review well, so I'm really happy that you were able to get a do-over on The Elation! I'm really looking forward to following along again ❤️⚓️

Welcome back, Matthew and Susan! I'm excited to follow along again. Did you finish your last review? I think I missed the conclusion. I love The Sun, and I love that Brian Walters is still running the ship. Love Harry as well! I can't remember if it was The Sun or The Dawn that I last caught him on ❤️⚓️

Safe travels home if you're not back yet. I have a hard time keeping up with these boards, but I tried to hang in there. Congrats on reaching diamond, and thanks again for taking is all along! I look forward to your next adventure ❤️⚓️

Welcome back, Jeff and Patti! I am so excited to follow along on another one of your adventures ❤️⚓️

I love all the background info on the whales, but OMG! Your photos are just amazing! I also love the sweet group shot on the boat ❤️

Safe travels, Greg! I once rented a car in Cuacacao and drove west to hike the highest point on the island. It was incredible, but you have to leave first thing in the morning due to the heat. Then I went to the caves, (which were super cool), grabbed a great local lunch, and went to the Blue Curacao factory after that. It was a very manageable day without needing a tour. I hope you have another amazing cruise! ❤️⚓️ Ashley

😄😄😄 I'm following along as always and once again appreciate your humorous writing style! No one will ever know why NCL pulled those hashbrowns, but they will never be forgiven for it! Keep us posted if they ever show up, as well as the elusive cookies. Wishing you and your dad safe travels! ❤️⚓️ Ashley

I love meeting others at Trivia or a bar There we may become friends and decide to share a meal or two together. To each their own, but I would hate being stuck at a table with people that the cruiseline paired me up with. I love that my husband and I can always dine alone without any issue. As for the staff, I often get the same staff at breakfast and lunch in the main dining room when I eat in the same one every day. I do love getting to know them there. Yes, dinner is more of a toss-up, but then again, I love eating in different venues, so we always get new staff anyway. It's nice to go to different main dining rooms, have a night at O'Sheehan's/The Local, and also do a few meals in Specialty Dining. That in itself leads to different staff each night. Additionally, I love that we can eat at anytime. If we have a big lunch or long day in port, we'll eat later. If we want to catch a show, we might eat early. The flexibility on NCL is great!

Great review so far! Kam has definitely inherited some of Kendra's ways with the jokes, but man! I would be so upset if that had happened to me after being so worried about Kendra being in jail 😥 You seemed to take it well. How in the world did you manage not to get mad?

What an awesome journey you are taking! I am realy enjoying your posts so far and look forward to following along. Safe travels! ❤️⚓️ Ashley

Welcome back, Kim! I'm always excited to follow along on your family's adventures and have been looking forward to this one. Good to hear that Sakari has found a sweet boy. Does she still make furries at all? I know she outgrew the mermaid tail, right? I always look forward to seeing her art in your reviews as well! ❤️⚓️ Ashley

What a refreshing life review! Thank you so much for sharing your vacation with us. Safe travels ❤️⚓️

Seaside Duo is amazing! I caught them on The Pearl last summer.

I love both. Smaller ships have always had a different show the the theater each night with no reservations needed, while bigger ships had fancier shows and also other venues with different entertainment and other bells and whistles. However, now there are cutbacks and entertainment on smaller ships seems to be going down. I don't want my nightly show to be a movie or game show, but that seems to be the direction that NCL is going. And bigger ships seem to be pulling the nicer shows, which makes the other venues get flooded with people. While I am excited for a bigger ship on my next cruise, I worry that the crowds may make ne turn away from NCL completely. It's really sad as I love the product and always have had a great cruise, but other lines are looking pretty nice. To answer your question though, both are great. It all depends on where they are going.

I cannot imagine how stressful this must be. I am thinking of your family and hope she makes it safely tomorrow ❤️⚓️

Welcome back! I'm excited to follow along on another one of your adventures. I also refuse to buy groceries for about a week before vacation. By the night before we're running around trying to tackle that to do list and usually grab pizza when we run out for last minute essentials. By that point we're sick of eating weird food. I love that your son looks for hpy hour specials for you. You will definitely be making some lovely memories together this week! Safe travels ❤️⚓️

It sounds like you enjoyed your excursion. I did that exact one years ago and remember the bus ride being so long. I took a very long nap on the way ba k to the port. However, the spice farm was a big highlight. Ruins were meh to me, only because I had seen amazing ones the day before in Costa Maya.

I really appreciate your detailed review. Keep up the great work! I'm excited to continue following ❤️⚓️