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On 8/28/2021 at 12:15 PM, Rmeister23 said:
i know the haven lounge has Louis XIII and this will make or break the upgrade for me. Any idea on this? haha
Not included, but I accidentally got it for free on the Pearl.
Fleet Bev Manager was on board, she said I could order a few 'drops' as a taster for free.
Waitress was totally confused by this concept later when I tried and just gave me one for free.
Bev manager was ticked when I told her so I fibbed and said I ordered another and paid. (didn't want to get anyone fired)
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On 4/16/2021 at 3:05 PM, padgman1 said:
Veuve champagne - worth the $30 upcharge alone.
Ok, now I need to try this.
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Just now, BirdTravels said:
The NCL chip is at the bottom right of the card. But unlike the Royal card, the antenna loop runs around card about 1/2" from the edge making it hard/impossible to punch with a regular punch without compromising the card.
Thank you for the detailed pic!!
This is helpful. I'm going to experiment with attachment methods. Why go for simple when I can overcomplicate it!
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3 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:
Same as always. The room key thickness is just like a credit card (which also has RFID/NFC). Yes, there has been discussion on the exact places where you potentially punch without cutting the internal loop. Or even if punched perfectly, fracture the card with the punch and breaking the loop. Use a lanyard that holds your card.
Lanyards given out at check-in on our cruise.
"New" RFID room keys used on the newer ships. Some readers use the RFID. Some scan the bar code. Some still swipe the magnetic strip.
The gangway doesn't even use your ship's card any longer, it uses your face (and it also takes and records your temperature... don't get sunburned).
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That lanyard isn't actually as bad/cheap as I expected.
I worry about the temp scanning. When I drive with my sunroof open and then to go see my auntie at assisted living, their temp scanners always flag me as having a fever and sound alarm. I basically have to close sunroof and turn up AC before going over there.
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9 minutes ago, mking8288 said:
Instead of punching a hole for the lanyard - I recommend using one of these slide-out ID card holders (these have RFID shielding & cost more - other similar ones are less expensive ... get a few to use & share) We used them at work for our ID badge on a breakaway safety lanyard and it doesn't slip out by design, unlike the simple plastic card holder.
Thank you for the link!
What I'm curious about is if a smaller hole was made (not via the regular punch, and then either a small string or loop, would it still work. The pic of the RCCL card shows some leeway on the edges for a smaller hole.
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15 minutes ago, hallux said:
There's still a mag stripe on the back, but there's RFID embedded. The contacts you see on the outside of credit cards are just for the chip-and-PIN (or signature), if there's RFID it's embedded inside the card and not visible.
Here's a comparison, these were taken using the same three D-cell Maglite, the Royal Caribbean one is from the Anthem of the Seas in 2018, the Norwegian one is from one of my Bliss cruises in 2019. You can clearly see the RFID chip/antenna in the Royal card (which is NOT visible externally without a light), the NCL card seems to be thicker...
Oh, ok, very interesting, so they're doing a diff rfid setup than the nfc chips in credit cards.
I'm gonna do some more research and maybe come up with an alternate lanyard attachment method. Not thrilled about a pouch that be lose things.
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55 minutes ago, hallux said:
Anyone providing such a picture would need to hold it to a bright light to reveal the inside (if it's possible to do so). The RFID cards don't reveal from the outside where it might be safe to punch...
Actually - just checked one of my cards from the Bliss, I couldn't discern anything, the card doesn't allow much light to pass through...
So are the cards thicker, like secure door access cards? If they still have to swipe I can't believe that the entire thing is rfid, they'd do a chip in one place like the touchless credit cards do.
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They just opened up more of them, just booked inside.
PCC said that it's somewhere between 50% and 60% capacity.
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Anyone got a pic of one of these new cards? I can be pretty creative with hole punching for lanyard.
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36 minutes ago, david_sobe said:
A few months ago I was hopeful that cruising would resume by the end of the year. Unfortunately I don't see cruising resuming anytime this year. Things are worse today than April. We had a record death rate today in Florida and cases are steadily at least 10,000 each day. Positivity rate in Miami is 28% when it used to be around 10%. All those myths about the summer and heat and sun killing the virus are not true.
My forecast hunch would guess cruising wont resume until late spring next year. The EU just extended their travel ban on Americans. Also a underreported story is the huge Covid outbreak in the Virgin Islands.
We can all point fingers as to why this is happening but the point remains we blew our chance at returning to somewhat normal by the actions of many and the inactions of elected leaders. So the consequence is a longer delay in cruising resuming.
I agree regarding cruising this year, I don't see it coming back.
As for the myths about the summer heat killing things, I never understand why people thought this was viable when the news kept reporting that equatorial countries such as Panama and Ecuador were being ravaged, and they basically have our summer weather all year round to a degree.
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The form is live as of this morning.
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Maybe they're just hanging out until they need to reboard crew for resuming sailings?
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On 6/26/2020 at 3:33 PM, poohdreaming said:
Can anyone explain to me how NCL come up with these FCC value? The 100% FCC - is this the amount what was paid for the cruise? And then the 25% - how they come up with it? Thanks. I am a little lost. I wish NCL would break it down.
I had to build a spreadsheet to get it to math out.
I booked a cruise and used 2x cruise next certs on it. ($500)
They deducted the $500 and that matched the amount for the 100% credit.
Then they took the total amount of the cruise, including any extras I'd booked and paid for (UPBev, wifi, etc) and used that as the basis for the extra 25% calculation. This calculation included the $500 in cruise next certs. I got it to math out within a couple of dollars. The net result is that if you used cruise next certs, you actually end up getting a few more percentage points of credit based on the cash you paid.
The only other weirdness that has been mentioned on CC is that they distributed some of the FCC to accounts for people who don't actually have NCL login accounts, so had to make account for them to see the credits, even thought I paid for everything. It also seems strange how those were portioned out, no logic to it.
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2 minutes ago, casofilia said:
I don't understand, how would you lose the FCC?
Easily if you don't book a cruise before the "use-by" date.
The use by dates have been at least a year out. I was questioning that she paid part with cash so as not to lose FCC?
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Is it actually incorrect? I know that seems like a silly question, but I had to actually build a spreadsheet to figure out their math when getting our FCC and I actually got it to math out. On ours it wasn't so straight forward due to using cruise next certs and the way that affected how they did the FCC maths.
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On 6/29/2020 at 5:00 PM, *Luv2Cruz* said:
Try this
https://www.ncl.com/case-submission/cancel-refund-request
Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk
This is the form to cancel your refund request and keep your FCC.
The form to request the refund is currently not online. It should show up tomorrow as per their earlier email for the next round of refund requests.
The link should be: https://www.ncl.com/case-submission/peace-of-mind
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On 7/3/2020 at 4:16 PM, visconti4 said:
We paid for some of the trip with FCC and made final payment in cash as to not lose the FCC.
I don't understand, how would you lose the FCC?
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My FCC is showing expiration date of 6/19/2021, which is a year from when it was issued.
Seems kind of short.
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After my cruise for August was announced as cancelled I logged in and found that I was bumped to Platinum status, but no points credited (was only a few points away).
It's strange that I got a level bump but no change in points. Just waiting to see what happens.
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My cancelled Aug and Sept cruises FCC appeared on 6/22. The amounts were wonky and after building a spreadsheet I got everything to math out.
Still waiting on them to put our cruise next certs in the account. Still debating about applying for refund.
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They didn’t give me points for my cancelled Aug cruise, but I did get bumped to platinum status, which would have happened after the cruise. So, no points, but level bump.
That being said, haven’t gotten FCC refund yet so it may change. I just discovered the status bump the day the cruises were pulled from the site, but announcement hadn’t been made yet.
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22 hours ago, seaman11 said:
https://www.traveloffpath.com/norwegian-cruises-reopening-everything-you-need-to-know/
So it seems those missing cruises in early august will be canceled and the real start up date is aug 23rd.
(I didnt feel good about ncl in aug so my sailing is in sept. )
I still think this is a lazy bad article because they are stating authoritatively that NCL has announced based on nothing more than disappeared sailings, but they don't state so.
But here we are today and now we know. Still a bad blog post and I'm forever wary of that site because of their questionable reporting style. It's misleading.
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On 6/14/2020 at 4:17 AM, Homestyle said:
I have a cruise booked on the Spirit out of Athens on the 23rd August. Payment is due today and keep getting email reminders. I agree with all the above, I think there is zero chance of this now going ahead, although as an airline employee, I see from my Interline website that they have just released dates for staff to book numerous NCL cruses from 1st September. Although I am not happy to give them any more money, question is, if I don't make final payment, as the cruise has not as yet been cancelled, am I in breach of contact and they can rightfully keep my deposit?
According to my TA, if you cancel before they cancel the cruise then it's the FCC credit. If you go ahead and pay, and they cancel, then you get choice of cash or FCC. I'm booked on Aug 2 and he's telling me to sit tight and wait on NCL to say something so that I can get cash refund.
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35 minutes ago, roger001 said:
That's total bull from either NCL or the reporting source. August and Sept not happening. Bermuda in August?
The website is assuming they've cancelled August because the sailings don't show, but they only quotes they have are from May statements from NCL. It's a misleading and badly written article to get some clicks.
On-board drinks package upgrades
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Basically about $35/day.