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What/where is the best spot for snorkeling in Nassau? Would like to go on our own versus doing an excursion from the ship in hopes of having more time to enjoy the water. Just need to figure out where to go?

Any suggestions?

Thanks LrgPizza:-) It seemed odd to me that we'd have to figure out the back & forth ourselves but thought it better to ask so we could plan accordingly.

Trying to figure out our days in port & am wondering if anyone knows if the Getaway docks or we have to ferry into St.Maarten, St.Thomas & Nassau?

Thinking of doing some non ship excursions but read somewhere that if you don't book through the ship you are responsible for getting yourself to & from the ship & island, is that correct? If so, how do you arrange this?

We always take our bottles from the pharmacy but only put enough of each med in the bottles to get us through the trip, plus a couple extra days incase of delays. This way we have original bottles with all pertinent info but don't risk losing all our medication for any reason.

We received ours in 3 weeks time. We were told the turn around time was 4-6 weeks when we did them. Glad we didn't pay for the expedited option :-)

Can we bring a blender with us? Not like a monster high powered machine but maybe a small, does 1 drink at a time one?

Thanks all!!

Thanks for all the info. Sounds like we should skip the TA...live & learn I guess ;-)

I did call NCL again & got someone who was having a better day than the 1st representative, lol, she said it appears to be a case of all the early booking seats are gone. But advised us to check once on board. She's sure given the situation we can get a table with room for the kids. However the computer system won't allow her to modify our existing reservation at this time. Which is fine, I understand rules & policies & don't feel I'm above them. What I had a problem with is the rudeness of the 1st customer service representative! A reasonable explanation rather than curtly saying we we're out of luck & how it's not NCL's problem is much preferred!

Premium seating or not we are all excited about our first family cruise & we will have a fantastic time :-)

We had the travel agent fix the cabin issue. They don't book the on board activities, that is done via NCL & when we tried to get reservations for the kids to do the illusionsrium with us, that's when we encountered the less than helpful customer service woman.

Is this the type of service we can expect from NCL?

We booked premium seating for the illsionarium but the booking only went through for DH & I but not for our 2 kids. Evidently there was a problem with the cabins & our kids got put in 1 cabin & we were in the other. In order to make reservations for the kids they have to be in a cabin with an adult. So we fixed this issue & called NCL directly to get the same seating for the kids with us. The woman we spoke with told us that since the mistake with the cabins was the fault of the travel agent & not NCL's we were out of luck & can't have seating for the kids...umm I'm a bit irritated with this! Since the mistake wasn't ours either, I think as the consumer the customer service person could've tried a little harder to help fix the problem instead of informing us we were out of luck (her exact words)!

If this is the level of customer service we can look forward to...well I'm disappointed! :mad::mad:

Is getting blown off the norm for NCL?

How do you order a bar set up? Is there as way to do it online or do you have to call NCL direct?

We'll be on the Getaway the same week:-) I haven't personally done either excursion but have come across several happy customer reviews on the champagne sail.

no limit on luggage

 

Bottled water might trigger the booze police.

At the risk of sounding completely stupid here, first I laughed at "booze police", then had to look up the commented "smuggling" & then I laughed some more! To each their own but that all sounds like ALOT of trouble to go to in hopes of getting away with something.

Anyhow, thanks for the answers. I'm a big water drinker (my hubby says I drink enough water to drown a fish ;-) so just wanted to check guidelines on how much I can bring & if I had to count it as luggage.

Have a good day all

Does bringing soda or water count as luggage? How many pieces of luggage per person is allowed? We're sailing in March on The Getaway & am trying to decide if bringing some soda for the teenagers is worth it & how much can be brought?