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Thanks Beezo for that hopeful and informative post. Our fingers are crossed. Perhaps the pier will be done for our 11/29/25 cruise. That would be very nice.

What cabin number? That would settle the location question.

Poorly worded question on my part. You are right.

Thanks for the replies. Only strong magnets need apply. Good to know.

We will be sailing on the Joy in the future, our first trip on NCL. Did I read somewhere that the walls are not magnet? True or not? I assumed a steel ship would be almost totally magnetic.

That's somewhere north of $1205 in total gratuities, including what you mentioned above plus the normal $350 as well as the $305 drinks package tip. Is service that good, that much value added?

Here's a link to a tour of Silver Cove and it's new pool. Looks very nice.

We are booked on the Nov 29, 2025 cruise on the Joy ourselves. Our first NCL cruise as well. We have found two resources to glean good information. The first is here, on this board, using the search feature for certain topics as well as asking my own questions. The second is YouTube videos. Lots of reviews and tours to watch with first hand comments.

Many thanks for taking the time to answer our question. Turns out I have one less set of luggage than I thought. All of my Ricardo soft sided pieces have rotted handle straps... and it isn't all that old! My wife's 50-year-old Samsonite is still good as ever though.