schmoopie17

We had previously booked a January cruise on the Prima but canceled it. Later, we decided we wanted to go on that cruise so we rescheduled it on November 20th. Our Free at Sea summary, below, shows the water promotion. Apparently canceling and rescheduling doesn't count as "repricing"...I guess we'll see when we board in a couple weeks. FREE AT SEA Your Current Offers Unlimited Open Bar Package Includes a selection of beverages by the glass (premium cocktails, beer and wine up to $15) as well as unlimited soda, juices, and one 6-liter case of Flow water (exclusions apply) Click Here for details.

We usually bring full size suitcases and check them at the port. Our next cruise we're taking two carry-on size bags (the kind that fit in the overhead bins on planes). Are those bags typically small enough to go through the x-ray? We'd like to keep our bags with us, if possible.

Maybe not "techincally", but they're still screwing the customer who paid extra to choose a particular cabin. That customer could have paid less by choosing a guarantee cabin and have NCL choose the cabin...which is essentially what NCL did in this case.

Thanks for the review. You mentioned $29 for an umbrella on GSC. Where do you rent that...on the ship or on the island? If on the ship, where do you go to do it...and by renting an umbrella do you get priority tendering?

I'm not a Bailey's expert, but on our recent cruise NCL had Maloney's Irish Cream as part of the regular beverage package. We ordered it several times and it was just fine. I'm sure fans of Bailey's could probably tell the difference, but it certainly sufficed.

Our upcoming Prima cruise has this listed: Unlimited Open Bar Package Includes a selection of beverages by the glass (premium cocktails, beer and wine up to $15) as well as unlimited soda, juices, and one 6-liter case of Flow water (exclusions apply)

Apparently so...that almost sounds like an entirely different entree. I don't touch liver or mushrooms (unless I can tell them to hold the fungus...I mean mushrooms). As for the upcharge, I would never order anything with an extra charge. And I know there was no upcharge because I check the receipt at the end of every specialty restaurant meal and there are never any additional charges...on the bill, nor on our onboard account (which I also watch like a hawk). In any event, to get the discussion back to the original topic...the filet I had was fantastic.

Funny you should ask. On our recent 16 day cruise on the Escape, most of time the place was empty. Yes, this was during dinner time when all of the other restaurants were busy. In fact, it became a game to see if anyone would ever go there. In 16 days, we only saw a total of four people eating there. Maybe we just walked by at the wrong times, but we did walk by it a lot in the evenings. It may have been due to the fact that we had four Spain ports and authentic tapas were readily available off the ship.

Cruise ships are a microcosm of society. Go to a grocery store and you will see some people wearing masks. Most don't. On our recent cruise, some people wore masks. Most didn't.

That's why I originally said do away with Freestyle Dailies and "inserts"...the same ad insert was inside the Daily every day of our 16 day cruise. At least I assume it was the same...never read it.

I just had the filet at Le Bistro on the Escape in November. I saw no signs of liver. Either they left it off or did a masterful job of removing it. In fact, I would have never ordered it if I saw on the menu that it had liver, fois gras, pate, or whatever they call it (like you, I also despise liver in any form). In any event, it was fantastic...better than the tiny filet I had at Cagney's a few days later. Also no upcharge or else I wouldn't have gotten it.

Better than Cagney's.

You don't have to WATCH any of them. Let the video start and go do something productive for the next minute and a half.

I almost got seasick looking at those Onda Prima pictures with all the wavy lines...and I'm not even on the ship. Probably best to avoid anything with mushrooms. They might be the same type the designer was smoking...

Hit the nail on the head. Which is why they don't refund your money. Instead, they appear to be doing you a favor by moving money you already paid to partially pay for another cruise. That means you either book another cruise (more money for NCL) or you don't book another cruise within a year and they end up keeping your money. They win either way.

Wishy-washy? This being the NCL board, I believe the correct term is washy-washy. In any case, if they offer it, it would be foolish not to take what they offer.

Bliss has our all-time favorite waiter/bartender in the District Brewhouse. He also works the pool area. Keep an eye out for Carlo...he's funny, sarcastic and an all-around great guy.

You have to wait...😀

I'm still salivating over the spicy shrimp appetizer at Bayamo/Ocean Blue. It was so good we asked for the recipe and the next day it appeared in our cabin. Le Bistro's filet is as good or better than Cagney's.

The total price of our November cruise dropped $1200 after final payment. We called our PCC and he put in a request for FCC. Three days later we received an email saying we had been given a FCC of $1200 to be used within one year. That was 100% of the price drop. We've already used it on our upcoming January Prima cruise.

But try putting your luggage in the alcove and then shutting the door from the inside. Or opening the door with the luggage in front of it. Or putting your luggage there and then getting into the cabin.Yes, it can be done, but not easily.

On a recent thread discussing putting luggage outside your cabin door on the last night, I mentioned that it was very difficult to do on our last cruise because our cabin door opened outward. People said things like, "There is no such thing as a cabin door that opens outward"..."I've never seen a cabin door open outward"...and "A cabin door that opens outward doesn't exist. It would be a safety hazard." Well, I'm here to tell you that cabin 11214 on the Escape has a door that opens outward. There is a small vestibule into which the door opens, so the door doesn't open into the hallway. People still didn't believe it. It got me to thinking (dangerous, I know)...how many others have had cabin doors that opened outward?

So...I know this discussion is about SDP, but I assume you can still get more than one appetizer in the main dining rooms? (Which we did most every night in November)...

We use a glue stick and put the tags on the bags right before turning them in at the port. Never had a problem with this method.

The picture thing is a pain. We were just on an NCL cruise in November and we submitted our picture. (Which was a waste of time, since they took our pictures again at the port in Rome). You would think they would be able to store pictures of Latitudes mambers.