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We were off very quickly last week! I was surprised at how smoothly it went. I think a lot of people sleep in a bit since the all aboard is later that evening.

On my upcoming cruise, I thought I would wait until it got to $500pp. It never did. They sold out easily with $750pp the lowest they ever went. I got the first email a little more than 30 days out. It started with the cheapest cabin at 1000pp an went up from there. I called about 2x a week until about a week out. Then the rep told me to call every morning. It never went down to 500pp which was my max, so we passed.

Maybe blow bubbles instead. That's fun- even for adults. :)

I called NCL and I was told that the drill will take place at 5:00 and for those who have not boarded the ship by 5:00 will have to attend a makeup session the next morning. This makes total sense as all the restaurants start to open at 5:30.

 

We're on the May 14th sailing which will be the second week of the 7:00 departure and we can't wait!!!

I hope this isn't true. We have 5:15 reservations at Teppanyaki.

Hi everyone,

 

Few questions regarding the H5 category on the Escape. I see that the description says that it has a sofa bed, but looking at pictures I can't seem to see where it is. It looks like there's a chair in the room, is that the soda bed? Does anyone have a picture of it?

 

Also, we're going to be traveling with our inlaws and they are not staying in The Haven area. Will they be able to come into the Haven area throughout the day, or even to hang out in our room?

 

Thanks for your help!

Yes, the chair is a single sofa bed.

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According to that fishy travel site, it was at 60% capacity when they crossed/greyed it out as being no longer for sale.

LrgPizza: Do you know what % it says for our sailing of the Escape?

Can you do the ropes course right when you board? I was hoping to do it the first day since we will all have our tennis shoes on anyway.

I was having the same problem last night with not being able to book a room for 3 people, and I even called the agents and she said she could not book anything for 3 people for the May 21, 2016 sailing on the Escape and then she checked the Getaway for the same time and said that was full too. She proceeded to offer to book me two rooms, I said no thanks.

 

I got up this morning and tried the booking again and guess what, I was able to get my balcony room for three people. I did get to choose to the UBP and the internet minutes, and received $100 on board credit. They showed the four categories in balcony rooms, and you choose a category but still says guaranteed room when you check out. Not sure why but I was just glad I was able to book this cruise. :)

I tried again this morning, and it would allow a booking for 3, but still not 4. :( You should join our roll call if you are on the 5-21 Escape sailing. See you there!

The sales agent at NCL thought it was probably a capacity issue, which is surprising because several of the sailings are 60+ days out. But with the 3rd & 4th sail free (which is why we're looking as well!) he thinks they probably just booked a lot of 3rd & 4th pax. So there ARE rooms available that hold 4, but they won't let us book 4 in that particular cabin.

Just saw your response here. I have a hard time believing this considering my sailing is not a prime time sailing. I know they were bursting at the seams over Spring Break. Maybe it's a way to avoid honoring the 3rd/4th passenger free deal. They promote it, but then you can't actually book it. :)

This is happening to me today, too! I just looked last night to check the rate for my SIL who was thinking about going. Then when I checked today, I get that same message on every category. I know there were LOTS of cabins open just yesterday, so unless there was some mass booking, I think this might be a problem with the website. When you called NCL did you find out anything?

Just curious, why use points for obc rather than taking a statement credit?

For me personally, if I take it as a statement credit, it would go toward something super boring like groceries or gas because I'm so frugal. If it's OBC, I will be "forced" to splurge and spend it all. :)

When I called to upgrade the NCL rep was able to assign a room that wasn't showing up as available on my online booking. You might try calling if you have some specific choices in mind.

Have you tried calling the upsell department? If you do an upsell versus an upgrade you wont lose your amenities.

 

-Matt

I was just going to suggest this as well.

Thanks for the review! Did you take your 11y/o to the Brat Pack? Wondering if it's appropriate to take mine. Thanks!

Did you already post your cabin number? It looks like you are on the 9th deck maybe? We are on 9th deck port side in May. Just wondering if that's what our view will be like.

I need about 500 more points for another 5000 redemption. If I get my next statement around April 28th, and I'm sailing May 21st. Will that be enough time before my sailing to still be able to redeem my points?

You might consider a KYSS bag. I'm not sure if it's against the rules to post the link, but you can Google it. kissbags.com

I have OBC from the Norwegian credit card. It doesn't show up on my vacation summary, but it is listed on my amenities page.

Does anyone know if OBC from the credit card is refundable or non refundable?

I would never ask someone to get a special dessert from another venue, but could I go to the other venue for dessert? For example, after Teppanyaki could we go to Savor or Taste for just dessert?

You would get 10,000 points (which equals $100 OBC) right away. Then if you use the card to pay for the cruise, it will give you double points. So, if you are booking a $2000 cruise, you will get 4000 points. Points can be traded for OBC in increments of 5000 ($50). If you got the card, bought the cruise on it, and spent an extra 1000 on other items, you could end up with $150 OBC to spend on your cruise.

Did you have crab legs on your seafood buffet on the Epic? We had them on the Escape's March 5th sailing ... just wondering if NCL is doing that across the board now.

If this is true, you just made my day!:)

Different things are important to different people. I don't really care about food, for instance. As long as I'm not cooking it, I'm happy. I don't want to lie in the sun for hours, so if I didn't get a chair by the pool, it wouldn't ruin my trip.

However, I'm not really into cruising. I am just using the cruise ship as a cheaper way to see certain ports, so if I missed one of the ports, I would be terribly disappointed (unless it was Nassau ;)).

I'm perfectly happy to sit around the edge of the pool, but is there a dry place to put your stuff?

My son enjoys getting in hot tubs -especially if the pool is cold. However, I tell him if he's in the hot tub, it's not a pool. He has to act like an adult when he's in there and basically just sit there. Even though I have a kid it bothers me when kids are in there splashing all around and "swimming". On that note, it surprises me when people get mad that kids are splashing and swimming in the pool. If you are going to sit by the edge of the pool, don't be too upset if you get splashed every once in a while.

It's just as easy to use a cab. There is a line of cabs a mile long at POM.

How much is a cab compared to Uber?