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before electricity was invented? 🙂

i've had iv on e-class. once the novelty wore off, i stopped using the fake balcony area. my bed was near the bathroom so the couch was near the window. i found it more comfortable to sit on the couch and lean against the arm rest if i wanted to look out the window. thus why i view iv as a fancy ov at balcony prices

- Unlimited Internet pricing for 10day cruise: $30/day day 2 would be 9 x 30 = $270 - $100 trade-in for promo 100min = $170 This is normal, like on all other ship. - Unlimited Internet pricing for 13day cruise should be $25/day. you get a $5/day discount for long cruises. But your day 2 is $330, which makes it $330/12 = $27.50/day You only save $2.50/day on Getaway for long cruises. This is even worse than Breakaway! 😮 (On my long Breakaway cruise last year it was $25/day, just like any other ship on a long cruise.) So Breakaway class has a small internet pricing penalty if taking long cruises. 😞 Breakaway long cruise internet pricing last year:

Trade in value for the promo internet minutes is lower on Breakaway class than any other ncl ship, probably because of Starlnk:

Looks like it was installed on getaway back in Aug but not turned on yet. https://boards.cruisecritic.co.uk/topic/2955799-starlink/ so that could explain the price difference. also, viva will have starlink and i sail her next week. i'll find out how much the trade in for promo min is

A friend is taking a long cruise on Getaway (exact clone of Breakaway). Only getting $145 credit for promo 300min for the upgrade to unlimited. 😞 Also, the upgrade price didnt get cheaper past the 2nd day after embarkation where as the other ships i mentioned in this thread got cheaper till there was 10 days left (14day cruise so 4 days after embarkation). so for some reason the internet upgrade for breakaway/getaway is different

got it on my free amex. plus also had an offer for carnival thx

i'm looking for a battery powered portable router. i upgrade to unlimited basic wifi and connect the router to ship wifi. I put the router in my pocket. my phone logs into the router. any of my friends around me also can log on to the router. does such a battery powered portable router exist?

wow.. nice offers for 103 code back in Aug. the current postcards for 103 offers are just regular veranda or ocean view. 😞

That's quick reaction from the tugs. 😮 Tugs assigned to the ship stay with the ship even while docked? (I would have figured once docked, they move on to another ship entering/leaving the harbor)

😮 ok, i placed a min bid on sunset veranda. Interestingly, i see this terms & conditions: I acknowledge that I will keep the same amenities that I have on my current booking; no additional amenities will be added as the result of my upgrade (except for bids into Royal, Edge Villa, Penthouse, Reflection and Iconic Suites, which will receive amenity inclusion of the Premium Beverage Package and Premium Wifi). Captain's Club Points will be earned based on the original stateroom category purchased, and not the category of the upgraded stateroom. Does that mean if i win Aqua i dont get access to Blu? Or if i win sky suite, i dont get access to Luminie or the Retreat Lounge?

To me a balcony is something you step out, like into a separate room.

oh.. the ship's power cord got unplugged from the pier 😛

Next 10 day cruise is next month. Hopefully i remember to take screenshots of the upgrade popup offer when i activate the promo 150min 2days after embarkation

all you can eat. there is a menu but no limit on what you can order. i had multiple multiple multiple seafood(?) shiskabobs. dont remember the meat but ordered alot of them. plus theres a salad buffet style. if $45 normal price, i'd do it for $22.50 again. if $60, not worth $30 for me. yes, it's 7.50 difference but one has to draw the line somewhere.

oh didnt know that. but I've been happy with what my host was getting me before the recent changes to mimic how Royal does it. Now, for the past few months, it's free cruises directly from Blue Chip via postcards with a pre-set list of cruises. hosts had a hard time doing anything about cruises not on those lists. But i've just read this week that Hosts can once again get cruises that people pick.

Interesting. I've never gotten the Moveup offer till today and i'm Elite Plus with all being free casino cruises. But i use a 3rd party casino hosting company

If you have flexibility: On my Solstice cruise last month, employees were regularly offering 35%+ off specialty dining on certain restaurants on certain days. That's a bigger discount than a multi-day dining package. Pre-covid, i got 50% off for both Le petite chef (both versions) and Lawn club grill (dinner) while onboard. Now, Le Petite chef increased the price from $45 to $60. I would still do version 1 for 50% off if i've never seen it before for the novelty but not v2. if Lawn Club Grill is now also $60, i wouldn't do it even for 50% off if i'm traveling solo.

had to look that up. echo = possible collision with another ship or ship adrift Also, Delta= damage to ship And seems like italian contractors cut some corners in building the pier. 😛

In the past, free casino cruises were not eligible to bid for upgrades. But i just an email to bid for an upgrade on my 7day Jan 2024 Ascent cruise. I'm in a rare deluxe porthole, which is basically a hull balcony. It's a real step out balcony. (I consider Infinite Verandas as OV with windows that open.) Anyway, here are my minimum upgrade bid prices: Sunset veranda $50/person (so i assume $100 if going solo), Infinite Veranda $45/person, Concierge $100/person , Aqua $150/person Sky suite $1k person, sunset ss $1025/person, aqua sunset ss $1045/person and it goes up from there. Now that Blue Chip is switching to Royal Caribbean's way of doing casino things, I guess this is one of the changes. No, i'm not bidding. I've never been in a porthole balcony before so i want to try it. But if i was to bid, i'd bid minimum on sunset and pray. 😛 Also, in my opinion, Aqua is not worth +$300 (i'm solo) for Blu and free yoga classes. I could buy specialty dining for cheaper than $300, especially if they're offering 35%+ off like on my Solstice cruise last month.

i hope Lumunie and Blu restaurants are bigger to accommodate all that additional revenue.. er.. i mean customers. and a bigger yoga class room for all those additional AQUA's. (yoga classes are free for them.) On the Beyond, i think the yoga class room could only hold 12 people. 😮 You had to get there 10+ min early to get a spot. Then a pretty young instructor joined mid-cruise. and now more guys all of a sudden wanted to do yoga. hm... But that also meant getting to the class 20+ min earlier near the end of the cruise.

get a costco visa. it gives 3% for all travel. you need a costco membership first, so if there's not costco near you... move. Costco is worth it 😛

Edge ships arent that big. only 3k pax. I can't think of a port an Edge ship can't go that ncl's smallest ship (2k pax) can.

total for 2 people in a ss with prepaid tips was $5475? 😮 congrats on that amazing price

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