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I heard of a similar problem on the USS Voyager with its warp coils. While I am not an engineer, I believe that warp coils are an integral part of a ship's warp drive. Mounted within the warp nacelles, the coils used the plasma generated by the warp core to create a subspace displacement field that allows propulsion. Warp coils were typically composed of cast verterium cortenide surrounding a core of densified tungsten-cobalt-magnesium. Hence, it takes a significant lead time to manufacture a replacement coil. I wish you a long and prosperous cruise.

Interesting theory!

Totally agree, what is now happening is the hole is getting even bigger and costing even more.

 

I notice the that NCL have even stopped refunds, and only giving vouchers!!!!!

 

Have you received your refund because I am still waiting for mine

 

 

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They need to bite the bullet and cancel cruises until they can get the ship repaired. Also, how safe is it limping about oceans on half power unable to maneuver properly around storms or large waves?

IS THIS TRUE?

 

We are on the Auckland cruise and booked through a UK travel agent inc flights, hotels etc. How many cancelled ports would constitute a major change? And how should we claim?

Yes, it's true but not sure how it works. I think Norwegian would be responsible for a full refund Inc flights but don't quote me on that.

It's a silly offer for us as we are about to fly 8000 miles and are on fixed airline tickets. Would only be good if we get 100% cruise credit plus the opportunity to sail

 

 

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Agreed, it's a terrible offer and no good for us.

It feels like a death (of a vacation) by a thousand small cuts. I don't see how NCL can keep this behavior up, the way people are reacting on the ship and off?

 

 

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This happens with a lot of cruise ships and companies. It is what it is and there's nothing much we can do about it.

Hi all.

 

We are going to Italy with RC in Aug (3 adults, 3 kids) and really want to explore Italy (we are also visiting France and Spain but not so bothered about them).

 

All the excursions I've looked at give you (especially Pisa) about an hour to explore on your own and we were really hoping for more time than this.

 

Are there any other ways to get to, say Pisa without booking a shore excursion with RC (I'm on the roll call for the cruise too but its rather quiet).

 

Thanks :)

To be honest, there's nothing much in Pisa apart from the tower, it was a big let down for us. If you haven't been to Florence yet, it's by far the better choice of an excursion.

Are jeans acceptable? When you board can I wear jeans or do you need to dress up more? How about in the buffet, can you dress down and save the posh dresses for the formal dining areas ?

It depends on what cruise company but all the main companies (Ncl, Royal Caribbean etc) you can wear anything you like. I've gone through whole cruises and hardly changed out of sweat pants and jeans. You can wear anything in the buffet as long as youre not dripping wet in swimming trunks after crawling out of the pool(although I've even seen this) . Cruises in the main can be as formal or as informal as you like and you'll generally see a whole range of dressing at any one time.

There are so many great things to love about cruising but if I had to pick one, it would be being on the water.

 

Something about the sea calms my nerves and feeds my soul! :)

It calms my soul and nerves also except in a force 10 in the North Sea which I've experienced a few times on a cruise ship :-0

I'm doing my first Christmas cruise this year on the Dream. Were in port on Christmas day which will be strange I think, going for a walk around and doing all the sightseeing stuff on Christmas day. Looking forward to it though!

The queue at Shanghai was long but we boarded very quickly, and when we reach the cabin our cases were waiting, that's a first for us,

 

Each to their own we had a great time and loved every moment... Apart from morning we should have been in Sanya.... Another reason to enjoy every moment and think how lucky we are ....

 

We have travelled on a lot of cruises the worst being Princess... We love Costa it fits us well, we have travelled to places I could have only dreamed about.

We had a great time met lots of wonderful people.

 

The staff as usual were great, nothing too much trouble.

 

The only down side was the lack of an atrum bar, but I can live with that, sat just thinking I wish I was on that balcony with a pink lady in my hand.

 

Have great time on your Carnival crise.

 

 

 

 

 

Have great time on you carnival cruise.

 

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Its all subjective I suppose. For the cost as I said, I maybe shouldn't complain. Sanya was a nuisance but can't complain about rescuing people at sea. We ended up not getting off as our number for the coach was up around 39 and it was 8.30 by then, not much point at that time.

Loved Hong Kong, not enough time to see it all though,would've happily swapped Okinawa or Sanya for an overnight in HK. Definitely worth a return. Vietnam was great also but my favourite place was Singapore, really lovely city with a great vibe :-)

Really love Asia in general,hope to be back again soon.

we have just got back from the most delightful cruise on Victoria from Shanghai to Singapore and wow what a wonderful cruise we had....

 

The staff as usual were polite and gave great service.

 

Victoria is the oldest of the Costa fleet we have travelled on and she is the best ship we have been on....

 

She took us to destinations we only dreamed about travelling to.

I was on the same cruise.

We had a great time and the ports were wonderful but the cruise part was one of the worst ive experienced. Starting with the shambles of the giant queue in Shanghai to board, easily the worst I've experienced for any cruise.

As someone who doesn't drink or sunbathe, on days at sea I had nothing to do,I ended up watching the dance classes in the main foyer for some entertainment. On other ships I've been on ,NCL Breakway, Celebrity Solstice,Oasis of the Seas even P&O ,there was always some sort of activity at the pool or show,or something but on Costa there was literally nothing.

I personally thought the food was awful,the portion plates were tiny and I was sick of the same things everynight ,either a choice of pasta or thinly sliced pizza and tiny deserts. I couldn't help but compare the "selected times" buffet on Costa to the 24hr buffet feast of the Solstice! Then there was my leaking cabin roof!

As I said, we spoke to a few couples and they were dissapointed with the cruise and ship. Perhaps I've just been spoiled in the past with ships and to be fair, it was fairly cheap so maybe I shouldn't complain.

I'm looking forward to comparing it next month to the Carnival Dream,I expect much more from Carnival.

No, they are definitly not all like that at least in Europe it's much better. My parents

wouldn't go there twice a year (they have now over 30 Costa Cruises and had no complaints so far)

About the Caribbean I can tell in a couple of month.

 

It might be an Asian thing. Were most of the passengers from Asia?

They might not like the entertainment and animation we like on board

therefore they cut it short on this part.

A lot of the passengers were from Asia, yes but there was also a lot from Europe. The buffet was terrible and portions tiny, I'm a tall guy and like my food and I was honestly left hungry everyday. The best food I've had was on the Celebrity Solstice.

The daily schedule was poorly translated into English and at times was barely readable. As I said, there was no entertainment (in English anyway) apart from the nightly show and myself and my wife were bored to tears on days at sea. We spoke to some first time cruisers who said they would never do another cruise, we tried to assure them they weren't all like that one. I'm genuinely shocked at how bad it was, it was more like a ferry service than a cruise. It may be because it was in Asia but that shouldn't be an excuse, surely?

One more small annoyance was that they took our passports the day we got on the ship and then wouldn't give us them back until the end. Call me paranoid but I didn't like walking around a country 7000miles from home with no identity documents.

I'm doing the Carnival Dream in the Carribean next month and hopefully I'll regain the weight I've lost lol :-)

Well, I'm a fairly long term cruiser and been with many companies, NCL, Carnival, Celebrity, Royal Carribean. This was my first Costa cruise and whilst I expected less than the other cruise companies, I'm shocked at just how bad Costa were. The entertainment was virtually non existent, the food was the same everyday and poor(this was the first cruise I actually lost weight on!), staff were unfriendly and the ship was dated (Victoria) my cabins roof even started leaking right on top of my expensive camera which was luckily undamaged . The days at sea turned into a chore with absolutely nothing to do. I wasn't expecting much but I'm really shocked at how bad it was. Is this a one off or are all Costa cruises like this? I definitely won't be going on one again if they're all like that!