Sand and Seas

Yes, thanks BirdTravels! So nice to have an easily searchable thread to reference all of Prima's unique menus. We are in Galveston now to board Prima tomorrow. Love this planning help!

So glad we read about Saltwater mom's on this board. We had a great experience with their personalized service.

We had a wonderful experience with Galveston Saltwater Mom's. We would happily book with them again.

Yes, these are our favorite ships and always look to book cruises on them. Boarding Prima Monday!

This thread talks about Joy 8148 (same position a your 8748) and other cabins in that area. Odds are good that your 8478 has a large balcony for the cost of a BF.

That's great! Should be a very good cabin on Breakaway. Have a wonderful cruise😎

Thanks @PistolPete13, we have learned a great deal from you and @BirdTravels in advance of our Prima cruise. Those of us who like to plan a little have enjoyed the awesome photos and taken note of your advice. Looking forward to our embarkation day😎

So true! While they are going up to the buffet that first day I know where I'll be headed

Very possible....however, there might be a bunch of non-cruise-critic cruisers who won't know about it for a couple of days🤔

I'm still mourning the loss of my free pre-paid DSC on four of the covid cancelled sailings☹️ Also missing the 'Tax-free' (port & gov taxes) promo from a few years ago. Those were worthy of re-booking to get the promos.

Yes- Sounds like your upgrade has processed! My documents say BF-MC. We were moved into a great Club Balcony MC cabin that has a larger balcony (next to the M6 balconies.) There were plenty of Club Balconies available at the time we upgraded so were assigned a cabin. Original comp was a Balcony BF category for our 12 day cruise so I guess they need to document that on the updated booking.

Thanks @Galveston Cruiser! I was so confused, but a third terminal address clears it up. Really looking forward to our first visit to your interesting island😎

Sorry, I have googled several Galveston & Galveston port maps and I've gotten very confused. .It looks walkable but then your post #2 above said Royal's terminal is 'not walkable as no sidewalks and a very busy street'. Isn't this terminal right next to the one most likely used by Norwegian? (Their site doesn't say if terminal 1 or 2. Googling shows 2502 Harborside and 2702 Harborside). Everything I check says 2702 Harborside for Royal's terminal. This is also the address listed on Royal's website. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/driving-directions-port-galveston-texas Sorry for all the questions, just very confused about the walkability to the port.

Is Norwegian's pier walkable from The Tremont? Cruising on NCL's new ship Prima. I'm not sure if it's Terminal 1 or 2. It looked like we could enjoy walking around that entire area and we are then hoping to be able to walk to the port. (Easy rolling luggage.)

@fstuff1, I had to make a couple of calls. Like you, I was upgrading a CAS comped cruise. Both times, not answered by the Diamond Upgrade people, but the 2nd call I had a much more helpful agent answer. He had taken my information and submitted it to that department for me. (See above).

Not a silly question. Strange it hasn't gone back on the website with the new starting date. I find it extremely doubtful that the May 1st 11 day cruise is fully booked. The similar April Joy cruise (still 12 days) has lots of cabins available.

Again, very good to know! After years getting by with diet pepsi, really looking forward to coke products. Happy enough with Diet Coke, but Zero is my preference. The casino (Penrose?) bar should comp me a couple of cans.

Good to know! I'll be getting my Diet Coke or Zero either way😉

The charge comes only if you are booking a flat fee restaurant like Teppanyaki or Moderno after you have booked the number of your FAS meals. That's why you are advised to book them first. Then no fee charged. BirdTravels is correct.

DH is super happy that you showed us ice cream by the scoop in the Food Hall! Question, how do you get a diet coke in the Food Hall?

We love the M6 cabins! Great balcony and close to many venues. Hope you enjoy and have a great cruise😎

Love your pictures! Thanks for sharing with us. We have enjoyed that large aft balcony on Breakaway too😎

Back to the original question on this thread.... Some ships reported as sailing full like the 5 Day Prima from New York. New ship from an easy to get to (for many) port. Our 11 day repositioning cruise on Prima from Galveston to Miami shows many balcony cabins still available with two weeks to go. I did some 'research' and saw 15 plus balcony cabins available per floor. It doesn't tell me how full the ship will be, but there is a good amount of cabins available and I'm guessing we will not be 'full'.

Me too! Much thanks to OP. Very happy I read this thread and was able to use the shore exc credit to rent our clamshell. It can be tough to find shade on GSC😎

Hope you are having a great cruise! We loved our September cruise in the Bliss Haven. Check out the small desserts in the Haven's Horizon lounge. We always took a couple back to the room for a late night snack☺️