BaWBarmy

Neither of the Rome airports are in Rome. The train from Civitavecchia will take you to Rome Trastavere where you will need to change trains to Leonardo Da Vinci Airport. There is a train from Civitavecchia at 10:44 AM which takes 1 hour 28 minutes. Thanks Google.

16 hours ago, rtkenmore said:

My understanding was that if you had a cruise booked at the time of the change and that cruise would have pushed you to the next level on the old system upon sailing, then you got the next level because you were booked.

 

For instance, if you had 18 PRIOR to the change AND already had a 7 day cruise booked PRIOR to the change, then upon sailing that cruise even if it was after the change, you would have 25 points and qualify for Silver under the old rules even though you were short under the new rules.

I would tend to agree with Keith on that since your Latitudes account is a NEW account under the new rules, only those would apply and I doubt they would go back that far to bring those 2 points over.  Never hurts to try though.  Somehow my mom wound up with two Latitudes accounts although one had no point history but I did ask one time, if the second account had wound up with points, would they combine them and they said they would.

 

Go for it and see...

I saw this happen with my daughter. When she checked her MyNCL account in the cab on the way to the hotel after disembarkation, she was happily surprised to see she was Gold and not the expected Silver.

The best we have done is 30 points for a ten night cruise booked nine months in advance (when it was still a thing) and a latitudes reward.

Taxi from hotel to Termini Railway Station

Train to Civitavecchia

Taxi to Dock Gates

Shuttle to Cruise Terminal / Ship (there should be one on Embarkation Day)

I'd be surprised if that comes to anywhere near 50 euros each.

On ‎5‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 2:45 PM, robin13 said:

Sorry but I have used my CN certificates on existing bookings before.  I just call my guy with NCL and he does it.  He even let me take one off of an existing booking and add it to an existing booking.

We have been able to do this too. Although our PCC said that it wasn't policy.

2 hours ago, Firebhoy said:

You may have the 1 litre of water per passenger per day included in your ultimate all inclusive deal if you booked in the UK before they brought in the free at sea deals. We do.Check your cruise summary in my NCL.

and the speciality coffees with meals.

@cloud_nine when did you book your cruise?

I don't know why you would be upset. You get an extra port and you don't have to overnight in Nynashamn which is about 38 miles away from Stockholm itself. A night out in Stockholm would be expensive enough without taxi/train costs. If the ship actually docked in Stockholm then you might have cause to complain. I'd just make sure I enjoyed Visby.

Sorry to bring up an age old argument but DSC isn't gratuities is it? Its a Service charge. I would have thought pre-paid gratuities would have been on the UBP and the SDP.

Previous posters have spent a lifetime picking up anybody who confused the two.

3 hours ago, fshagan said:

Looks like the often requested "include all the gratuities in one price" option didn't work out for NCL. Booking passengers seem to prefer to pay the DSC separately just as they prefer to pay the airlines baggage fees instead of choosing an airline that doesn't have them.

I think people liked the idea of the DSC and any other gratuities included. The major problem with Premium All Inclusive was that you had to have it. Everybody had to pay the inflated prices unless they booked a 'Just Cruise' stateroom. Many didn't use all that the package offered and as a consequence paid a higher price for very little. Now you can book a stateroom of your choice and it's up to you if you want the £99 at Sea perks or not. The big downside is that the DSC is not included in the quoted price.

I've just booked our latest cruise and it is slightly cheaper than before even with the £99 at Sea and pre paid DSC. I too can live without the bottled water, WiFi and speciality coffee with meals, and I get some WiFi and some water through the Latitudes program. :)

In theory the prices should be equivalent to those for US customers. Then two perks, but no gratuities, for £99 and the DSC. In the US the prices are lower but they have to pay gratuities on things like the UBP and SDP.

If the cost of lower prices is losing the bottled water and Speciality coffee then I can live with that. You can get a WiFi package as one of your £99 at Sea perks. If however the price plus the £99 perks and the DSC is equivalent to what we pay now then I'd feel a little annoyed as we'd be paying more than the regular US price but have had parts of the All Inclusive package removed.

It'll be interesting to see what the prices are come Monday.

Yes. I should have said scrapped for all bookings made after April 1 2019. If you've already booked then you'll still get the Premium All Inclusive deal that you booked.

I only found out about this last night.

Premium All Inclusive is scrapped from April 1 2019 after that we can have the Free at Sea perks, any two for balcony and below and all 5 for Haven, Suites etc. This comes at a price and that price is £99 per person.

In theory this should actually lead to a reduction in prices as everything that was included now isn't. However knowing NCL we'll probably find that prices remain the same and we'll have to pay DSC and £99 on top. We lose the litre of bottled water each a day and the speciality coffees with meals, there is still the option to choose a WiFi package as part of the £99 at Sea deal.

I'll have to wait until April 2 to see if there is any difference in price.

I was a little disappointed. We sailed the Escape in September 2018. It was the first time we had used a speciality restaurant since using Le Bistro on the Gem on our first cruise.

Although given a choice it seemed the Maitre'D would have preferred us to sit outside. Outside lacks any intimacy and is noisy with people walking past all the time. There was plenty of space inside and it's not as if we hadn't reserved a seat. We sat inside.

It seems I'm the only one to have been really disappointed with the Escargot, but I was. The menu was limited IMHO but the  food was delicious. The service was very good too.

We also ate at La Cucina and I thought that was better.

Hi debgreg and everyone else.

The NCL AlI Inclusive package purchased by UK cruisers includes the drinks package and associated gratuities, it also includes the Daily Service Charge (DSC) additionally you get 1 litre of bottled water per day per passenger, an hour of free wifi per person and speciality coffees when you eat in the restaurants (not the buffet). In theory you coul purchase the All Inclusive package and not have to spend anything else. So while it seems more expensive there are a lot of factors to be taken into consideration.

You can fly to New York (JFK) from Manchester and sail from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. You would need to get to New York at least one day early because it would be a struggle to get through immigration etc. and travel to the cruise terminal from JFK and arrive 2 hours before sailing. Its a great chance to get a couple of extra days to see New York. We've been fortunate enough to sail from New York on both the Escape and the Gem and they are both great ships although the Gem may be a bit small if you prefer the RCI mega boats.

11212 if its available.

Had to look back through my photos to confirm and then my booking and then remembered we got an upgrade. Wasn't too hard to find on the deck plan as we had connecting cabins with my daughter. If you take it from there you should be able to work out which cabins have which configuration, at least on that side of Deck 11.

Hope this helps

On ‎11‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 4:51 PM, Phaedrus78 said:

Yeah, I understand this.  We're taking our first Norwegian cruise on the Epic on January 23.  I booked it because it was a good price for a 10 day cruise, and the Epic looked cool.

 

Now the more reviews I see, the more I worry that maybe I made a poor ship choice.  I hope it's great, I'm trying to convince my wife that an annual cruise would be a great thing.  She had a couple issues with the first cruise we took on Carnival so I'm hoping this one goes well.

Remember the Epic holds upwards of 4000 passengers per trip and there are probably no more than 10 bad reviews on CC per cruise. You should give the reviews a miss or take most of the bad ones with a pinch of salt. They don't like it but they go with a set of criteria which may differ wildly to your own. Go with an open mind and enjoy YOUR cruise rather than trying to relive theirs.

FYI I really loved the Epic.

If it's noise that is the problem then you should also take account of what is opposite your door. Crew areas can be very noisy with crew members in and out for supplies and trollies etc. As well as cabins above and below I'd try and make sure I had one opposite too. We were deck 10 and officially mid-ship but it was more forward.

18 hours ago, Snoozy15 said:

 I loved New York , see my brother who works out there,  and also I did mention it to the reception about the music and smoking ,  so please don't say I whinge you do not no me, do find conversing a problem ,  have a lovely.xmas.   -and that is being sarcastic,   Also been on around 30 cruises we are doing a 100 plus one next year perhaps our paths will cross , now I am being sarcastic. 

I didn't say you whinged. I said it is a British trait to whine after the fact. Which it is. You sort of proved this by posting in the first place.

I will enjoy Christmas, got the Turkey in already. Don't think our paths will cross as my next cruise will probably be on NCL and I have no plans to visit Eastbourne.

Oh by the way how long have you been married?

On ‎6‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 8:57 PM, Snoozy15 said:

we was on the May sailing from New York for the cruise, 26th may. Boat not as pretty as other ships we have been on , cost cutting ship, food was great in the speciality dining, but apart from that the buffets not that great, sad to see so much food being wasted, when people round the world starving, just take a little and go up,again if you want more , entertainment well seen better , the dancers were brilliant, bingo lady drove me up the wall,, why are they so obsessed with how long you have been married, Def not for me this cruise company,

sitting on the balcony well we had to come in with the smell of people smoking wacky Baccy and listening to loud music , so ncl you are not for me,

Can't really see the point of your post or the reasoning behind your eventual conclusion.

The Gem was our first NCL ship infact it was our first cruise and we sailed out of NYC too. We loved it that much that two years later we did exactly the same cruise and took our kids with us. I don't know what you mean by 'cost cutting ship' and you do not mention any of the prettier ships you have sailed before. Entertainment is subjective as is food although I don't believe the waste on the Gem is any more than any cruise ship. I'm sure most TV shows that have married couples on usually ask them how long they have been married. It seems a strange thing to moan about. As for your last point I see you have done the usual British thing which is nothing, then whine about it later rather than reporting it at the time and getting something done. In much the same way that if you were served an awful meal and then asked later if everything was OK you would Oh Yes Thank You. We all do it but it's hardly NCL's fault and again I'm pretty sure you would find the same thing happening on other cruise lines.

How did you find New York? (this question contains sarcasm)

To any other posters I would like to say I haven't used Grammerly or Grammarly and if it shows, then so be it.

Headliners Deck 6 midship

Menus available from all dining venues. Just approach maître d' and book any venue you want.

The prices for European cruises are unbelievable. The Caribbean prices don't look too bad. I checked out an Oz cruise and it worked out nearly as cheap for us to cruise for 13 nights out of Sydney as it did for 11 nights out of Venice.

I've never used a US travel agent so I can't be any real help except to say to book your own flights rather than use the NCL fly-cruise option. You can save yourself quite a bit just doing that.

We sailed the Bliss TA calling at Halifax before hitting New York. My daughter has not changed her passport either. She was booked on the cruise with her maiden name. As long as the passport matches the ships docs everything will be fine.

A passport will act as photo ID so no need for driving licences at all.

The only slight problem my daughter had was associating her credit card, in her married name, with her stateroom account. At the terminal they said they couldn't do it but eventually managed it.

People are jerks. Near the end of the Bliss Transatlantic Bong and Clarence had to stop wearing their pins I made for the CC group because someone complained they couldn't get them anywhere.

They really added something to that cruise that made it seem a bit special. I loved going for a Raspberry & Guava Mojito as always ended up being more than just a trip to the bar.

The pins were great too. :D

Sorry, I don't get your math?

 

When I try to book without any promos, I never find a fare that is lower than what it is with the promos.

 

Also, the ridiculous gratuities on the package will run $20 per day per person. For moderate drinkers, just the cost of the gratuities is more than we would spend on alcohol.

 

Celebrity's promo that includes a beverage package doesn't include charging gratuities and the package includes bottled water, soda and more.

If the cost of gratuities is more than you would spend on alcohol then why get the package? The cost of the package is rising by $10 per day and the gratuities by $2 per day, most people do not purchase the package, they get it as a perk so the rise in costs to those people will only be $2 per day,

I presume you mean that you can't find a cabin with no promos PLUS the promos cheaper than a cabin with promos. All of which is wasted really as you don't drink more than $20 a day and therefore wouldn't purchase the UBP so the price rise wouldn't affect you anyway.