SullytheBFG

Brits can go to Customer Services on board and ask for it to be taken off at any point in the cruise.

My sister always does this on every cruise much to my annoyance, then she rarely tips in a restaurant either.

I prepay mine.

Bayamo, Le Bistro, Cagneys or Food Republic.

I find the Teppanayki full of butter and we don't really have it in the UK so maybe a taste thing. Japanese food does not have any dairy we are lucky to have a couple of good Japanese restaurants fairly near. La Cucina is American Italian food.

Comes down to personal choice, what type of food do you like?

We loved Bayamo but others thought it terrible. :)

It is not possible* to upgrade in the middle of a cruise by claiming the points for the first few days of that cruise. You only receive the points after the cruise is completed.

 

*Edit: Anything is possible, at the discretion of the CruiseNext consultant. But I wouldn't ask for this.

No problem :-)

On our last cruise we moved from bronze to silver halfway through, I only realised as chocolates started appearing at night!

I am currently silver and will make gold half way through my 7 day cruise later this month. Is it worthwhile "upgrading" while we are away?

I am happy that I booked mine last week for the end of September.

We got UBP, dining and included gratuities :)

We did a 2 week back 2 back in January with the UBP no extra charged.

We are doing a week Med in September with the UBP given and don't expect an extra charge. We will be taking full advantage ;-).

I think it is due to different legalities in different countries.

Enjoy!!!

We are doing this cruise in September. Our decision was based on flight prices and transfer time/costs to the port.

So we will get on and off in Barcelona.....

We were on the 22May 4 night from Southampton. Yes, there was work going on and engineers were around.

We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! We are not diamond members but regular NCL cruisers with the last being the NCL Escape. Thought we would try Royal Caribbean and were very impressed with Harmony. Loved all the extra restaurants which we are used to with NCL.

We had also booked the Aqua show but it didn't ruin our trip.

Difference of opinions.......

We were also on the 4 day from Southampton. Yes there are contractors onboard and the aqua theatre wasn't open and there are some issues. As each day went by more items were sorted out and opened.

It is not a building site and looking at the Daily Mail the are just picking holes in everything, some people just want a refund!! These photos look like they were taken early in the morning when guests were not around.

We had a great time and the ship is fantastic. Great bar service,good meals in Chops Grille, Wonderland and 150. Definitely see Grease, Escape the Rubicon and the Abyss.

Go with an open mind and enjoy yourself.

On Wednesday the abyss was full of adults having fun! My group 44,45,54 and 60 went twice.

Lots of people went multiple times with an excuse to go to the Mexican bar in between :)

We were on the NCL Escape in October for its first paying 2 nights cruise, didn't really see many issues compared with the Harmony. Perhaps we were lucky??

Day on a cruise is always better than work!

Only disappointment was the aqua show but maybe that's an excuse to go back again!

As a matter of interest, did anyone "get" anything out of RCI? OBC or whatever? We were quite happy, aside from the waterslides and especially the aquatheatre not working, but weren't in the complaining mood.

Not that I am aware of. Just heard the I am so and so status and I am never going with this cruise line again! I did see one poor officer being dragged along by a guest to be shown what they didn't like.

Also heard people saying nothing works on this ship which I thought was excessive and untrue.

Also some people said the boat was too big, why book the largest cruise ship in the world!?!

Did you enjoy the cruise and boat?

Thanks for some additional clarification. On many sailings we have been on, there have been problems with the public bathrooms in the main open areas....and I personally blame cruisers for that -- putting things down the toilets that either should not go into the ships plumbing system or simply too much toilet paper. I have often seen pools drained on sailings. Sometimes 'accidents' happen in pools and that is the only way for the pool to effectively be sanitized. Squeegee brushes being used to push water down the drains is another task that pool staff often do to keep the walkways as safe as possible, since they get slippery easily.

 

From your additional information, I am seeing some of this as just 'things that happen' on ships, regardless of whether it was its first sailing or not.

 

I am not saying all the problems you mentioned are not valid, in any way.

You could see the engineers grinding bits out and resealing them.

I know what you mean about staff keeping the walkways free of water to be safe.

We didn't let anything spoil our trip however there were some very angry customers at guest services!!!

Just got off the Harmony we were on deck 8 which was perfect!

We did it on Tuesday and escaped with 1 minute odd to spare! There were four of us and 14 in total and everyone worked well together.

Really enjoyed it and would recommend, the hour flew by!

We didn't know you needed to book so ended up on the only slot available at 7pm.

There is another thread going on that I am following, but this is the first read I am doing that the waterslides were not working and that pools had leaks or that their was water coming out of the ceiling along with cabins having no working shower or toilet.

 

Hoping for quick repairs.

Our cabin was ok it was from speaking to other people. On the last night on deck 8 non of the toilets in the ladies were flushing. We had water coming out of the ceiling in our corridor, it was fixed and then a big industrial dryer brought out to dry the carpet.

Seemed to be some big issues with the childrens pool which was emptied and filled quite a number of times. On the first couple of days they had a lot of staff on deck with squeegee brushes pushing water down the drains.

Sounds positive overall. Have to say though that I could take last minute patch work and finishings not being done (as I saw in other threads), but I would be really annoyed if the waterslides and Aqual show wasn't working (and I think I read zipline JUST opened up?). Those would be items that would make me book Oasis class / Harmony and so if not running I would be really disappointed.

Waterslides were all closed, aquatic show not on, zip wire opened and closed. They have issues with leaks in a few pools (lucky it was not hot!), quite a few hot tubs were not open/working, only one flow rider working, water coming out of the ceiling. Quite a lot of cabins apparently had no shower or toilet working.

As i said we enjoyed ourselves but it was more than a few patch works finishing that needed to be completed.

Just off the 4 day trip on the Harmony, we had a lovely time and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, food was great, drinks plentiful and a lovely ship!

But..... would have been even better if they had finished building the ship first! Never seen so many engineers with tools fixing stuff before, I really liked all the French engineers in the smoking area on deck 15 having a fag and scratching their heads!

Hope they get it all fixed before it gets to Barcelona.

It wasn't a cheapo trip but at least we had a working toilet and shower :)

I read in another post that there's no pool in the solarium. Is that true?

true, only hot tubs.

Just back from the 4 day Harmony cruise. We went with friends who have never cruised before. We like big ships and our previous one to the was NCL Escape. Wow, this ship is huge!!

We purchased the drinks package before we got on board at a 20% discount which we made full use of and purchased on board a 3 night speciality dining package for $80 which worked out to be excellent value. We ate in Chops, MDR, Wonderland and 150 Bistro. Wonderland was our favourite and was a real experience.

Bar service was great at all times and in all bars.

Grease was fantastic and great performances. Do the Abyss slide it is good fun.

There were a few things not working, the water slides, the aquatic show, they had divers in the pool as it wasn't going up and down properly. Some hot tubs were not working but more came available as the days went by.

We did the 2 day NCL Escape from Hamburg to Southampton so that was a brand new launch but I have never seen so many engineers onboard fixing things. It didn't spoil our trip but lots of passengers were not happy and complaining at every opportunity. They had issues with pools leaking, lots of sanding and grinders doing metal work, electricians, there were problems with toilets not working, no water in showers and doors getting stuck. Maybe the Germans are more efficient building boats but I would say ideally this ship needed another couple of weeks before it was handed over.

Loved central park, the solarium area, whole ships decor, music and we will be back.

Also now converted our friends to cruisers!!

Plus the new boarding process is so quick car to cabin in total 15 minutes.

I will try to answer any questions........

I Did NCL Escape for two weeks in January and will be on the 4 nighter on the Harmony from Southampton on 22 May. Will be very interesting to see how they compare!

We did this in St Thomas http://www.daysailfantasy.com/

Fantastic sailing and snorkeling, saw sea turtles, stingrays and loads of beautiful fish and coral. They arranged the taxis and we got back to the boat in plenty of time.

We were on the Escape for two weeks on the Escape and ate in Bayamo twice, we felt it was the best restaurant on the ship. We ate on the Waterfront both nights. We had the UDP so a $15 extra each but well worth it.

Visited the Cellars a couple of times good for a glass of wine and a small bit of tapas served from Pinchos.

Tobacco Road can smell from the smoking room however they have some cocktails that are specific to there. Depending on the time of day it can be quiet with comfy chairs.

There are plenty of things to do! We got off after two weeks and went oh we didn't get a chance to do that and that!

We are 44 and 45 we like NCL and the big ships as so much to see and do.

Will someone please convince my wife that cruising is awesome? She refuses to go on one with me :(

We have just got back from two weeks on the NCL Escape absolutely brilliant! Lots of gay ladies and men and absolutely no issues.