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You're right. I found a video... The men's room is port side... The ladies' room is starboard side.

You can request any one that isn't already taken. I'm trying to remember where the restrooms are but to avoid smoke, I recommend the port side over the starboard side. You butler will find the best one for your needs.

No sugar? Where's the fun in that? 😵‍💫

You pretty much named all of the extras. Your full-sized bottles, chips/snacks, mini-bar items, etc. will get refilled or replaced at your request without charge.

The South Beach Pool (Seaside) and the Infinity Pool (Seashore) are adults-only (16 and older, really) but enforcement can vary.

1/2 of the people on the NCL forum could probably answer that one for me. 😁 I always book deck 12 for the Breakaway Plus ships (Escape/Joy/Bliss/Encore) as it is my preferred configuration and has the 2nd deepest/largest balcony for the aft-facing suites. I wrote the following post years ago when NCL called the aft-facing suites H6 and charged the same price for every deck. Now, NCL usually charges more for the larger/deeper decks. For Escape, they are all HA and are all the same price (for now). I probably should do this over with the HA, HC, & HB codes....😕

Chengkp75 knows all about this stuff (and many other things) so I'll just quote him..... "The most common cause of sewer smells in cabins is the bathroom floor drain (not the shower), that typically hides under the toilet, or is a trough drain at the door. These drains see little water into them, so the dry air from the AC tends to dry out the water in the trap, and odors back up. A glass of water down these drains will normally do more than pouring it down the sink or shower." I've had an aft-facing suite twice on Escape (different deck than yours, though) and never had any odor issues.

With the FAS promo, if the minor is guest #2, the minor will get the soda package and only be charged the 20% on that package ($1.99 per day). If the minor is guest #3-whatever, the minor does not get the soda package. "If 3-8 guest is under 21 years of age, Unlimited Open Bar Package does not apply, and soda package will not be given as a substitution." - T&C Unlimited Soda Package $9.95 USDper person per day ITEM #: UBPTAS Enjoy endless fountain soda throughout your cruise. Includes Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Ginger Ale, Tonic Water, Fanta and Soda Water. Soda packages available for adults and children 3 years old and up. A 20% gratuity and beverage service charge will be added at checkout. Not available for sailings of 2 days or less. You shouldn't use your package for someone else. Yes, the bartender probably won't mind making a virgin drink for your child (whether the child has a soda package or not) but technically, the child should only get what their package covers or what will be paid for.

That's between NCL and the bartenders. Most of the time, nothing to sign. If (for ex) you are still in/near port and are charged state tax, you might get a slip to sign that shows how much tax was charged to your account. With or without a slip, you can always tip cash if you choose to do so. You can, if that's what you want to do. Probably more than half do not tip and just scan/walk away. No way to avoid arguing....It's Cruise Critic. 😉

The carts should have an employee nearby associated with them. If needed, a cart can be quickly moved by the employee. A wheelchair/scooter would also have a person nearby but the mere fact that the person has mobility issues makes them less reliable to quickly move something out of the hallway. Plus, the person could be asleep whereas the employee with the cart probably isn't asleep (I do wonder, sometimes...). It isn't. The public passing through the hallway shouldn't have to be subject to messy dishes. It's best to keep them in the stateroom until the steward can take care of them. NCL's ship, NCL's rules. If NCL (for whatever reason) doesn't want people to decorate the exterior doors, guest shouldn't decorate the exterior doors. I agree. It's unlikely that this was NCL's doing. I believe that it was another guest who figured that since they were leaving the ship soon, nobody would catch them.

NCL already has this.... " All scooters and wheelchairs MUST be stored in the stateroom. Due to the safety and escape way requirements established by SOLAS regulations, they cannot be stored in the hallways, stairways, or any other public area."

Having FCC applied to a new booking is much easier than having it applied to a booking that you already have. It can be done but it can get messy. Let's say that the FCC is from booking #1234. You also have a booking for another cruise and that booking number is #5678. If you try to apply #1234 to #5678, MSC will cancel #5678 (and whatever the total was) and make that future booking #1234 using what the current price of that cruise is. If the current price is less, great. If the current price is more, it can be a pain to get everything fixed. For example, if FCC #1234 is worth $5,000 and cruise #5678 was $5,000 when you booked but is currently $6,000, MSC will tell you that you owe $1,000 after the FCC is applied. You KNOW that the FCC should have covered your already booked cruise but MSC will try to apply the newer price to you, not the price that you already had booked. It will be a fight to get MSC to correct the price of the new cruise to $5,000 but it can be done (I've done it). If the FCC is applied and that cruise is also cancelled, you will get back the FCC in the original amount that it was. It won't get another increase if the 1st one was increased. The FCC will still have the same number (#1234) and the whole thing will start over again.

If you Click HERE and look for "Indulge in EXCLUSIVE AMENITIES", you can click on the 3 tabs to see some information. *Note the number of "(not available on Norwegian Joy)" for some things.

The Seashore pergolas do not have a roof (I learned the towel trick from MOTS 🙂) but the Seascape pergolas have a plastic roof.

Sail Length # Of Dining Package Meals Retail Value 20% Gratuities 3-6 Nights 1 Meal / Any Stateroom $59.00 per person $11.80 per package 7-11 Nights 1 Meal / Studio, Inside, Oceanview $59.00 per person $11.80 per package 7-11 Nights 2 Meals / Balcony & Above $99.00 per person $19.80 per package 12+ Nights 2 Meals / Studio, Inside, Oceanview $99.00 per person $19.80 per package 12+ Nights 3 Meals / Balcony & Above $139.00 per person $27.80 per package Length of cruise and category booked can change the number of meals with the promo. Sail Length Internet Minutes Per Person 3-6 Nights 75 minutes 7-11 Nights 150 minutes 12+ Nights 300 minutes Minutes also change depending on length.

Once you select the cabana of your choice, tell your butler what you would like there. If you want a cooler with a bottle of prosecco and a few bottles of Acqua Panna, it will be there. With the Seaside EVO ships having more cabanas and being first come/first serve, MSC doesn't have them set-up like the 3 cabanas on Meraviglia.

All of the orange ones (O5) sleep 5 and have a sofa bed and a pull man in the ceiling.

NCL has used many names over the years for the basic package. UBP, UOB, PBP are basically the same. The PPBP is the higher level one that covers higher level/more expensive drinks.

Your card information might carry onto the ship or it might not. Either way, it's not a big deal to register a card while on the ship. There are kiosks throughout the ship and you can register a card there. You don't have to do it immediately so if the lines are long, just wait until later in the evening or the next day.

Whenever I post specific information about riding or what I ride, a Mod deletes it so I'll be vague. I started riding over 20 years ago, started doing track-days less than a year later, graduated racing school and got my racing license 2 years after that, did a few races per season in the Mid-Atlantic region (amateur level) for a few years, then continued to street ride but stopped racing. If you see a 1000cc sportbike rider in Central Florida (rare) who is wearing a helmet (very rare), proper riding gear (extremely rare), and with correct riding/body position (unicorn rare), it might be me. 👍

Cruise ships have internal combustion engines that produce exhaust in order to function. Human beings DO NOT require cigarettes in order to function and DO NOT need to produce cigarette smoke.

I wouldn't want my name on the cabana but there is a sign that shows that the cabana is reserved. I've seen the sign for cabanas that were in the Yacht Club area as well as and outside of the Yacht Club area.

I agree. On one of my sailings, all YC cabanas were sold out long before the cruise and we didn't get one. Since then, I book mine even earlier. For my World America cruise (largest YC, most YC guests), I booked my cabana over 2 years in advance.

As a side note, most people can easily and inexpensively add a rainfall showerhead to their existing shower at home...probably for less than the cost to upgrade to a CBS from a balcony. 😎

Wearing too much perfume doesn't kill thousands of people per year who don't wear too much perfume. Having bad breath doesn't kill thousands of people per year who don't have bad breath. The act of not bathing regularly doesn't kill thousands of people per year who do bathe regularly. Cigarette smoke does kill thousands of people per year who don't smoke. That's worse than rude, unfortunate, or offensive...combined. ☠️