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What about hard liquor? If you have the drink package, are you allowed to bring a bottle of hard liquor on board? We are going to the Barcardi factory the day before our cruise out of San Juan and might be buying some rum.

We booked a non-Haven suite which was supposed to come with everything that a Haven Suite gets except the Haven restaurant, sun deck and pool. As you mentioned above, for thousands less than a Haven Suite we thought it was a great price in comparison. We booked in September 2021 for February 2022 and they took away the amenities in November 2021 without any notification or price reduction. After many emails, we were given $200 OBC. We ended up upgrading ourselves when the prices dropped weeks before sailing and got to keep the OBC. We ended up sailing the Joy again this past September and stayed in Non-Haven suite but knew what we were getting which really was a great cabin. Here we go again...... The Joy Non-Haven Suites do NOT come with breakfast and lunch at Cagney's and LaCucina. It was stopped in November 2021.

Accept on the Joy. We got caught up in that last year when they took away the majority of the non-Haven suite benefits after we booked it. Also, the MCT does not acknowledge any priority boarding for the Joy non-Haven suites.

I once missed the muster drill because I was in the medical office. There was a letter waiting for me back in my cabin to report to a separate muster drill the next day. There was a good amount of passengers at that muster drill. The majority of them just decided upon themselves that they did not have to go to the original one.

We tried to do this when we were on the Joy last February and was told by two different employees that it was not possible. I knew it was. We purchased the Certificates and then had them applied when we got back home over the telephone.

Squirrel here too...............

I really hope with have a good experience on the Epic this March. We need to purchase more certificates and I want re-price our August cruise while on board. If they do not want to act as a "travel agent", then, they should stop offering promotions to book on board.

Our upgrade options have been gone since the weekend on all of the sailings we have booked.

We have always found the CN staff to be unfriendly and unhelpful and sometimes even giving us incorrect information. We have to purchase some more certificates for a 2024 extended family cruise and I dread going to their desk.

Exactly.

It is actually $23.94.

Even the guests outside the three month booking range.?

Thank you. Your booking date would of made you eligible for the water.

When did you book?

You are very welcome and I thought so too. We are really looking forward to this day. Have a great time!

We are staying at the Hyatt Place which is minutes away from the pier. However, not a beach hotel which works for us as we will be spending the day before at the Barcardi factory.

Thank you. This information is good to know for us as we have an extended family cruise booked in June 2024 which includes a current boyfriend and current girlfriend of two young adults in our party.

No questions here....just wanted to wish you both a great cruise and I look forward to reading about your experience.

We are on the Epic sailing after yours and the Bonaire stop was switched out for Grenada many months ago. Then, it was swapped out for a sea day. Anyway, when I cancelled our Bonaire excursion with a private vendor, I was told that Bonaire is only allowing one ship per day due to covid so my cancellation did not come to any surprise to our vendor.

Good advice, but I have never found the Cruise Next staff helpful at all.

NCL seems to be holding firm on that the original booking needs to be within that three-month time period and re-pricing does not qualify for the water. However, yesterday I was notified, after a few e-mails, that we will be given one 6 pack of water as a good faith gesture, and I gladly accepted it. I am not sure if it was given to me based on our NCL status, cabin booked, future bookings or just to make me stop e-mailing, but it does satisfy me. For us, when we last repriced in November during that time period, I really thought we would get the water. Again, I realize it is just water; however, since we were going to buy two 6 packs (there are four of us), it was going to save us around $45 and I am one that takes any savings I can get. We use the water as back up to our personal water bottles when we leave the ship.

Did your PCC say you could switch out with any penalty?

Will definitely be following along. Have a wonderful cruise.

We pay a few days before due date just in case life gets in the way.

But they did not listen as the "free" water was only included for a three month period. However, I am pretty sure everyone read it as the "free" water was going to be included from January 1, 2023 onwards. as I did.