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No because they are not offered in the Haven or in any included restaurants.

Looking forward to be following along! We will be on the Jewel next August for our first Alaska cruise that we finally booked after reading all of your experiences. Thank you for all of your reports and have a wonderful sailing.

Oh, it is more than a few!

As a positive response, for our upcoming March Epic cruise, I contacted pre-cruise concierge, and they booked two specialty restaurants for our group of 14. I think it took around three days from my e-mail to the actual bookings.

Based on their positive reviews, we booked Gone Caribe for our March trip.

Thank you. As we booked a private tour (there will be, I think, 14 of us), we can change the tour up a little.

When we were in the Vibe on the Joy this past September, on the last full day my husband asked one of the bartenders about the tip situation. He was told that they did pool the tips and my husband left what we thought was a very generous tip when we left the final time. Later that night while at the Cavern Club, one of the other bartenders that worked in the Vibe was working the bar there. When he saw us, he came around the bar, walked over to us and thanked us for the generous tip we left the Vibe crew. He even hugged me. Since he was not in the Vibe that last afternoon, it was proof to us that they did pool their tips.

Thank you. Even though I am a NCL cruiser, I am also a fan of your reports. Have an wonderful and safe sailing.

As a fan of your prior reviews, I will definitely be following along on your cruise. Also, some of your daily posts do get a chuckle out of me. Have a wonderful sailing!

I wait until two months out as I feel that if I send it in too soon they might not process it as I could sell off in the many months between sending it in and the sail date. Would be interested in hearing the responses to your question.

Long Islander here and my husband also went to Walt Whitman.

Great to hear. We booked Cosol Tours for a private tour just for our group in March. Can you tell us what you did on your tour with them as we have to decide what to include.

Sorry to read about your two missed ports. Where did you read that they are replacing Priscilla with Six and do you know when it will start?

Yes, we are sailing on the Jewel August 28, 2023, but are not doing the land tour. We are flying into Anchorage two days before and then taking the early morning train to the port on the 28th.

Wow. I hope this gets resolved quickly as it is unacceptable .

I really enjoyed her review too and actually all of her input regarding Alaska cruises. We too finally got off of the fence and, I believe, booked the same sailing you will be on.

For us, we do not feel this way at all. We sailed in a Haven on the Joy in February and then again in a non-Haven suite in September. The only thing we missed was the Haven restaurant. Going forward, we have four cruises booked and as of now, only one of them will be in a Haven cabin.

Me too!

Anyone hear what NCL is replacing Priscilla Queen of the Desert with?

You have until the sailing date to prepay at the lower price .

Unfortunately, I think you are onto a new change. Your findings seem identical to my research when it happened to me last year. It took a few days for NCL to get NCL on the same page, but the end result was we lost basically all suite amenities and we received $200 OBC. So now it seems like going forward, only a few ships will have extra amenities for their suites. Very disappointing if true.

We also stayed in one of the Haven cabins on deck 14 and loved the location. Also, it took us less than a minute to enter the Haven Courtyard. Would choose this location again instead of the Haven Courtyard. Plus, our cabin was huge too.

But what about a port being deleted before a sailing?

Agree..... pretty lackluster. For us, Burn the Floor is an one and done show so we are not planning on seeing it again on our March Epic sailing.

If there is only one adult, I too, do not think you will be able to book two cabins. If this is correct, I would go with the one club balcony.