jessykaw

We booked an offer a couple of weeks ago. Did the whole 2 hour wait to have the call dropped. I ended up calling right at 9 a.m. the next day and got our rooms booked. We received the second offer last week and filled out the form. We never heard anything, so I called and waited for 30 minutes today I was able to book our second offer.

I can’t imagine the cruise line asking your relationship status. 

*Cruise line rep* - “Are you a single parent”? “Are you a divorced parent”? “Are you married, but traveling without your spouse”?

They just want travel documents and a parent signature.

Not all kids have two parents. 

My guests and I are currently booked on the Carnival Sunshine in November 2021. I am still researching my options for a wedding in Nassau. 

Has anyone booked with a private vendor for a Nassau wedding? I am having a tough time finding info.

Processing does not equal Acceptance.

After over two hours of "processing", I have received two emails stating my bids were NOT accepted. The odd thing is that my one bid that was processing went back to "pending", not "expired".

Still no charge on my credit card. No change in our cabin number. No email. Hope I have new documents by 4:00 so I can print them off before we leave.

Now my balcony bid says “processing”. Does that mean we won our bid?

Just checked and one of my bids now says “expired”. The other one still says “pending”.

Both mine still say pending. Been checking all morning...like every ten minutes. No email. No charge on my credit card. Nothing.

On 1/3/2019 at 6:23 PM, VideoTech said:

Don't know how it works on Princess, but on NCL there are two kinds of OBC.

 

Non-refundable OBC cannot be used for play in the casino.

 

Refundable OBC can be used for play in the casino.

 

 

I hope this is the case. I have been getting mixed answers. I sail in a couple of days and this is my first NCL cruise. I maintain a cash account for my OBC, no credit card. I have never had a problem on Carnival or Celebrity with pulling money from my onboard account to use in the casino. I have seen others state that I cannot if my onboard account is not credit card funded. Makes no sense to me.

Being I will have an answer within the next 24 hours, I was wondering what my bid status will say once it is accepted or rejected. Both bids still say, “pending”.

I keep checking my email, credit card, and bids to look for any sign of the outcome.

11 minutes ago, AJ83709 said:

I'm on Feb 3 Getaway as well, attempting to bid out of OV...however, didn't care to go much above minimum since the ship location is crap shoot...

I am fine with OV since I picked one that will be quiet...I got stuck in room near karaoke once and had to hear "Skeet Skeet Skeet"....at like 2am.....so i would have to pay next to nothing to make this gamble worth it

I kept raising my bids, but then it didn't seem worth it. My cabin location is mid-ship on deck 11. At least I know what I am getting if I stay put. I still kept my bids, but reduced them to create some value if I do win them.

I usually start with some cash, but move to my onboard account to fund my gaming. Since there is a minimum needed for our onboard account, a good chunk of my cash will be sitting in our onboard account, not being used. Most gambling sites prefer cash to credit, so not withdrawing funds you know are there is odd to me.

I don’t like the 3% transfer fee, but I could deal with it as long as I could use my onboard account.

14 minutes ago, ferg42995 said:

Have you considered keeping the cash you want for the casino in your room safe and then paying the cash directly to the casino? No fees and no credit card but you still get to play. 

Well, it looks like NCL won’t be seeing much of me in the casino then.

I learned a lesson the hard way on my first cruise by using my debit card for my onboard account. All my other cruises I have started my onboard account with cash, gift cards, or prepaid OBC. I could transfer money from my onboard account to my player’s account or receive cash advances at the casino cashier. It just reduced the amount of available onboard funds on my account. If my onboard account got low, I would add more cash to my onboard account.

I plan on starting my onboard account with $600 and I have $50 OBC from NCL. We have a drink package and will have service gratuity paid prior to the cruise. We really don’t spend any money on the ship besides the casino. If they will not allow me to use my cash funded onboard at the casino, it looks like they will be cutting me a check for a refund at the end of the cruise.

I don’t have high limit credit cards and the holds eat up all the available credit. This is why I use cash.

February 3 Getaway - still waiting to see if my bids from inside to balcony/spa balcony get accepted. The silver lining if we don't win our bid is that we get to keep our money in our pockets and our location is already good.

Has anyone else heard anything from this cruise? I went to a few booking sites and this cruise will only book GTY now. No room selection. I think that is a good sign.

I am using cash to load my account and not giving them my credit card. Am I going to have any problems in the casino as far as using my onboard account to pay for my gaming?

Which beach? Thanks.

I had to contact NCL because the credit card I had on file to cover my bid was stolen. When I went to look at my bids, they had moved from poor to fair. I moved the slider and all the minimums had dropped. I lowered my bids. However, NCL had me cancel my bids to remove the card I had cancelled. I had to start the bid process over with my new card and all the minimums were back to the original starting prices. It seemed odd.

I went to the above mentioned site to check inventory for my cruise. Working on upgrading from midship interior to a balcony/spa balcony. There is a crazy amount of available balcony cabins, close to 215. I dropped my bids to just over the minimum, but now I am overthinking it and I am worried I might get penalized for reducing my bid. Crazy thoughts, I know. Has anyone ever won a bid after doing a reduced bid after their original higher bid. Looking for peace of mind. Thanks. Still 66 days out.

I have been trying to get an idea of how much inventory of available cabins are left on my cruise. I have done mock bookings and it looks like almost 30+ haven cabins are still available and maybe 30+ balcony cabins. Also a bunch of mini suites and spa cabins. We are booked in an IA cabin. I have a bid on balcony and spa balcony. We are 70 days until sailing. I am thinking that with all the people shifting into better cabins, we might actually have a chance to win our upgrade. Any thoughts on this? Thanks.

Same thing here. The price for the upgrade at booking feels like I am paying full price for the cruise. We always book the interior room to keep the deal. However, with NCL, you may still be offered the chance to bid for an upgrade. That’s what happened for our next upcoming cruise.

I guess it is like everything else as a parent during the “baby years”. Some thing you just have to miss out on because you have a baby in tow. 

My kids are older, but I know my vacations are different in what we can do with and without them in tow.

Does NCL have “kid camps” & day care?

If so, why not have the child in one of those programs for a few hours while the rest of the family enjoys some pool time?

We received the upgrade bid offer 80 days from sailing. We are booked in an interior and we were allowed to bid on window and balcony. I did place a bid for a balcony, but passed on a window upgrade. I went back today to check my bid and now we have the option to bid on a spa balcony too. That wasn’t an option last week. I placed a bid on that one too. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Term “emotional support” gets abused too. Emotional support = I get upset because my dog is at home/kennel. I worked at an animal hospital and we had people all the time trying to figure out how to get their dogs labeled for “emotional support”.