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Given the markup what’s the quality of some of the wines that are 7.95$ Hobo wine?

Or a glass of Belvedere or grey goose will kick off an accounting project!

It’s still only 15$ Corking fee to bring your own bottle - I suggest hauling a few cases aboard with you!

You can order bottles of spirits for onboard consumption from the bar - for $139/bottle - is there any discount when buying this is if you have the ultimate beverage package?

Is there a new beverage package level to upgrade to?

They are adding in four more levels of cabins and opening a sort of “eat or die” death match in the buffet that you can gamble on.

Is it Ostra or beluga?

1 hour ago, cruiser147147 said:

I realize there is a $15 corkage fee per bottle but cannot seem to find current rules on how many bottles of wine can be brought on.

 

Thanks

 

 

I recently asked this question. You can bring as much as you can carry evidently. Wine only, 15$ per bottle corking fee.

here it is directly from the ncl site:

Can I still bring wine on board?
Yes, guests may bring sealed bottles of wine on board for personal consumption. They will be checked prior to embarkation and a corkage fee applied at that time of $15.00 USD for a 750 ml Bottle or $30.00 USD for a 1,500 ml Magnum bottle. Box wines are not allowed on board.

1 hour ago, Two Wheels Only said:

 

I posted pretty much the same comment when this first happened (that thread was deleted). 

 

I've watched videos from those two before this happened and I have nothing against them. I've also had great experiences with Adrien so I have nothing against him. 

 

 

...which makes it impossible to really know what happened. The series of events makes it difficult to pick a side since one party may have been wrong in one event and the other was wrong in the other....OR one party may interpret the other as wrong in one event and that causes the "wronged" party to act differently than expected in the next event. 

 

We'll never know...

These two seem to wind themselves all up in the inner workings of the staff whenever they can from watching their other videos. An hour long public evisceration of an employee they continued to harass all week is just beyond belief, and flips them neatly from being topical social media influencers to straight up trolls.

If you have your spa treatment done in one of the haven spa treatment rooms will the spa staff dial down their hard selling efforts?

Is 2k bid enough to break through?

Has anyone ever gotten an accepted offer to move from H4 to H2? If so what did you bid?

When I go to modify my offer the lowest bid is substantially higher than what I already bid - does that mean someone else bid and now the minimum is raised?

End “FEE STYLE” Cruising.

17 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

You are aware that NCL has always sailed with their suites full. The Bid Process just automates the old telephone dial in number. Nothing new here. 

It is new. A new process backed up by an aggressive marketing effort that clearly shapes behavior. My upcoming cruise on NCL as a Haven direct booking will probably be my last, meeting so many people that tell me how cheap they got their suite makes me feel like a sucker.

That second bottle of water ‘tho.

Anyone know where to locate these?

I understand they intend to replace the specialty dining menus with a selection of Hot Pockets (pepperoni are of course an up charge as is using the microwave without the ultimate microwave package)

8 minutes ago, erdoran said:

I watched the first minute out of ccuriousity but i’m not digging through an hour just to see what happens.  Let me get this straight - this guy has an inside cabin and is upset because he’s not allowed to eat in the Haven restaurant?  What makes him think he can use services he hasn’t paid for???  Haven people pay.a lot more $$ to stay there - their choice - and part of that experience is an uncrowned Haven restaurant.  Inside cabin pax have NOT paid to eat there.

 

What was the reason this guy thought Haven dining was included with his non-haven cabin?

In short:

1. Social media influencer convinces cruise line to give him press / VIP treatment by finding a receptive media partner in their office.
2. Employee in the Haven does not recognize this situation and does not respond appropriately to special circumstance.
3. Social media influencer feels entitled and does not brush it off lightly.
4. Social media influencer decides to make an issue of it then proceeds to engage as many others as possible and make an activity of calling this employee out for his entire cruise through a number of escalating situations.
5. Social media influencer informs hotel staff, writes cruise line leadership, decides this is not enough.
6. Social media influencer creates an hourlong tarring and feathering video of this employee by name - including naming and providing photos of all the other cruise staff involved.
7. Social media influencer uses his channel to distribute said video.

1 minute ago, CincyJen said:

 

The video is already relatively infamous and oft-viewed.; it's almost five months old at this point.  I think we can handle it. The discussion is interesting. 

Suggesting its removal is in sympathy for the employee. 

If the moderators watch this thread I would encourage them to delete it - distributing an hourlong video tarring and feathering a specific cruise line employee by name  is really over the top.

6 minutes ago, mrsbear60 said:

Mother hen? I have never met these gentleman.  Seriously, if you are going to label me, please find something more appropriate.  Thanks!

Not you. The gentleman in the video is a mother hen. 

8 hours ago, Sara_smile said:

 You really cant make this stuff up.    Poor Adrian.   If you want to eat in the Haven tell NCL you will shame them.  Couple sailed in an inside cabin on Bliss but demanded Haven access.

 

Mother hen.

This is a good time to go to the spa.

7 hours ago, trician24 said:

 

I don't mind the same menu everyday on our week cruise.  The food is good and we only eat dinner at the Haven restaurant maybe once or twice a cruise.  I also have my favorites that I look forward to when planning a cruise.  If they keep the "classics" and add some rotating dishes that would be good. 

 

What I do have an issue with ( and it has been said OVER and OVER again on CC ) is the marketing inconsistency of the Haven product.  With that I mean children.  The kid factor may attract some Haven fans over to the Celebrity Retreat.  When you advertise something as a peaceful and quiet enclave and then at 2:00 the pool courtyard is like a daycare you have an issue.  We were on the Getaway on the Nov. 25th sailing.  We missed the holiday family rush but there were a fair amount of small / non-school age children.  Even with the upper sundeck being 16 and older you still can hear the screeching and screaming of kids in the courtyard.  Thankfully we like to get our sun in the morning hours and didn't have any children as our neighbors.  On our Epic Haven cruise we had to complain to the concierge because the child next door was screaming so loud we feared there was an emergency.  The parents stated "Oh he's always like that when he has had a long day, but he should fall asleep soon".  That's not what we paid for. 

 

With that being said the Haven is still in demand and the suites are always filled.  We have one more Haven cruise with a deposit on it and I can't wait to have my almond croissants for breakfast.  However, I think after that we may go to MSC or try the Retreat on one of the refurbished ships.  Change is always good and maybe some competition will prod NCL to make some positive changes. 

I also feel the haven isn’t exactly what it was marketed as.