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10 hours ago, buffy9678 said:

I know this is an old post, but I was debating between the Molli and Karl's as well and am wondering what you decided and how it worked out. Our kids are a bit older, 8 and 11. Thanks! 

I ended up rented a car and went to Scherwin Castle and IGA park.  Scherwin town is pretty nice, but the Castle was under renovation and wasn't as stunning as the ones in France or St Petersburg.  

We have a full suite on Harmony for 07/07/18. And I can't book online yet (6 days out).

It will not be a problem because we will go there after boarding to have lunch (avoiding the windjammer). Will make reservations then.

That's odd. I had crown loft suite on Harmony in December 2016, and I will be a 1-bedroom suite on Anthem next month, both times I was able to book dinner at CK online. Maybe all slots that are opened for online reservation were taken? I usually book CK within the first week after dining reservation is opened, and I did notice that I was not able to change my time slot when it gets closer to the sailing date.

Suite guests can book CK online, don't need to go through concierge. At least that's what happened to Harmony and Anthem.

Thanks for the suggestions. For Halifax, I am considering the Harbor Hopper https://www.mtcw.ca/historic-tours . So many people said Peggy's Cove is charming, but is that much to do for a 3 and 5 year old? Would you recommend just check out Citadel and the waterfront broadwalk area?

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Reading the comments already made my mouth watering! I do have 2 young kids with me, but I'm sure I can find something for them to eat at any restaurants, so their liking isn't my concern. =P

My husband and I love lobsters, mussels, clams, scallops, oysters, basically any kind of shellfish. Really can't miss this opportunity to try out the best seafood in the area.

Thank you Cheng, you are awesome!

I will be sailing on Anthem of the Seas in August, and it has the following port of calls:

Boston, Portland, Bar Harbor, Saint John NB, Halifax

What are the must eats at these ports, besides Duck Fat and Holy Donut at Portland?

I will be going to a 9 night Canada/New England cruise with my 3.5 and 5 years old in August. Any suggestions on kids-friendly excursions at the ports? Thanks.

We will be at this show next month.

 

What is the menu that is offered ? Thank you.

Enjoy and please share your experience after. :D

I won't be sailing until end of August, so I still have time to plan. ;p

Danish viking: Thank you very, very much for all the suggestions! :D I received my offers and they are about the same, give or take a little. Since I was contacted first by stroebyturist, I am considering using them. You are an excellent, helpful, kind person and I am grateful for your taking the time to help us travellers. What do you think of my choice? Have a wonderful day. :)

Do you mind sharing how much is the offer? We have 4 families travelling together, and I wonder if there is any options cheaper than taxi.

I was planning to take metro and bus 25, however based on an earlier post, it seems that we there is a chance that we might not be able to catch the bus. :(

I have kids at age 2 and 4. From the Visit Copenhagen website, it says with the 24-hour bus ticket, each adult can take 2 kids of under age of12 for free. And I found that most places (except Tycho Brahe and Den Bla Planet) are free for my kids. So my question is, do I have to get City Pass or Copenhagen Card for them?

*Edit* Sorry, I should have done my research before posting. Found that City Pass let me take 2 kids under 12 for free, and Copenhagen Card let me take 2 kids under 10 for free

Thanks for the dailies, they are really helpful. I just made changes to my dining reservations based on the casino opening hours.

Another question, I don't seem to find the laundry service special, was it an page insert, or part of the dailies? Thanks.

There are surely LOTS of "internal rules" and decisions they make on the bid process. For example, if they only need to move ONE person from OV to Balcony... they are not going to send out hundreds of bids. Unless they want to. They can make whatever decisions work for them.

 

I would not try to figure out what they do, and never ever expect them to share what they do. It is their business.

Sorry, I don't understand why couldn't I comment what do I think would benefit the company the most (from pure revenue generation stand point). Of course they wouldn't tell me how they implement the program, that's confidentia, and I don't think those who answer the phone actually knows how it is implemented anyway. I just want to share the info I got from NCL agent to those who are interested in knowing.

IF I am the one who implement the program, I don't see why shouldn't I send out hundreds of bid offers for just 1 upgrade spot. For such a program, everything should be computerized, sending out more bid offers wouldn't cost them more, except more CPU and memory while calculating the optimal offer combinations to accept.

Having said that, for sailings that they can do very few upgrades (due to cabin availability), they might give priority to those who booked through NCL directly, so that there is an incentive for people to book through NCL directly instead of going through TA. For my sailing, all those who mentioned they got the bid offers are those who booked through NCL. (Again, this is a guess which I want to share with those who are interested in guessing how the program works to increase our chance of getting the bid offer and getting their offer accepted.)

My Getaway cruise is 79 days out and yesterday, people who booked through NCL directly started receiving their bid upgrade offers. I booked with TA, and even though I confirmed with my TA that they didn't opt out from the program and some of their guests were able to bid and got upgraded, I didn't receive any email, and I didn't see any Upgrade Advantage Program banner when I log on to myNCL.

I called NCL, the lady told me that I have to complete the online checkin before they would offer me to bid. I told her that my friend completed the online checkin, but she didn't get the offer either. She then said NCL cap the number of offers, and that means they have reached the max number of bid they would accept.

I know that people got the bid offer without completing the online checkin, so she is wrong on that part for sure. However, I am not sure if she is wrong on the maximum number of bid offers NCL would send out. If I am NCL, I wouldn't limit the number of bid offers I send out, because the more people take part in the program, the higher chance they would get more money out of it.

Don't pay attention to "Sold Out" per NCL. We sailed on 05/21 and the whole cruise was taken off their website which indicated that it was completely sold out, funny we received our upgrade from mini suite to 2bedroom haven three weeks prior to sailing.

Thanks for giving me some hope. I will just place my bid when time comes then. I called NCL, the agent said all Haven for 4 guests are gone, and fully paid ('coz it has passed the final payment date). There weren't any movement of the Haven availability for over a month, so I stopped checking it daily, and all of sudden 7 were gone in a week. :loudcry:

Anyone won a bid to Haven even NCL site said all Haven were sold out? My cruise is 83 days out, there were 7 haven suites that can accommodate 4 guests last week, and all of a sudden they are all gone now. =(

Thank you so much for your prompt response. I will patiently wait for the dailies. =)

Glad to hear that smoke isn't an issue. Perhaps this itinerary is so port intensive that the casino only opens late at night and on at sea days?

What time are the shows that don't need reservations? I am wondering what time should I make the dinner reservations so that I would be able to grab a seat at those shows after dinner.

Thanks for answering my previous questions, and I have some more =P

- Is the music very loud at the Dream Cirque show? Do you think it's suitable for a 2 year old? How's the food quality at the show?- How's the smoke from the casino? A lot of people complained about the *away ships because of the open to above staircase on deck 6-8. How's the smoke at the Shanghai Noodles Bar?

Anyone watched the show on Getaway? Any comments would be appreciated.

Do we pay when we make reservation, or it will be charged to our on board account? Just want to know if we can use our on board credits on it. Thanks.

Do you remember which night is the lobster night? Trying to decide which day I should book the specialty restaurants. Thanks.

You mentioned that they keep the dining menu the same fleet wide, so does it mean that they still have a lobster night? If they do, which night is that? I have a 3-night specialty dinner package and would like to plan out which night I should stay in the MDR. Thanks.

Thank you so much for doing this. I will be doing the same itinerary end of August. I have been checking CC everyday and hope to see a review on it. =)

Questions. Do they have any special on photo packages and laundry service on board? Thanks.

Yes i do wanna know about bidding system, bid up to a 2 bedroom family suite and it solves my 2 distant cabin problems!

You mean you want to "combine" the 2 cabins, and bid on a 2 bedroom family suite?

I am interested in knowing the options for Trip Cancellation Insurance too. Can we put our flight on one credit card and cruise on another card, such that we have higher coverage?