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Can someone please explain how the captajns club points are accumulated per cruise

Does anyone know if drink  taxes are incurred while cruising Alaska?

We prefer to skip the dinning conficts .  On NCL we can dine by ourselves or join a fellow ship mate .  It is always our chose as to where and how we dine.  Love NCL and RCI for this reason.

1 hour ago, GolfMommy17 said:

which wingspan version?  there seem to be a bunch of 8x32 at the same price point and I am not sure what the difference is!  I am narrowed to the Wingspan Optic Spectator 8x32 vs the Celestron Outland X 8x42. I honestly will use these only for the cruise and excursions, sporting events, and sometimes concerts.  I have a good camera that I will bring as well so i do

We decided on the Wingspan Feather ED Lightweight 8x25.    It is waterproof and fogproof, Very light weight at only 12 ounces , wide angle and the ED glass really shows off color.

29 minutes ago, DogLover said:

The red-eye flight arrives the early morning of sail date. The other flight OP is considering is the day prior to the cruise. For my comfort, I'd do the Saturday flight even if it means 1 1/2 hours less sleep ... I simply have no comfort flying in "day of" cruise, and I am way past the age to survive a red-eye. You can still enjoy an afternoon/evening of sunshine the day before your cruise, so I'd stick with the 6am departure.

 

Safe travels to you.

 

Both flights arrive the day prior to the cruise. The original post states that the redeye flight arrives early Saturday morning and their cruise is the next day,  It comes down to enjoying Miami all day and night or just the afternoon and evening.  Most hotels have a luggage storage room so that guests can enjoy the area until afternoon checkin

I would take the redeye flight...,if there is a delay with the early morning flight it might arrive too late for the cruise

We have NCL booking our flight to Alaska and I am worried as to what they will give us  lol

On 2/16/2019 at 11:13 AM, k9_Cop said:

So my fiancé and I are doing a back to back for our honeymoon in September. Our first cruise is out of a Fort Lauderdale on the magic. I know the ship will get into port well before 8am. My issue is, the first flight to Orlando is at 8am. We need to go there for our 2nd cruise on the breeze with a group of our friends. 

 

So my question is, who thinks it’s possible to get off the ship, get to the airport, and on that 8am flight or Orlando. We would be doing the self assist debark so we don’t need to wait for our bags or anything. 

 

The next flight from Fort Lauderdale is at 215, so there is no way to take that and be able to obviously get on the Breeze in time. 

NO    ….rent a car or van for your entire group...you could have the car waiting at the port, walk off the ship with your luggage, it would only be a 4 hour drive

16 hours ago, Oak Hill Cruisers said:

 

Thanks for the pool tip. Yes, we have access to YMCA heated indoor and outdoor pools.

 

What specific knee flexion exercise did you use in the water?

I m sure your PT guy can give you some suggestions.  I personally found that straddaling a pool noodle and doing a pedaling movement was great, marching, and putting your back against the pool wall with the "bad" foot and knee bent as far as possiable and then lowering the good leg really helped alotamd of course swimming.  I found the breast stroke was the hardest to relearn.  I also swear that last September when we were snorkeling for lobster I kept going in a circle becasue the one leg was stronger  lol.  Keep up the good work

On 9/24/2018 at 11:57 AM, fishr said:

Which cruise line and/or itinerary would you recommend for an active healthy 60 year old couple looking for a high end cruise?

There are a lot of high end cruise lines to chose from but you state that you are "active".  My husband and I enjoy NCL(not high end) but we are in our late 60's and early 70's and we enjoy the wild water slides, the awesome rope course, rock walls, etc.  We want to do as many of the physical activities as long as our bodies will allow,. there is time latter in life for sitting around and playing checkers.  NCL usually has good entertainment, great speciality dinning restuarants.  If you are looking for more upscale check out the Haven suites.

On 3/1/2019 at 10:55 AM, Oak Hill Cruisers said:

After four months post total knee replacement in my left knee, I'm stalled at 110 degrees flexion (target was 120 degrees). My physical therapist said he didn't want me to leave but intimated that there was no progress in the last two months. So I have stopped going to therapy.

 

Orthopedic surgeon offered a manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) but I can't stomach the thought of a forced tearing of scar tissue.

 

Otherwise, the operation was a success -- no problem walking 10K steps per day over moderate terrain without pain. Main obstacle is finding a parking spot where I can open my car door all the way so I can get in. 😉

 

On my exercise bike, looks like 110-115 degrees flexion, so I'll continue that along with my usual home PT.

 

Advice for prospective TKR patients, work a LOT harder than I did at PT!

I had my first TKR July '16, second TKR on Dec 13th '17 and due to a deep tissue infection had to undergo a revision Dec. 12th '18.  I don't know what the temperature where you live, but please try and find a pool to exercise in,  Water PT is the BEST way to achieve perfect results.  good luck

8 hours ago, Anita Latte said:

I second the insect spray. I highly recommend one that is independently produced in Alaska:

 

https://www.alpenglowskincare.com/collections/alaskas-best-insect-repellent

 

What I liked about this particular one...first, it's effective. We went camping after our cruise, surrounded by clouds of mosquitos, so I can attest to how effective it is. Second, it isn't offensive. I can have issue with using bug repellent, being unhappy with the idea of typical smelly, offensive chemicals getting stuck on my clothing and being on my skin. I was especially worried about the effect it would have on my clothes in the midst of travel and not being able to deal with repellent on my clothing...and this one was very good and I was happy using it.

The spray sounds great....not a big fan of DEET

• Thanks to everyone for the wonderful clothing tips.  Amazon, here I come...lol,  I ordered a thick knit hat, texting gloves, socks, waterproof hiking shoes, and  a waterproof travel raincoat I actually went to the store and purchased a couple of long sleeved shirts and jeans.  This should at least give me a start preparing.  We have 1 week on land prior to the cruise and need to pack ligjt.  Do ya'll think that leggings would be okay?  I can appreciate the comments on bug spray...….down here we have the "MONSTER MOSQUITO" that can pick up a small house..lol  Does anyone have suggestions on bicnoculars...8 x 42  or 10 x 42.....brands?
   

Can previous Alaskan cruisers offer help on the layering of clothing"  We are going to be traveling mid -late June,  We live in the south and ALL of my everyday clothing consists of sleeveless shirts and shorts.  Do you think that gym/yoga 

quick dry tanks could be used as a base layer under short sleeve shirts?

We were forced to cancel a 10 day cruse last December because of surgery.  We had not purchased insurance (will never make that mistake again) and lost the initial cost of the cruise. NCL refunded all extras that had been purchased, govt. taxes and port fees.

On 7/20/2018 at 8:12 AM, storm1507 said:

 

What ports are you fishing in on your upcoming cruise? Any places that you would recommend to give it a try?

My husband caught a really nice sailfish in Mexico and is going Halibut fishing this summer in Alaska

I am looking for information of hotels used by NCL on Alaskan cruise tours for Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, and Homer.

Vancover will be the end of our trip.  We are going to do a city tour that ends at the airport.  We plan to have the hotel pick us up to go to hotel. July 1st is Cananda day and want to enjoy their celebration. We booked the airport LaQuinta….285 , near to the skytrain and it includes a hot breakfast before going to the airport,

We just finished booking our land and cruise tour with NCL for mid June,  Land includes Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, Homer and Seward.  Does anyone have information on lodging used by NCL

what time of year were you there?

We are booked for this exact cruise Dec. 7th.  Wonder if the problem will be fixed by then and if I will feel comfortable cruising on her.

what size of luggage is recommended for the cruisetour luggage that goes to the lodges?

Does anyone know if NCL offers cribs or bed rails for the sofa for small children?

We recently paid $1000 for cruise next. We are suppose to get 8 certificates/$250. Question : when do we receive the certificates? Are they mailed to us or is the a virtual certificate

Partially.

 

As referred to earlier I get why, I'd rather it be consistent.

 

Selfishly, DD will be 3 months short of three if we sail at our usual time

 

So too little for the kids club, but would hopefully be toilet trained by then and very different from being a baby-baby of 6 months.

 

We will cruise regardless, I may not bother with the Escape next year and wait for it to be nearly new rather than brand new, as the childcare wouldn't be a perk that would make up for paying the premium of a new ship.

 

Then again I may get giddy and book it anyway cos I love a new ship!

 

 

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone had ever had potty trained toddlers that had older siblings in splash academy, and wanted to attend splash instead of being in the guppies program.