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I’ve come across this lately as well and I know a cruise I’m looking at that is over a year away isn’t sold out. Last cruise I wanted to book was getting that but I was on a cruise the following week so I booked on board and there were plenty of cabins available so I was able to get what I wanted as far as deck and section of ship. Ive read others that had this issue called to book do try calling

NCL is always late to the party in making announcements of changes. People booked on POA or Spirit should assume Maui stop will be cancelled for several months if not longer.

Totally agree only mentioned covid as that was the topic posted

I always take covid tests with me, if I felt Ill would self test, if positive I’d self quarantine myself. Unfortunately it’s here to stay

Last July I had a balcony on Bliss, it was nice but we didn’t use much as it was chilly. This year at end of this month we are booked on Jewel, we booked an ocean view as the difference in price was our self booked air from Savannah to Anchorage for 2, which was a considerable chunk of change. I just could not justify a balcony at the price. You will get responses saying you MUST have a balcony for Alaska in the end only you can decide

Cruises across the board and all lines have indeed gone up. So has gas, food, utilities, rents, mortgage , air fare, just about every consumer service/product has been raised by the global inflation and I don't see any light at end of tunnel just yet. I've downgraded haven to club to balcony and now my alaskan cruise end of month I'm in an OV, the difference in price was more then air for 2 from Savannah to Anchorage, no brainer for me As long as one is totally flexible about where you want to cruise to, which departure port etc you can find some good deals.

BLAH, food is not great after trying twice we just sat at bar with drink to listen to the music

I do believe that is exactly what I posted

She needs a passport and the odds are not in her favor to receive it back in time for an August cruise unless it's august 2024 or she is leaving and returning from Seattle then no passport needed

I read it as an announcement from a travel agent that does a tremendous amount of bookings for NCL, main focus is Haven but he does all bookings. He is always on a cruise on NcL on their dime checking things out

Be it on land or sea in the end the house always wins lol

Gotcha! I detest people lighting up in areas that are non smoking, they make it bad for all the people that abide by the rules. Agree with you 100% on that, they are selfish

Enlighten me how is one smoking in designated area selfishness?? Not asking about someone who doesn’t abide by rules but those that do

Hence the reason you see people lighting up outside of smoking areas. It’s also a THEM problem when people b!tch about smoking in a designated smoking area, simple avoid the area. I can see both sides of the coin and try to coexist

Lol we are talking about government lol NY and NJ cigarettes are very high around $10 or better mark and 80% of it is taxes

Probably because the smoking areas have shrunk down considerably. Bliss, Encore, Joy the only smoking areas are Spice H2O that’s quite a hike if one’s cabin is forward. Smoking is a legal substance that isn’t going away, no state wants to give up those taxes. People just need to learn to coexist and perhaps if the mega ships scattered a few more smoking areas on the ship you wouldn’t have people breaking the rules of course this is just my opinion

Thanks! Maybe it was just the grossly overpriced boring NCl excursion, I think I’ll do this next month

Loved St Petersburg so glad we were there in 2018. I enjoyed so much I was researching a land vacation there as 2 days just wasn’t enough time but that’s not happening

I love Sitka but sadly it’s not on the itinerary for my Alaska cruise next month, we get Icy Strait YAWNING think I’ll just stay on the ship

Port: Le Harve Ship: Any Jewel class/ Spirit Cabin: Whatever is within my budget

I’ve read on these boards of people disembarking in Le Harve rather then Southampton to spend a few days post cruise in Paris but it needs to be coordinated with the cruise line

Sadly unless one has the money to pony up to a luxury liner, those days are over never to return

Ehhh who knows anymore Was on Dawn back in March it was late before cabins were ready, then every day my cabin wasn’t serviced until around 3, yes someone is first and someone is last it didn’t impact my cruise but it was noticeable that service was slipping. Long lines and long waits for drinks at Bimini bar, they were slammed and one bartender got quite grumpy, but I would of been grumpy as well. Have a cruise booked on Jewel for Alaska next month, will see how that goes, I may end up cancelling my trans Atlantic especially with the issues regarding tendering people currently on Dawn are reporting in the British Isles

I had once taken an Irish ferry from Roselare I believe across the Irish Sea to Wales in October, very rocky so I can't imagine tendering

Could be charters, they canceled almost two years of Spirit sailings to deploy it to Asia for charters. They aren’t going to lose 5 months of revenue, they fully know what’s happening with Getaway just haven’t shared with booked passengers yet. In the end we all end up paying for all the FCC handed out by higher prices