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1 hour ago, RMLincoln said:
Depends on what is important to you.
To me, a lot depends on the kind of room I'd be looking for. Noordam has larger cabins, especially nicer insides and OVs with full size couches in most, at least love seats which are in the OVs on lower promenade deck.
If you want to factor is entertainment, Nieuw Amsterdam has the newer set up for Lincoln Center Stage, BB King Allstars and Billboard. Not sure how Noordam is set up for music now, but if that interests you, ask and others will chime in.
Dining? NA has Tamarind.
Outside decks - both have full promenade decks.
Itinerary? Day of the week in the ports can matter. Time in the ports? Ease of Departure port?
Give us a little more to work with on your desires and we'll give it a better go! Happy planning! m--
We would depart June 13th (Noordam) or the 20th(NA). Verandah room choice. Food quality, service and the room/balcony are more important to us. Thanks!
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We are looking at booking an Alaskan 14 day cruise tour for June/July 2021. They have the same itinerary. Which ship would you choose? Thank you for your input!
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We always either book with or transfer an already booked reservation to our Travel Agent.. We consistently save 8% to 12% over any cruise line fare.. We sometimes get other perks such as OBC's which saves us even more..
We've been on many cruises & prior to our 2006 cruise always booked with either the Cruise line Directly or a Group Wholesaler which had a land tour..
For instance, In 2005 we booked an outside “F” cabin (mid-ship) on Holland America's 25 day Amazon Cruise for April 2006 directly with HAL..
Thanks to Randy & Heather who often posted on the HAL board, four months after booking, I checked a couple of on-line Travel Agents who advertise on CruiseCritic.. I Discovered one who could give us $1078 (8.9%) off the HAL fare with a better “E” class cabin (mid-ship) on Main Deck… With this Agent had to book by Internet only as the Agent could not be contacted by phone, which I normally like to do..
When I spoke to a HAL Supervisor, he informed me that they could not compete with the fares of their high producing Agents.. On his suggestion, we then Faxed HAL & had them release the booking to the on line TA..We then received the cheaper fare & better cabin…
I'm retired from an International Airline & was chagrined to learn that I had been a complete dummy..Should have realized that we always did the same thing in the Airline Industry..
In Nov. 2006 we booked a last minute 14 day cruise with the same Agent & their fare again was 9.9% less than HAL’s fare…This time he put us into his group allotment & in addition gave us the Pinnacle Grill ($30 per person extra) plus wine & 2 massages…
On our Oceania 26 day Cruise to the Amazon in Nov. 2007, we received a better rate with another Agent than Oceania could give us...This Agent gave us an additional $150 OBC & a wine package…
We've since been booking our Cruises with an on-line Agent, who we can also talk to by phone.. We've never met him as his office is out of town, but on one of our longer cruises our Agent gave us a bottle of wine, dinner in the Pinnacle plus $150 OBC in addition to a much less expensive fare...
As suggested by others on this thread, you have to talk or e-mail a couple of Agents & see what their bottom line fare is…Be sure they quote the total fare which includes, taxes, port charges & fuel surcharges…Find out what extra’s such as OBC’s, spa, wine, etc they will offer..Also be sure to read their Cancellation & Change policy very carefully …Check fares on some of the Cruise Lines which permit discounting by Agents on published fares... Some cruise lines which don’t permit Agents to discount may permit them to offer you OBC’s,wine, spa packages etc..Sorry can't give you the names of our Agents, but they do advertise on Cruise Critic...:cool:
I always check the published fare on every booking we make & then call our Agent for a quote..
Thanks for the advise!
Margaret
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We are on the port side so I will just wait and be thrilled with what we get! Thanks for your input! I will stop worrying........:)
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I am going with a first time cruiser! Which side of the ship would be better for views? I am trying to get him hooked on cruising. ;)
Freedom of the Seas Oct 4 to Eastern Carib. Ports Cococay, St Thomas, St Maarten
Thanks for your help.
NCL Customer Experience on Israel issue.
in Norwegian Cruise Line
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We are booked on NCL Nov 20 leaving out of Israel. Delta has cancelled our flights. NCL is still listing cruises that stop in Israel on their website. NCL has not yet contacted me regarding this cruise. In the last 8 days they could have at least contacted us by email to give us an idea what our options are or that they are working on it. No correspondence is poor customer service and shows no regard for people that have cruises booked. They have thousands of customers with cruises involving Israel this month. They may not have answers yet but at least let us know they are working on it. We have $9600 tied up in this trip. We sacrificed to splurge on this trip. It would be nice to receive some correspondence from NCL. I called NCL today. They are only offering a partial refund and the rest in cruise credit. It is a horrible tragedy for the people of Israel. They probably do not need to deal with tourists at this time. I will be making a donation to hopefully help.