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We received a small port charge credit from RCCL (on our credit card) once and a check in the mail from NCL for another cruise.

I don't know how often port charges adjust as once I book I am all set.

I have see info on here about Cabin Crawl's. My hubby and I have been on 8 cruises and have not seen or heard about this. Would someone please tell me how we can be sure to partake on our next cruise?

 

Thanks so much!

 

Jackie

#1 Join the roll call for your cruise. You can find the roll call boards under Community, Forums. Then locate your ship and sail date.

#2 See if someone has already organized a cabin crawl. Then, you can just indicate that you would like to participate.

#3 If no crawl has been planned you can suggest and/or organize one.

Have fun!

SunshineCruiser24, please don't leave us hanging!

Tell us the rest of your story. It has been an interesting read the way that you have told it.

I do know that if you have OBC from your Royal Caribbean Visa points you will receive a refund on your credit card statement if all is not used.

This happened to us in September.

I was actually surprised that we had not used it all!

Enjoying reading along!

We are sailing on Enchantment next week so this is particularly interesting.

SunshineCruiser24 , you looked pretty in your formal night selfies. Nice to hear that you dined with some lovely, caring people.

Long time cruiser......25+ with Carnival and Royal......my first NCL sailing will be on the Epic week of December 7th....some random questions I have:

 

1. will the ship be decorated for Xmas for this sailing?

2. with new changes to smoking policy, where can one still smoke?

3. what changes can we expect over the other 2 lines I have sailed?

 

 

Any and all input from NCL experts would be appreciated!!

We sailed on Epic 12/14/2013 and found some of the decorations already up plus more in progress. There were some trees and lights when we boarded but many more touches were being added throughout the week, such as gingerbread villages.

They wouldn't do frozen anything for us on oasis

We are on Enchantment next month and were on Rhapsody in September.

While on Rhapsody, they displayed a sign of listed drinks for vouchers that matched what was served in the Diamond Lounge.

Frozen drinks are not among them as they are not served in Diamond Lounges.

Hello everyone,

 

Headed out on Brilliance in March for my first cruise ever! So excited!! Does anyone know how much money they freeze on your credit card per day?

I use a regular credit card. Not a debit card. I have not had problems with my account being frozen

Secondly, I saw the post where everyone was posting what shows were playing on which ship, but there is no where for me to sign up and pay for any shows yet for my cruise? How long before that becomes available.

To my knowledge there are no for a fee shows on Brilliance.

Thanks so much.

Happy cruising!

I wish that they would get rid of the electronic cards and lower the price a bit.

Without as much interaction from the audience/participants/staff it really changed the experience.

BINGO used to be more fun and I now play less than I used to.

Hope to do the Med cruises one day. I want to see Barcelona, Venice, Greek Isles.

We did a great B2B a couple of years ago on Brilliance. 7 nights RT from Copenhagen to the Baltic Capitals followed by 7 night Norwegian Fjords RT from Copenhagen

That was an amazingly beautiful experience..

Way to make the best of a change!

Nice review and pics.

Just to be clear to the OP, jbullock403, this is not throughout the cruise.

You would have one BOGO and one % off.

WOW. Congrats to those who received 2 category upgrades.

Is it really $35.00?

We were on Rhapsody in September and it was $30.00. I thought that was even high!

My favorite is always the one I'm getting ready to go on...regardless if I've done the same itinerary before :D

So true!! Any cruise is great.

If time and $$ would allow I would want to go to Australia and perhaps also reposition from there to Hawaii.

I would also like to do a Med. cruise.

Ok, so I have roughly 130000 points to redeem for obc on my next cruise. I want to use them for whatever I want. Spa, drinks etc. But should I have some obc left, is it true that theywill apply the extra money back to my credit card? Is this something that will be done automatically or will I have to stand in line at guest relations the morning of disembarkment to get this done?

 

I need all the information you all have on this. I want to self embark and don't want to have to worry about this.

 

Thanks in advance for your help

We had redeemed points for OBC for our cruise in Sept. I discovered that we had not used about $35.00 of that OBC and it was credited back to my CC.

I can't seem to find the thread about the Latitudes issue that I was just reading yesterday, so I'm starting a new one.

 

I just got off the phone with an NCL rep. Here is the problem: I cruised 4x with NCL (1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003). For some reason I've only been credited with 2001 and 2003. I'm sailing the Breakaway in one week and I've emailed Latitudes 3x in the last 4 weeks, and received no response. I emailed some photos to prove I was on the other two cruises. Here are the lame excuses I received today:

 

 

Points are only given if you are 18. (I pointed out I was 17 in 2002 yet still given points.)

 

You've BEEN credited your 14 points. (I should have 28 points, she didn't seem to understand.)

 

You are purged from the system in 4-5 years (I guess if you don't cruise in that time?). (I pointed out my mother and grandmother, both of whom I sailed with, have been properly credited, and my mom has not sailed NCL since 2003 as well...why wasn't she purged?)

 

They changed latitudes a few years ago. (Again, why are my mom and grandmother in the system, properly credited with their points?)

 

It takes 4-6 weeks (she said up to 90 days!!!! Are you freaking kidding? Hire more people!) to process Latitudes issues. (So what, I'm supposed to cruise at bronze level and miss out on benefits I deserve, and hear a week or month after that OK! Everything's updated! ???).

 

 

I should be silver level, which gives benefits I'd ACTUALLY LIKE TO USE. I'm was unsure about trying NCL again after what I've heard (I'm loyal to Royal, husband wanted 'something new'), and now this.

 

Has anyone had an experience like this? What did you do? The rep I spoke to says Latitudes actually doesn't even have a phone number (number on site links you to reservations). I feel like calling corporate, but will that solve anything? What if I just take it up with Latitudes onboard the ship?

 

:mad::mad::mad:

To Melbourne84:

First, take a deep breath.

You say that your mother and grandmother received points that you didn't. Therefore, you can look up the reservation number in their cruise profiles.

When we cruised last year and brought our (now adult) son I noticed that his cruise history was missing a cruise that we had all taken in 2000.

I had him email to LatClerical@ncl.com with our reservation number from "his missing cruise" pointing out that the three of us had traveled together. Since I didn't have his old room card or a printed reservation confirmation, they did accept attached pictures of him on the ship. In our case it was SS Norway and we had pictures of him on the upper deck right under the huge NORWAY and a few others inside our cabin that barely showed the ship's stationery.

They updated his cruise history within 2 days.

Happy cruising to you!

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article1973897.html

 

 

They merged into their Autograph collection.

Thanks for the link.

We were there before Atlantis existed and loved the old Paradise island Resort.

We go and visit each cruise that we take in that area but don't pay the high guest pass price. Nicer to just walk onto Cabbage Beach, go out to the end and enjoy the day.

Hi Micheal,

 

We sailed together on the cheap Brilliance cruise last year. My family spent several days in Atlantis a few years ago. It was nice but very expensive to eat and drink and they charge you an arm and a leg in auto gratuities and taxes on top of the room rate. I could have gone on 2 seven day cruises for all 5 of us with the cost after all expenses.

 

All of the slides and pools close at 5 pm which puts a damper on evening activities for the kids. Customer Service was the poorest I have ever experienced at a resort in several areas. At the time they were in bankruptcy before Marriott bought them and the grounds and fish tanks looked very dirty. The resort was very busy during the day due to the cruise ship day trips. I have no desire to go back to stay.

Why do you think that Marriott bought Atlantis? I have never seen this.

While I have not been on the Getaway I can say that in my experience the mini fridges on NCL are cold while on RCCL they only keep things "cool."

I would suggest that you contact the Special Needs Department to ensure that you can properly refrigerate your meds.

Just curious... Where is Bayport?

We missed the chance to sail on Song of Norway, Nordic Prince, or Sun Viking but always loved Sovereign of the Seas and Empress of the Seas.

I would do it again!

Also, smaller ships would be able to go to smaller islands! We might be able to visit some places that we have not yet been.

Somewhere between the one we just got off of and the one we hope to do next! We have never had a bad cruise.

Actually, I have to report that we just disembarked from Rhapsody of the Seas. We sailed from Vancouver to Hawaii and this was the 3rd time we did that same cruise. Must be a favorite!

Sadly, that ship will no longer have that route.

We used R for a Day to visit Rose Hall and used their transportation. It worked quite well

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Just off from our Rhapsody cruise where the vouchers were just implemented.

As D+ we could visit either the Diamond or Concierge Lounge or use our vouchers.

Our decision became simple as we really enjoy musical entertainment.

The vouchers worked quite well when we wanted to listen to live music at the pool or the R-Bar (the bar in the Centrum.)

We also visited the Diamond Lounge as the overflow spilled out into the Shall We Dance Lounge and we got to listen to whatever group was playing in that venue.

We did not visit the Concierge Lounge other than to meet the Concierge and make use of the priority tender. The CL did not have access to musical entertainment.

Thanks, RCCL for giving us options to make us feel comfortable and happy!