lmom1

We just finished the 8/7 Encore sailing and were sorely disappointed that "Kinky Boots" was not presented.  We were told that it was returning for the 8/28 sailing.  

We were on the 8/7 Encore cruise.  Ketchikan was a disaster. The ship docked over an hour late.  A line to buy bus passes and then another line to board the busses quickly built up to over 2 hours.  By the time we got there, they had waved the $8 fee and brought in more drivers.  The ride is 20 minutes and dropped us off right in front of the Holland America ship docked conveniently in Ketchikan.  We had less than 1.5 hours to do anything.  

If you didn't have an excursion booked through NCL, then you were in trouble.  With arriving late, many with excursions through NCL were hosed, too.

I do expect it to get better, but unless you book directly through Norwegian, then you will still have at least 40 minutes less time to explore.