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Well this is only our second time on NCL so still learning the ropes. thanks everyone!

We passed on the Free at sea drink package. But still would like to bring on a bottle of wine. In the small print I saw if you don't have the free at sea they will charge a corkage fee at Boarding???? We are departing from Pt Canaveral. I know all lines will charge a corkage fee if you bring the bottle to dinning room but at boarding???  On the other lines we put a bottle in carry on and open in the cabin, never an issue.  Any thoughts???? Has anyone seen this happen????

I checked multiply web sites for ship ports. All said the same thing.  only ship and at Pan American pier.

I will b on lookout for shuttles. Was $15 each way or round trip?

Thanks everyone 

Believe it or not  It is a port day. near end of trip. We have never dock there. usually dock in old town

We will be on the Jade the only ship in port in San Juan. We dock at Pan America Dock. Do you think NCL will run a shuttle over to downtown since it is not walkable??? Any one dock there lately???? is there any thing to do?? any shops???? Look very empty

Thank you!

We will be on Jade on the 15th. Last NCL before  sail way, we hustle to theater to get reservations for shows for the week. .or end up in a stand by line since many were already full. Does the Jade do resv or is it just open seating ???? Where do you go for reservations????

Also anyone know the time of shows???

thanks

Thank you. we were successful!

Has anyone been successful in get back prepaid tips for a beverage package???? Unfortunately we can no longer partake in a alcohol beverage package. we are well past final payment. the package was free but we did have to pay almost $400 in prepaid tips,..oh wait they call it service fees

thank you for posting! Yes I have a offer 10% on my Prime card. up to $890. wish it was 15 but 10 is good. I regularly buy AARP cards but this give me "$ on prime to spend

Amazon has big sections magnetic door/wall decorations. I just bought a set that says my bday cruise with  fish. Since all wall are metal you can decorate the walls but bring extra magnets since sometimes the decorations magnets are not very strong. You can also buy clines at dollar store that can go on the mirror just make sure they are static not sticky

It back! must have been a glitch! I'm seeing 8 balcony cabin open- but no Havana

Lots of questions- on 5 day is there a lobster night?

when are the shows? looking at the app entertainment is gray out. when does it show up?

I know the Mariner has an ice show, what are the other shows?

dining -should we keep anytime or book times. what are good times to see the shows?

How soon does the check in open up? 

we are on Jan 15 2024 sailing

Done lots of cruises but Royal is new to me, Last time was a group and I didn't do any of the planning.

thank you for helping me out!

On 2/14/2023 at 10:36 AM, pirate4me2 said:

We went to Maya Chan in November, and we had been to Jaime's (on the "main drag" as we called it) a few years ago, and hands down we would choose Maya Chan. We loved it so much there that we have reservations for our September cruise that stops in Costa Maya. 

so you felt safe on the transportation to and from Maya chan? was it along drive?

Which is better? Maya Chan vs Nohoch Kay. anyone been there lately?  Any safely issues lately in getting to Maya Chan? I know it is a longer road trip. 

going in April. have res at Maya Chan wondering if we should switch to closer beach at Nohoch Kay. Any advice is apricated 

New to Royal- how strict are boarding times??? in Pt Canaveral?.

How early can I get to the port? We are driving

I know we just did NCL and they were not checking boarding times

thank you in advance. I did not know how to do a search

New to Royal- how strict are boarding times??? in Pt Canaveral? I know we just did NCL and they were not checking boarding times. How early can I get to the port? thank you

thank you so much

is check in when you pick arrival time at port?

 New to Royal, to check in for port arrival times, can I use a computer or only the app? can I check both of us in or does check in go by cabin? When check in do you do all the infor like passport number,  photo, address and credit card or only pick a time. Im book with a group and we will  be arriving separately. Never gone with a group before all new territory for me. any infor will be helpful. I understand how to do Carnival and Princess.  Also is there a  way to input info before check in I don't see anywhere? Also my cabinmate is a friend and if I'm doing the checkin for both of us I need to know what infor I need from her.

Also do they open check right at midnight??

OK depending on the  line weather change clocks to local time. I know Princess does change to local. I wasnt sure about Carnival in the past they did not, hence the question Which now a moot point since we are renting gold carts

thanks everyone! problem solved--- decided to rent golf cart and do it on our own and not stress over getting off on time.

13 hours ago, cruisin from vegas said:

I was on the Horizon two weeks ago.  With Stops in Aruba, Bonaire and D.R,   All these ports are Eastern time.  The ship never changed time the whole cruise, ship time matched all the ports.   It was great!!  

thank you unforntunely in March, we will not have changed to EDT yet and still be on EST one hour behind Bonaire which is always AST. When I look at review there are some from early in year that say tour operator did wait for them. Im guessing, they were on EST ship time and got off too late.

On carnival Majic march 1 2023. Interary says dock at 8am. want to book independent tour at 9am. but if the ship does change to AST from Florida time EST. we will be late and miss the tour. Does anyone have any infor for me? I check the port times in Bonaire they say she docks at 8. But I have never know a Carnival ship to change times

Vikking air has been a nightmare for us. We have spent hours and hours on hold. Saturday we check Delta and now we are double booked on first leg, after we have been ticketed.  Seems Delta canceled first flight add a new one. OK I will admit I//m picky where I sit. But now we have lost our seats and there are only a few seats left mostly singles. If this wasn't a bucket list trip I would canceled the whole thing.

We had a similar experience with Viking for a June Oberammergau river cruise.  We paid the Air Plus charge plus the extra fare costs to pick the flights we wanted into Munich and out of Amsterdam.  However, due to a change which Delta made with our first outbound flight, Viking totally changed our Munich flights to another carrier and changed our return flights to an earlier time with a 1 hour layover in Atlanta (going from international to domestic).  

We called Viking air and after going from an agent who was uncooperative to a an supervisor who went out of her way to be accommodating, we were able to get our original flights back and the supervisor also had the tickets issued at the same time.  The supervisor said that Viking used to outsource the flight changes but has now brought this process in-house.  Right now, they are letting the computer determine the necessary changes whenever an airline makes an itinerary change but they are working on getting a better handle of the process.

The supervisor also said that until the flights are ticketed, you are subjected to the whims of the computer and not guaranteed the flights you requested and/or paid for.  Once ticketed, a human and not a computer has to get involved with the changes.

Call Viking air and ask for a supervisor.