Georgie68

Thanks for your replies - you have put my mind at ease.

Although we’re travelling without children, we do have them, so aren’t bothered that there might be lots of kids on board - as long as they’re not marauding drunks ;):')

Having some time in Miami before the cruise and fly a week today,so we’re getting excited now!

We are 2 Brits going on the Getaway on 25th March.

We don’t have spring break in the UK - we have half term holiday which is in February, so I hadn’t even considered it before we booked this holiday.

Does that week fall into spring break for college and university students too? Somewhat apprehensive after reading some recent reviews about lots of young drunk people.

As you are NOT after final payment date (for most European bookings it is 30 or 31 days before sailing date and not the 90/100 days as for American bookings), you can CHANGE your reservation for a fee of around EUR 50 p.p. Seems to me like this might be something of interest for you, as you would gain MORE than the extra fee you would have to pay for the change? I just changed one of my reservations last week in order to get a better price and more perks (I live in Europe myself), I just called NCL and they did the change while having me on the phone. I had the option of getting the same cabin number as well, but chose to upgrade to a higher cabin category as the prices had dropped to below my original price even for the "better" cabin type....

Thanks for that info but I've just checked and that's now changed - it's now 70 days to make changes to UK bookings.

I'll put this one down to experience and when I book in future, I'll make sure I book when the perks are on :D

Thanks for your responses.

Thanks for your replies, sounds like we're just going to have to get on with it!

Last May we booked on the Getaway for 7 days from 25th March in a Balcony cabin. As it's only 5 weeks away we are all paid up.

We are from UK,so we got the premium drinks package included, (as does everyone in the UK providing they aren't booking just a guarantee cabin). We didn't get any other perks as my partner booked it as a surprise and hasn't been on a cruise before and didn't know perks were available and wasn't offered any.

I've had a generic marketing email today from NCL offering perks on new bookings so I looked at booking our cruise again.

If we booked the same cruise today, for a mid ship balcony cabin the price would be £1179 - we paid £1199

We would get on board credit of £150

We would get 3 nights speciality dining @ £63.93 each - £127.86

Obviously I'm not happy about this and have emailed NCL to this effect but not heard back yet. What do you think the chances of them added these perks onto our booking? What else do you suggest?

Thanks

I was beginning to wonder if that is the case although it was our P.C.C. In the U.K. who originally told us about it.

You can bid if you're from the UK - we have.

Thank you for your responses - much appreciated :D

Hello All,

This is my first post as I’ve recently joined this great forum.

We are booked on the Getaway in March in a balcony cabin and have been given the chance to upgrade. We have looked at bidding to upgrade to a Haven Spa Suite but it’s says Please Note you will not get the privileges afforded to Haven. What does this mean? Would we not be able to use Haven areas - courtyard, restaurants etc? Is it just an upgrade of the actual Cabin?

Thanks in advance