joelheather

Great. thank you all for the info.  i think the MDR sounds like a good idea.

On 8/18/2022 at 1:42 PM, HuliHuli said:

I'm not sure why you would conclude that.  And please, don't call me Shirley.

 

 

Huli, do you come from Hawaii?  because HuliHuli is my go to chicken dish every time we go back to Maui.

Looking to avoid the buffet on embarkation day.  what are the alternatives.

Thanks…

35 minutes ago, twobeautifulgirls said:

We are sailing in a Balcony on the Escape with 21yo and 19yo girls. Were going to finally get two cabins but priced it out and this was better. We just have to time getting ready - hubs first then he will go to bar and wait. It is cramped but we make it work. 

Poor DAD cant walk around in his boxers, then has to get ready in a telephone booth sized bathroom, then has to leave the room so the 3 of you can get dressed in privacy.  sounds like a blast….

5 hours ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Put the spare tire on?

I don't even like this guy, but i have to agree with the simple logic…

9 days before our  Bermuda Cruise no word yet from Bermuda govt regarding the visitor authorization. We paid and filled out the online forms about 3 weeks ago.  Please share your experience with this.

thank you all for the extremely useful information.  😊

Does anyone know how NCL handles this? On Carnival they prepared my wife’s complete dinner in the kitchen. So she did not have to worry about cross contamination. 

although the huge jug of protein powder may get a bag check

My wife and I will be on the Bliss for our anniversary. we are trying to save money and instead of going to the expensive pay per meal restaurants we decided to by an electric grill for the cruise and make a few meals out on the balcony.  Do you think room service would allow us to order raw meats and fish up to our cabin or would we get that from the buffet and keep the raw stuff in the mini fridge until  needed?

I am amazed you guys are testing for free.  we have CINGA they will only pay for test if prescribed by a physician.  So we buy the emed tests. what insurance  covers your testing without a dr.s script?

you will have access to the onboard ATM. Also remember most US based cruiselines will work off of US dollar. so any onboard exchange would not be to favorable.  your CC would be the better exchange rate and is seamless to you.

you would have to upgrade to the top package,  if you selected the free drink package already, you will get an offer to upgrade to that package. its about $29 a day more.

when we arrive at the port I even have our passports open to the photo page with all and any paperwork bookmarking the passport. However, not everyone knows the deal or is computer savvy enough to even register online. some might not have a printer.  i always seem to be in back of those folks online.  But, we just deal with it, what else can you do.   

I always used my OBC for justification for buying a collection of ship models. 

3 hours ago, kochleffel said:

Just get an antigen test at a convenient drugstore that morning or the afternoon before, wherever you are at the time.

antigen tests are worthless unless proctored 

9 hours ago, piglet55cc said:

From talking to to my consultant. I will get a full refund for the cruise and my air that I booked through NCL. And yes I will receive compensated  $2000pp only for my room. I now have to pay the increased prices of the room, taxes, airfare, transfers, hotels and excursions.  All these items have increased tremendously since I book in Nov. 2021. 

If this had been just another cruise, I would just live with it.  This was a replacement for a cruise we were to have taken in Sept. 2020 that was cancelled because of the pandemic.  That cruise was a celebration of my 65th birthday, my husband retiring after teaching for 41 years, and us going to our 50th state. 

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS IN A POST PANDEMIC WORLD… DEAL WITH IT AND MOVE ON!!!

its just a cash grab and they are taking advantage of the situation.  Did not know this when i booked. i hate feeling like someone has there hands in my pocket.  

Anyone know about Bermuda charging each passenger a $40 fee to enter the country? regardless of even stepping foot on Bermuda soil?

THEN HOW WOULD THEY FILL SHIPS BY WAITING TO CLOSE TO SALING FOR THE BEST DEAL.

THINK…..

18 hours ago, cmjars said:

If you booked through a NCL TA they can tell you. For our cruise my TA said it's a little over half full and he said their goal is 60% capacity.

100% False, inaccurate & Bogus they have noway of knowing since norwegiancentral does not make that info available to ANY TA.

I did a mock booking on NCL for the Joy Aug 23. it looks like its filling up more then most sailings before and after 8/23.  Has anyone sailed the Joy recently and know what the passenger capacity has been. Or do you think we may be looking at 100% or more by late Aug?

2 hours ago, steel1203 said:

Hello, I am looking at a 10 day cruise leaving NY in august 23 and am going round in circles with cabin choices!!  Can’t afford Haven, but need 2 cabins one balcony and one inside very close or maybe 2 balcony as not much difference in cost?  Got option of large balcony and inside on 8th floor but near the front which I was not keen on due to seasickness issues and then 2 balcony on 9th floor but concerned about noise as restaurants etc on 8th.  Also looked at aft cabins but seems to be noise issues.  Any Joy experts who can guide me??  Thanks 

its 9 nights not 10 days. 

2 hours ago, Redsky5292 said:

For the two cruises we did out of NYC precovid we used Park Right, just down the street from the terminal.  You drive to the garage, an employee gets in the car, you drive to the port (only a few blocks), get out, the employee gets back in your car and drives it to the garage.  When you get back you call them once you have gotten off the boat and they drive the car over to you.  Easy peasy! 

 

https://parkright.com/670-w-43-st-new-york.shtml

would be useful to know how much that facility cost for your parking.  And how much extra the pier drop off cost.

3 hours ago, BklynBorn47 said:

Just suggesting an alternative.  We live far from ports so our options are to leave our car at the airport, the pier or a hotel.

For our 42 day B2B2B out of NYC in April we rented a car one way and the same on our return.  Worked well and will choose this option for our next cruise (Sept-Oct).

after 10 days parking in MHT is a flat rate of $400