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Oooooh! I'm pretty sure they understood. They spoke English as well as me, an American. We discussed in length how disappointing a fixed menu would be to multiple senior officers and managers.

Fixed menus is what I'm asking about

I don't want to tell who told me bc I don't want to put them on blast. I was told that it will be tested across the line and that the getaway is next

I just got off of the getaway and they said that they are switching to fixed dinning. I read on here that the prima already switched to rotating menus. My question is what is NCL planning to do about the MDR? I am booked on the epic in April 2024. Thanks for your help. I did a quick search and didn't find an immediate answer.

There may be last minute cancellations. My last PCL cruise, there was a medical emergency almost daily.

The cruise line that does dine my way the best is NCL. Never an issue getting a table by myself whenever I want with almost no wait times. No other mainstream cruise line I have seen has done it better. Waiting is more and more a part of the PCL experience, which is not something I would have said 3 years ago. Still very surprised how things have changed in such a short time period.

Room service and chatting with my guests are exclusively tied to the app. My TV didn't work a lot of the times too. So, that isn't always an option to check the menu and call in. A lot of functionality is tied to the app where it would be more difficult to do in person. Ex. checking my bill statements, making/canceling restaurant reservations, asking for help from guest services on crew chat instead of waiting in line at guest services (the line was very long bc they changed our disembarkation times on the last day and ppl were freaking wild animals waiting in line to get flights changed), etc.

12 hours is too long. A couple of ppl had accidents in their pants waiting for the clog to clear. Fecal accidents...bless their hearts...I understand that it can be a grind to get it done given all the engineering complexities that you are an expert at. But princess needs to hire more people to fix things to get the down time reduced. More ppl working on an issue can get down times down. It isn't rocket since here. It was so gross trying to avoid carpet with feces bc ppl had accidents. You're assuming that people are flushing things down that they shouldn't be all over the ship. You or I have no evidence of that.

Really depends on hotels. Some blackout drapes work for me at hotels. But I have yet to find a window, balcony, or suite with black out curtains that truly keep the room pitch black on multiple cruise lines and multiple ships. Was just on a the crown princess last week with a balcony and light leaked in pretty badly. I was up at 6 am bc of the light daily when I would have loved to sleep in until 9 am on vacation.

Not having access to your stateroom toilet for 12 hours is not prompt enough. Can you go an entire day not using your bathroom? Some ppl had covid and had to isolate in their room. IDK what happened in those situations. And toilets all over the ship were out of order. 2 likely scenarios: customers were flushing inappropriate things all over the cruise ship or there is a systemic issue. The mens gym bathroom was literally out of 3 days. Princess needs to hire more people to fix these maintenance issues if their workers are working around the clock.

Not for me. The light around the drapes leak in. Sometimes the ship moves and the drapes open. I am very sensitive to light. Glad you're not. But I need it pitch black dark before I can sleep. YMMV

I didn't realize you meant that based on what you wrote in the bolded section.

The wine is cheap. Just FYI.

This is the best and honest answer. I have been to Alaska on an interior and balcony. If you are sensitive to light when sleeping, you must get an interior. I got a balcony and couldn't sleep until 11 pm when the sun sets and woke up at like 3 or 4 am bc of the light. I was so miserable. Never again will I do Alaska without an inside room. It's non-negotiable for me.

TY. I thought so.

After the restart, flagging ppl to clear your table can be an issue due to staffing issues on PCL

Just wondering. I presume no. If they are free, are they separated by gender? Thanks

Viking has always been worth it, imho.

I was on the Crown princess last week. Many ppl were testing positive.

Yes. A lot of toilets were not working. I am in my 30s and can easily walk to another bathroom on a different floor I cannot imagine a person in their 60s or 70s or older with (urinary or fecal) incontinence having to find a bathroom.

We went to ensenada for a day just to get our international port. 4 ports in Hawaii. My bad for the confusion everyone. I changed the title of the post.

It looks nice for it's age. But it's not really functional, given the constant bathroom clogs and leaks on the ship.

Whoops. I meant crown princess I edited the title

The wifi was pretty bad. If they didn't tie so much to the crappy app, it would be less of an issue.

On the Crown princess last week. It was like that too. The wait times on Princess have exceeded my wait times on NCL. How things have changed so fast.