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That is why I fly home the day after the cruise and not the day of the return of the cruise. Which was a a blessing in December 2023 when our cruise ship was delayed 5 hours in docking at Miami. So many stressed travelers. We will only cruise now when we fly in before and fly home after, one day before / after our cruise. We were the last ones off the ship practically and it was so nice and relaxing.

It is better than any day at work 😎😎😎

Thank you , good to know. This is our first time booking with celebrity. We have only cruised with NCL and Disney. When I go online to review/modify my reservation for December 2024, it still shows three dining choices and the my time dining option is greyed out and not available, and only 6:00 and 8:30 are available.

We just booked a December 2024 Ascent cruise and the my time dining option was greyed out, it only allowed you to choose 6:00 or 8:30 pm. Does not matter to us that we chose 6:00 because we are not interested in Main Dining rooms, we will just do buffet, grille, or room service the entire trip.

We have 7328 Sunset Verandah booked for December 2024 on the Ascent. Thank you for the update. 😊😊

We were in NCL Encore Dec 10-17, creaking was in walls, but we were caught in the storm and missed a port and was delayed 5 hours on disembarking and getting back to Miami port. The walls did creak, but the ship handled the wind VERY well. We just use the white noise app on our phones and drown out the noise. The Ascent is a new ship, probably just settling in, 😊😊, just a guess. We have booked our first cruise with Celebrity on the Ascent for December 2024 and are very excited. We booked a Sunset Verandah. ❤️❤️

My adult son & I were on the same sailing. 🙂 The final day & debarkation was quite memorable !!!! I am so glad we did not fly out on debarkation day & had a Hotel waiting for us the end of the cruise !!!! We stayed in a Spa Club Balcony Suite & used that & the Vibe Beach Club most of the trip !!! Both great except the small blinking lights above the pool in the thermal spa were never on & working, so that was disappointing. But the food & service on the ship was excellent & the ship & our room was VERY clean, LOVE that !!! We did not do any speciality restaurants, only the Local & Buffet & we LOVED them both !!!! Very upset they removed the Spa Club Balcony Suite option for future bookings, we may have to try the Celebrity cruise line Aqua Class rooms for a first time. This NCL Encore was our first trip back from cruising in 5 years since covid & it did not disappoint. 🙂

Does the Club Balcony Suite on the Prima & Viva not have the double sinks? It looks like online the bathrooms in the Club Balcony Suite & the regular Balcony rooms are exactly the same on the Prima & Viva? Am I looking at it correctly... Still upset they removed the Spa Club Balcony Suite option..

Agree, but the wind forecast for that day shows winds 18-25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the weather app. 😒. Only positive is I will get my excursion money back from the amount I paid for the ocean villa at GSC.

We are supposed to stop there on the Encore on 12/16, but the current weather report shows 65% chance of rain. 😒😒

How do you do that? I am the primary person and I how do I get the 300 minutes all on my phone? My adult son will be with me, but we are only using my phone and he does not have an NCL account like I do, but he is on my reservation.

Thank you so much. ✈️✈️🏝🏝

Awesome. So you think we 12:30 pick up time is soon enough?

We have our Lyft scheduled to pick us up at the Intercontinental Miami Hotel at 12:30, we chose a later boarding time of 1:30-2:00 to avoid the crowds and hopefully traffic at Miami port. The ship sails at 5:30, I assume that is enough time?? Can anyone confirm? We sail on 12-10-2023. Just a few more days.

I loved this one, “ Decaf, the coffee equivalent of getting a high-five in the face with a Chair. But hey, who needs caffeine anyway? (Hint: Me. I do.)” 😊😊😊

following along. We will also be on the Encore on December 10, 2023 out of Miami. This is our first cruise back since Covid in FIVE years. We have had to reschedule the Encore THREE times. So hopefully the third time is a charm and we finally get on this beautiful ship. Our last cruise prior to Covid was the Bliss and we LOVED that ship and the thermal spa!!!! Have fun!!,!,😊😊

I would never give someone else control over something as important as my flights. Even if it is free. That is what starts off my vacation. Too important to give that control to someone else. I am too much of a control freak. 😊 I hope all goes well for you though.

Not on 12-12-23, the Encore docks with the Carnival Celebration at Amber Cove. . I located it yesterday on their port schedule. I was bummed, I really wanted to dock at Taino Bay.

We set sail on the NCL Encore December 10-17 from Miami and I just checked online and it is completely sold out and no longer available. I am kind of shocked. I thought most folks would still have kids in school, since it was too close to Christmas, and all that. The last time we sailed prior to Covid was 5 years ago in December on the Bliss and it was not crowded at all. Still glad and so excited, but shocked it is sold out.

This is why I never change or upgrade my original stateroom or package.

Yep. I did not realize that either, but our 12/12/2023 stop in the DR is going to be in Amber Cove with the Carnival Celebration. I was hoping for Taino Bay instead.

This is weird.. Our 12/12/2023 stop in Puerto Plata does not show at either one on 12/12 by NCL Encore.. https://www.puertoplatadr.com/cruiseports/cruise-ports/cruise-port-schedule/. Unless I am missing it somewhere? I located a second site & it is not listed on there either... so odd.. I located a 3rd website & it shows NCL 12/12 at Amber Cove, but the other 2 sites do not even have the ship on there for 12/12/2023. ... Found a 4th website & it also shows Amber Cove.. Bummer.. really wanted to try Taino Bay.. But no worries... Just finally glad to be back cruising after FIVE years !!!!!! So excited... First time in Vibe Beach Club & we have a Thermal Spa room (booked before changes) & we fly into Miami on Dec 9 & cruise on 12/20 on the beautiful Encore.. This will be our THIRD Time to reschedule it since Covid times !!!!! Third Time is a charm !!!!!!!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE the Bliss, that was our last sailing prior to Covid !!! We are sailing on the Encore on December 10.. Just a few more days!!!! This will be our 3rd time to reschedule a cruise on the Encore since Covid.. Hopefully the 3rd time is a charm !!! All packed, all checked in & ready to go !!!

Good to know.. I have not cruised in 5 years, thanks for the heads up.