Run4tacos

On 3/20/2019 at 6:34 PM, Yankee123 said:

Does anyone know if this is offered on NCL Star also?

 

thank you

 

I didn't participate, but it was offered on the Star when I was on in January.

I was able to get a hold of the Fiesta Resort.  They do have a day pass, all inclusive excluding the room.  For the day that I'm arriving the rate is $70pp

I’m trying to figure this out as well.  I heard that the Fiesta Resort does a day pass, but trying to confirm with them.  That’s about a 20 minute cab ride from the port.

 

For what it is worth there are restaurants and a beach right off the pier in Puntarenas.  There were a number of locals with their kids when I was there in January.  I just spent some time there when I was traveling solo, but now I’m going with my wife and 3 year old and want something a little nicer.

Thank you. I will bring a 12

From experience do yourself a favor and bring a roll of tape to tape down the cord as well. I find it helps reduce a potential tripping hazard and keeps the room from feeling cluttered.


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I wonder, could you just walk into the spin room and ride solo or was it locked? 

On my cruise they had the spin bikes locked up with a long cable lock so people couldn’t just use them. They did let me use one once, but they were so hesitant to let me do so that I didn’t ask a second time.

I just ended up taking some other classes (TRX and Fight Club) and running instead.


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Following. I’m very interested in the fitness pass and a 14 day cruise. Primarily for spin classes.

I went on a 14 day cruise on the Star fairly recently. I had signed up for an unlimited class pass for $99 specifically because I wanted to keep up my spin classes as well as try their other classes. They called me on the second day and told me there was no interest in spin so they wouldn’t do the classes and refunded me.

The longer cruises tend to have a crowd that skews older than your typical spin class attendee, which I’m sure contributed to the lack of interest.


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Finally, comments from a seasoned cruiser.  We don't think waiting in hard, uncomfortable chairs is a really good way to start our cruise.  Sleep in, eat a leisurely breakfast, stroll through check-in, and board immediately.  We generally target 1:30 so that we can unpack (since our rooms will be ready), eat a leisurely lunch (not in the buffet), and have a drink or two to get us through the life boat drill at 3:30 or 4 pm.  We appreciate the travelers who fight the early crowds and leave the gangways almost empty by the time we arrive.

I forgot about the aspect of the leisurely breakfast too. For example my last cruise I sailed out of Miami. I slept in a little, got up and went for a quick jog, found a nice brunch, walked over to the beach, FaceTimed a couple of friends to brag, rented a bike for an hour to cruise around South Beach, took a nice shower, got an Uber and went to the port with no traffic.

Sure I could get up early, fight the crowds in an overfilled hotel lobby for a free (but likely crummy) breakfast and then hop in a stuffed van going from pier to pier dropping people off.

For me vacation starts when I leave for the airport, so everything from that point forward is about de-stressing. I love being on the ship, but I can make better of my sailaway morning off the ship than rushing to get on.


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I'm personally a fan of arriving around 1-1:30.  At that point everything tends to have quieted down and you just drop your bags, walk right up to check-in, walk right on the ship, drop my bags in my room and go get lunch.

 

I used to go early like others will recommend, but I disliked the waiting and the crowds at check-in, boarding and lunch.  Not to mention lugging around my stuff since the rooms weren't ready.  Too much aggravation for me when starting my trip.