Harratine

Congratulations on your newest cruiser! Our daughter was 20 months when we first returned to cruising. Check NCL terms of service would be my first recommendation. It’s tough with a little adventurer in terms of pool time as you need to be potty trained. Staff will help a lot with removing diapers. Our daughter didn’t quite get the cruise thing to start, by end of the week she was lining up for kids crew. We planned excursions to where she would be able to engage (Disney World and hotel pool day). The Disney is one of our favorites. A lot may have changed since we first went as that toddler who rode on top of my shoulders all day at Disney is now a sophomore in college and Platinum with NCL. Babysitting may be tough to find, though the bright lights and people on the ship can be entertaining. Beach days were easy days. We also planned the first cruise with minimum ages so she could attend kids club. The crew was wonderful with helping on food, even finding a chafing dish of macaroni and cheese when she was having a day. Both Boston and New York are readily accessible by car (park near or on the pier depending).

Not me but, Grandpa Fred packed a coffee maker and glass carafe on a Christmas cruise out of New Orleans. I was really confused when he was complaining how his bag got mishandled at TSA shattering “his glass coffee pot”. Oh this was useful stuff? My Bad.

My daughter is the third platinum in our room. She takes either me or my wife when she uses her meals, so it’s solo diners.

Would have liked to see Prima coming into Norfolk and Roads. Sorry to hear it didn’t happen yet

Probably not. I’m guessing it will be really hard to put a book there and wander off. Bartender will prolly notice as they are 3 feet away

Apparently The Haven in Prima is expanded to accommodate more bar hogs. Looking forward to being a hog next March and reporting back.

NCL Freestyle doesn’t have Formal Nights. Currently you need pants on gentlemen for Le Bistro and the Manhattan Room on some ships. The range of dress will be what it will be.

Heard from the GM during a meeting on Epic that this will be no more on 8/1.

for context, eating in your room is a useful butler function. We typically do this when we have a long day of excursions. The dining room can be very busy on these evenings. As far as hijacking the butler, help them when you know this is going to be the case. Request a menu the night before and let them know. Order before you leave so they can plan with the restaurant (including Haven). Give them a time to shoot for for your return. Call them when you are done so they can clear. Remove the guessing. So basically communicate.

The soda package and Wi-Fi upgrades are easy to add before you go in the NCL.com supine. Unless you really want to make the first few things of vacation being finding and purchasing these items on trip. A treasure hunt perhaps? Also it’s usually cheaper before you go.

I think your summary is spot on.

Interesting. Thanks for information. You are always on point with the technical responses.

Thanks for the feedback. I am also wondering if the down time of the cruise ships is playing a part. Restarting a vacuum system after not using it for a year and a half would seem to be something that could cause havoc.

No charge on the Epic a few weeks ago. You do want a reservation as no one with our a reservation was able to partake.

You can order them on the website. Our cruise that is 157 days out and the other thats 350 days both have as an option. The running of the vibe bulls days may be numbered. You can also purchase a cabana with two passes as well.