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Any thoughts on Hotel Artemide?

5 minutes ago, julig22 said:

If you didn't take advantage of the offer when it was valid, you don't meet the terms and you are under the terms of the contract you originally signed.  So in reality, the only people who have a claim to that offer are those who booked while it was in effect or anyone who was at 120 days at that time.

By the same token, under the terms of the contract you did sign, your deposit and any pre-paid expenses should be fully refundable and you could have a case with your CC if you don't get your refund.

Norwegian Cruise Line reserves the right to modify the policy at any time. Any changes will be communicated.

It's anybody's guess how they do their notifications

I spoke to my TA about 10 days ago and then got an email changing my final payment date to April 9.  You don't think that's taking advantage of the offer? I think I could probably fight it, but at this point I just want to cancel.  Hold times are crazy though!

4 minutes ago, julig22 said:

The policy is what it was when you booked your cruise.  You didn't meet the terms of that short-lived policy and it would only apply to people who booked while it was in effect.  Your payment is due as originally contracted.

They changed the terms (not sure why you say I didn't "meet" them) and then changed them back with no notice.  Thank goodness for this forum or I would not have known. Now I also understand that my deposit that I've always understood to be fully refundable is now going to be a FCC?   I might dispute that with my credit card company.  

So let me get this straight.  I am scheduled to cruise in July.  So I thought my final payment date changed to 90 days before sailing instead of the normal 120 days but now if I'm understanding this correctly they have reneged on these terms and final payment is back to 120?????  Just checked my "big box" TA account and it looks like they will now take final payment on 3/10 instead of the changed 4/9.  But they didn't notify me of the change?  I guess I will call them and cancel ASAP!  I don't want a FCC!  Can someone please let me know if this understanding is correct before I waste hours on the phone?  Thanks!

Loved my duck fart at Red Dog.  I think if you are there when they open you will have enough time.  It's an easy walk.  

Love your detail and writing style. Can't wait to read the rest!  I'm on the Epic (Med) this summer.  Thanks for the report!

I've gotten 5 price adjustments since I booked in September.  I went through a "big box" TA.  Sometimes it's a quick phone call and sometimes it's not.  Just depends on how busy they are at the moment.  Good luck.

16 minutes ago, roger b said:

 Hi, There are two beach clubs in Illetas and  one is very expensive , I would go with the one below :

https://balnearioilletas.com/

 

 

This looks perfect.  Thank you!

14 minutes ago, bedfordmom said:

Hi all

 

a couple of posts are referring to our stop on Palma as  1 to 8, my itinerary says Ibiza 12 to 8pm and Palma Majorca as 8 to 5, can someone clarify please.

Not sure what you are asking.  How can someone else clarify your itinerary?  All ship's itineraries are different.

On 1/26/2020 at 3:05 AM, roger b said:

 No Entrance fee  All the information is below have a great day !!!

 

https://www.seemallorca.com/beaches/illetas-beach-palma-de-mallorca-illetes-(beach-resort)-664304

Thanks for all the info, Roger.  I think we are just going to do a beach day in Palma since we are only in port from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  Do you recommend one of the beach clubs over the others for a family with 2 older teen boys?  Thanks!

Just looking at cruisemapper.  The Getaway is in Cozumel.  

Star itinerary change

What time is the earliest embarkation time in Rome?  I can't find it listed in my cruise planner.  Thanks!

We were on Independence two years ago and debarked on Thanksgiving Day and the tree was up and decorated before we left.  Other decorations were going up.

On 10/12/2019 at 3:43 PM, mbleackl said:

We were in cabin 9094 on Epic . Here is the view 

 

We just booked 9098.  Any issue with noise near the elevators/stairs?  Thanks!

Glad I read this.  Comedians are one of our favorite parts of cruising and I just booked the Western Med cruise for next summer.  At least I now know in advance we won't be getting it. 😞 

Was Symphony the only ship in port at Coco Cay when you went?  I'm looking at an itinerary next summer and Independence is in port the same day and I'm thinking that will be waaaay too crowded with both of them there.  Thanks!

We went to Anan with https://www.familyairtours.com/ but I think September is too late in the season for that and your mom probably couldn't do that walk.  You could contact them and see what other options there might be though.

Can't comment on Traitors or Neets,  but we did Anan on 7/18 and it was awesome!  I bet they could fit it in to your time in port.  We were originally supposed to be picked up from our ship at 11:45 with a return around 4:30 but our port time changed to earlier and the pilot was able to accommodate us.  We did Family Air which was fine, but having heard so much about Island Wings I would have gone with that if she had been available.  

Watching this cam last year is what made me book my trip to Anan last week when we were in Ketchikan.  We didn't see any brown bears when we were there, unfortunately, but watching the black bears fish was a bucket list item for me.  It was awesome!

11 hours ago, geoherb said:

In addition to the ones listed above, any adjustments to port fees and taxes are refundable as well as if you prepay for an excursion and then receive onboard credit. That's what happened to me when I booked my last-minute Alaskan cruises this summer. My request for shareholder credit didn't get processed as quickly as I had hoped, so I went ahead and paid a little bit for an excursion. Once on board the ship, I could see the different credits I had--onboard credit from my TA (nonrefundable), FCD (nonrefundable), loyalty (nonrefundable), shareholder (nonrefundable), prepurchased excursion (refundable), and adjustments to port fees and taxes (refundable). I'm getting a check for a little over $100.

Yeah, this confused me a bit.  We had an excursion get cancelled and we opted to take a cheaper excursion (only thing available) through same provider.  I thought they would refund the difference.  Instead they refunded the larger one as OBC and then charged the cheaper one.  The good thing for us was that we had a large amount of OBC that was supposed to be nonrefundable.  This essentially converted all of our non-refundable OBC to refundable so now I'm supposed to be getting a check for about $1500!  (approx. $960 of which was the excursion refund and the remainder which was originally nonrefundable) 

For those excursions, I don't think you need rainpants. If you're planning on a long hike, then it might be a good idea, but it doesn't sound like you are so you should be fine.

You're at the end of the season and I don't know if any permits are still available, but we went to Anan from Ketchikan last week to see bears and it was amazing.  Also highly recommend a helicopter glacier tour (we did it in Skagway but they also do it in Juneau).  Rent a car in Skagway and drive to Emerald Lake and back (about 6-7 hours roundtrip).

https://www.wrangell.com/visitorservices/anan-bear-and-wildlife-observatory

I'm a fraud investigator and this troubled me also.  Since this was my first Princess cruise, I didn't realize they used to do it with hard copy signage.  It's really not a smart thing to do.  People can glean a lot of info from a name.  I can picture someone calling up and pretending to be from Guest Services and saying "Hello Mr or Mrs. Doe, your credit card info is not working.  Can you give me a new number?"  And yeah, the creepy possibilities for kids are just not good.   

We just did this and were very pleased.  https://alaskacruisetransfer.com/tours/anchorage-whittier-wildlife/

They also have an option without the conservation center stop for $45.