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13 hours ago, HBCcruiser said:

You never know. We got the upgrade for $200!

That's awesome!  Our minimum bid to go from a mini to a suite on Discovery in May is over $1000pp!

Has anyone upgraded from Plus to Premier on the last day to get all the photos for $20?  Is that an option?

First time princess cruiser. I keep seeing that you can order food and drinks from the app to be delivered wherever you are on the boat. If you have princess plus is this free or is there a fee for "room" service? Sorry if this has been answered but this thread is very long and I haven't been able to find it.

I'm similarly a first time cruiser who's been obsessively researching the 2024 Alaska itineraries. It seems to be a give and take without there being one perfect choice. I actually just booked today and went with the May 4 discovery princess since it has glacier bay it's a one off itinerary that goes from Vancouver to Seattle so you get a long time in Ketchikan because you don't need the nighttime Victoria stop. I think we'll miss the lack of observation lounge but booked a balcony. And think we'll miss some of the bells and whistles of NCL (go-karts) or RC (ifly), etc but figured those things would be like 30 min one time enjoyment and the longer port times and glacier bay were more important. Hope that helps some and you have a great trip!

On 7/4/2020 at 1:36 PM, tomk3212 said:

@e3c1f4 Yeah, that IS weird.  Did you pay with two different ccards?  That may account for it...

 

Noticed also that you're in MD like us.  We're in Havre de Grace.  Where do you live?

Hello fellow Maryland-er! We're from Anne Arundel County.  Still only have half the refund, very odd.  We paid for the deposit on one card and the fare split on 2 cards (so 3 cards total).  They refunded half of the deposit and one persons fare and said the reservation was for that specific person/latitude number.  So we're still waiting on the other half of the deposit and the other person's fare.  Hopefully it comes, we're still hoping to take our first cruise one day!

Thanks for letting me know.  Now I guess I need to call.  So weird, we got one email that said it was for one specific passenger and refunded half of the full fare to the original credit card.

@tomk3212 thanks for letting me know.  Now I guess I need to call.  So weird, we got one email that said it was for one specific passenger and refunded half of the full fare to the original credit card.

On 6/25/2020 at 6:51 PM, tomk3212 said:

Got mine yesterday!!  My cancelled cruise was in April also; TA ending in Rome/Civitivecchia.  I got an email from NCL the day before stating the refund should hit my account in a day or so.  Lucked out on the return airfare as AA cancelled the flight & Priceline gave me a refund.  So the only money I lost was the hotel at the airport.  That should have been covered by my travel insurance with Allianz through Priceline but Allianz weaseled out of it saying they alerted travelers to COVID-19 back in late December 2019.

 

We'll cruise again...just not sure when.  It'll also be a long, cold day in you-know-where before I buy ANYTHING from Allianz.  Wrote a letter to their CEO saying so...not that it got me anything...

Did you get a separate email for each person in the reservation?  We've only received an email and a refund for one of the two people (so only half the cost).

2 hours ago, Pollyanna Dreamgirl said:

Our full refund just showed up on our credit card account - Whoo Hoo! And only 2 days after we received the letter from NCL stating it was being processed. Another loyal NCL fan looking to book for 2021!

 Did you get two separate emails (one for each person in the reservation)?  We've only received a refund for one of the two people on our reservation (so half the cost) which seems strange.

We filled out the form 4/13.  One of the guests on the reservation has been refunded, the second guest has not yet.

9 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

Sorry that you did not understand how things were going to work. The refund of the port charges was automatic. And the issuance of the FCC was automatic. If you chose to request a different form of refund (i.e., cash), that would be done as a separate transaction 90 days from the date you requested it. 

 

There is no mismanagement. This is totally consistent with the way they described how things would work. Sorry that you did not understand that. 

So do we get port charges refunded?  Sorry if this is explained somewhere.  I got a FCC for the full amount (including the port charges) plus the 25% credit.  I didn't get anything refunded, including port charges or taxes/gratuities.  No criticizing NCL, just trying to understand since what you said is different than what I thought was happening. 

Great idea

Anyone get any refunds yet?

5 hours ago, Toastboy said:

We just disembarked on Sunday, we were in 14768 concierge villa suite with balcony, never heard any noise from the observation lounge above.  We loved the proximity to the lounge, being able to walk up one flight of stairs and be right there was nice.  Overall the experience was great and I would definitely book a concierge room again in the future.  We boarded late, and were barely able to grab a quick bite to eat at The Local before we had the muster drill, thus never bothered to make reservations for the comedy shows.  Next morning our concierge met us at La Cucina and helped us get the shows we wanted booked.  The breakfast/lunch menu in La Cucina is the same menu they have for breakfast/lunch in the Haven Restaurant.  Tried several things and all were good.  Best eggs benedict I've ever had on a cruise, shrimp cocktail was better in la cucina for lunch than in Ocean Blue.  I wish we had a few more opportunities to eat there, but port days we were ashore at lunch time.  One more thing, we did not do priority disembarkation because we had NCL arranged flights/transfers, so we went to La Cucina and were served a wonderful meal while we waited leisurely for our group to be called.  It was a great way to end the week.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to give this awesome detail.  We upgraded to the concierge suite for our April to Alaska before all of the crazy happened.  Its supposed to be our first cruise ever but now its not looking good about it happening which is a huge bummer. (and the Joy won't be in Alaska next year!)

4 minutes ago, swanee4 said:

Canada is now refusing any ship with more than 500 people until July 1.

Is there a source for this?  I haven't seen this news.

Not Washington but the Maryland governor just announced the temporary closure of the Baltimore port, so it looks like some other US ports are following

Would love to know this too! Hopefully someone chimes in

It looks like these suites are under the observation lounge. Thinking of booking one, anyone have any experience with what the nose is from above?

About a hundred days out and no disembarkation excursions showing. Has anyone done one in Seattle? Wondering the odds of some being added or if we're out of luck for using our credit.

56 minutes ago, disneylover89 said:

@BirdTravels do you remember when the Endicott Arm & Glacier Explorer became available to book on-line?  There are many Juneau excursions showing for a while now but not this one. Thanks

What week are you traveling?  I booked it for the April 25th on the Joy (which is also confusing since the description says its not offered in May so I'm worried its a mistake and they'll cancel it)