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In Jan, 2023 we had rooms 11610 and 11612. Port side. No noise issues.

Is the table-side guac prepared per person, or for the whole table? There will be 4 of us dining at our table.

Thanks again. The discourse about Los Lobos intrigues me, though. For those of you who love/like Los Lobos, I'd like to know what dish(es) you had there that were so exceptional. Were they the more traditional taco/burrito/enchilada/fajita stuff, or the grilled dishes (seafood, steak) or the specialties like mussels or braised pork.

Looks like Onda and Los Lobos for starters. Thanks. I might have to be more convinced about Los Lobos as neither of us are really big fans of tacos, enchiladas and other standard Mexican. I HAVE had some great Mexican on visits to Mexico, but those were dishes that were things you didn't get in Mexican or Tex-Mex restaurants in the U.S. I see that there's seafood (mussels, yum), pork and a steak on the Los Lobos sample menu, but not sure that's enough to break away from the tacos/enchiladas atmosphere. Now...if they had a great mole', that would be different!!!

An upcoming cruise will be our first on the Prima. We get 3 free specialty dining choices with our stateroom and duration. Which specialty dining restaurants on the Prima would be your top 3 to reserve first? Then, if you were to purchase the additional 2 restaurant upgrade, which 2 others would you pick?

Has anyone ever posted a list of the balcony staterooms on the Prima with views that are fully or partially obstructed by the slides down the side of the ship? I've searched all different configurations of "Prima stateroom obstructed" etc but nothing that appears to list these staterooms. I remember when the Prima first arrived that this was a big issue for some. I'm considering my first Prima cruise next winter, and I'd like to avoid choosing a stateroom with a balcony that is obstructed by a slide with screaming people coming down all day long.

Here's another shout out to having Red as your server. Actually 4 enthusiastic shouts. Like you, our gregarious group of 4 was fortunate to have him as our server in the Summer Palace MDR the first evening of our 11 day Panama Canal cruise on the Pearl in January and we immediately bonded. He's been with NCL for something like 20 years and is probably the most pleasant and personable server we've ever encountered on a cruise ship. We also requested him for every meal we ate in the Palace dining room. We also saw him up at the entrance to the Garden Cafe buffet enthusiastically singing. Glad to see that someone else appreciated him.

Thanks everyone.

On my cruise with Norwegian Cruise Lines out of Miami earlier this year there was an added tax on drinks when in the port of Miami or U.S. territorial waters - even if you had a drinks package. Is there a similar added tax on drinks with a drinks package that applies on Celebrity when in Alaskan ports of call or U.S. territorial waters??

We have flights arranged through NCL Air, arriving at, and departing from, Fort Lauderdale Airport (FLL) for a cruise from the port of Miami. NCL has scheduled us with United Airlines with a transfer from the Miami cruise port back to FLL after our cruise ends. Our flight home doesn't leave until 6:45 pm however. That leaves us at least 6 hours to maybe explore Fort Lauderdale. While researching luggage storage at the airport, I read that "for cruise passengers, some airlines offer baggage check-in at the port for their return flight". Has anyone ever seen or used an airline baggage check-in at the cruise port of Miami for your flight back home? If so, is United one of the airlines, and are flights leaving from FLL one of the options?

Thanks. I wasn't sure if the price had risen, or what the quality was that I could expect.

Is it worth it?

I'm wondering if NCL ships still offer the on-board package that allows you to use your cellphone to contact other passenger's cellphones. You supposedly access the package through the NCL app once onboard the ship and pay $10 per device to use the package for the entire trip. If they still offer it, has the price increased?

Call NCL's Shore Excursion Desk at 866-625-1167.

Yes. FCC can be used for excursions. I've never had a problem doing this. Call the NCL Shore Excursion Desk at 866-625-1167. Tell them you want to schedule some excursions using your FCC. Give them your cruise reservation number. They will ask you what port and what excursion you want. Easy Schmeezy.

A litany of my NCL-cancelled cruises to the Panama Canal and FAS specialty dining offers at the time. All 11 days long. All on the same ship. All on the same itinerary: 4/8/2020: balcony.................5 specialty dining nights 11/29/2020: club balcony.....5 specialty dining nights 1/17/2022: club balcony.....4 specialty dining nights 1/16/2023: club balcony.....2 specialty dining nights 1/2/2023: club balcony.....2 specialty dining nights (this cruise has not been cancelled....yet)

I"m a bronze latitudes member and the last time I tried booking specialty dining reservations for our club balcony suite reservation, my reservation online also kept telling me that I had to wait until 120 days away. Yet when I reached 125 days out I logged on and found that I could now make reservations!!