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Good news…alcohol was being served this morning on the ship while docked in Civitavecchia. Bad news…disembarkation was once again disorganized with long lines and no information, like in Livorno, and like embarkation in Barcelona. Tenders in Cannes were significantly delayed as well (3 hours I believe). Hoping the process is improved for the next cruisers. I chose the 4-night cruise option and disembarked at Civitavecchia. Happy to not have 5 more days on the ship as it heads back to Barcelona, but was still friendly to other passengers and crew, unlike a lot of guests. Someone on our cruise said he’d been on 15 NCL cruises and this was the most disorganized one yet. I typically cruise RC and was disappointed with NCL this week, but reminded myself that I paid 50% of what RC would have cost. Also, this is the first cruise where I never saw anyone tipping. My included gratuity for the drink package and the specialty dining was not very much so I made sure to tip cash for drinks and meals, but other passengers were complaining about being charged gratuity at all, so I feel many had their gratuity removed. Just my perspective and hope it helps others adjust their expectations for upcoming cruises.

I’m on the Norwegian Edge and we left Livorno a couple of hours ago. All aboard was at 6:30 pm but I’m not sure what time we actually left. I noticed at 8:30 that liquor is once again being served. We are cruising south towards Civitavecchia with the coast in sight, but I’m not sure our distance from land.

Ok I just overheard a bartender tell another passenger that liquor sales will resume tomorrow around 7pm, so it sound like the plan is to start selling once we’re out of Livorno territory., Like you, I read that those who already purchased the package in the next port aren’t technically “purchasing” alcohol since it’s pre-purchased so I’ll let you know on Thursday if that’s true.

Thanks for the warning. Next port is Cittavechia and it looks like no alcohol can be sold while on that port either. Those who purchased packages ($109 per day onboard) and received no warning at Tim elf purchase are fuming. I’m flexible and I’ll be fine with beer and wine in Livorno and we actually took the option to disembark in Citaveccia so it’s not too bad for me, but some passengers paid extra to have their favorite liquor or paid outright without being given notice of this. I would be upset too if I paid full price for the package or upgraded and did not drink beer or wine. We only booked our cruise two weeks ago and received no notice. If it was a recent change I feel NCL could have notified it’s passengers who bought the package.

Yep. Docked in Livorno now on the NCL Edge and this is true. Guests are upset that there was no notification, especially since we are docked here overnight.