ChiefMateJRK

Same with us. Our first was in 2007, and freestyle was alive and well back then. I've only had to find a way to reconcile my "comfort first" policy with NCL's "pants and shoes" policy. I've got it covered.😎

Refined? refined (adjective) with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing: Yeah, maybe. I guess it depends on what a person finds to be "impurities or unwanted elements." Did I mention that those folks dancing on my innocent toes were well dressed? I'm sure at least one of the guys was wearing a shirt and tie and the lead diva nailed me more than once with her flowing gown (blowing waves of perfume my direction). I would gladly have traded all that elegance for safer toes and a better line of sight with Louis (he was great at engaging us as we followed him around like groupies).

Are you suggesting that people who dress casual are rude? That doesn't sound quite right.

Louis was on our last cruise (Pearl) and he is fantastic. I spent countless hours enjoying his music, and the only rudeness I recall is when a "look at me" group decided that they had to dance right in front of his Piano in the narrow aisle. It really distracted from his otherwise great performance. There was plenty of room for them to dance off to the sides. Flip the coin over and I'm certain that they thought I was rude when I asked them to stop stepping on my innocent toes.

Well, a 1 in 4 chance means probability of 1 divided by 4, or 25% chance. 20% = .2 1/.2 = 500 percent chance. IOW, they're already dead.....five times over. Somebody get @IAcruisingover here to (again) check on my grasp of how percentages work. If need be, I'll mix some calculus in there to try to save my case (again).

🤣Okay, now THAT'S sarcasm. Maybe I get it "sometimes."😎 However, my friend @yakcruiserapparently didn't know about the "....." rule.

🤣Thx. It's sometimes hard to separate the two S's on the internet (sarcasm and stupid).

No. The cruise lines have an established process for passengers to board. You can't just "somehow" change the rules on the fly. No Captain in his right mind would do so without clear, documented corporate approval.

I'm only responding because you asked a question. The answer for many, many folks is that while they would enjoy the Haven (I really don't know who wouldn't) and could easily afford it, that's just not how they choose to use their financial assets. You, and I'm sure most in threads like this, don't fall into that category.

In my own defense, I can still integrate x squared to x cubed over 3 to calculate the area under the curve. Does that buy me any cred? disclaimer: I didn't think so.🤣 (and, before anybody gets uppity, I kicked butt in diffy Q; of course, that was a bazillion years ago before a lot of brain cells died of old age and the aforementioned whiskey)

Well it is for one of us and it ain't you! 🤣 I'll blame the whiskey, and unlike most of my crazy, I CAN back that up.😎

There are only 81M people on this blue marble now? Did I miss the rapture? ETA: I guess you meant to say 810,000. That sounds about right. Apparently, we can find a lot of them in the Haven.

Okay, I'll be more bold. How much money did you need to lose (throw away) in the casino to get a future cabin worth a couple of large? $10K? $20K? More? 😮

This has pretty much become standard in hotels (and NCL) everywhere. Look for the signage.

I live in a nice apartment and sail steerage. My life is simple and uncomplicated. Works for me. I offer that only as an alternative that those living the High Life might wish to one day consider if these Haven burdens become too much to bear. I have it better than 99.9999% of the people on this planet and thank God for it every day. That makes me happy.🙂 disclaimer: that four nines had nothing to do with IT reliability. 🤣🐀

That's the ticket!!!

No. It doesn't. We all know how crappy NCL's IT is. I guess we have one more data point. 🤣

As I understand it, there would just be six cabins worth of folks crammed into a single (look what I have!) fancy Haven cabin pretending that this is how you enjoy a cruise. Not me. You'll find me at the bar enjoying steerage music with steerage drinkers. No need to tip the butler!

I've gotten these, as you described, three or four times, several when I was booked in absolute lowest level of steerage (i.e. inside cabin😪). Are you suggesting that I was a VIP and didn't even know it? Yippee!

Are you assuming that those other two couples want to spend 24/7 with the OP? Perhaps they would enjoy the space that the Haven moat provides. "Y'all just enjoy that castle. Feel free to come visit us peasants in the countryside if you get a chance." Or not....

Good grief. And on so many levels. You can't "go back" just for your parents? Yikes!!!! You're torn between your desire for your husband and parents to not have "less of an experience?" It's freakin' AK! Just drop all this crap, book some cabins and have an amazing cruise.

That's great, but this tread is about luggage tags used for embarkation.

I've gotten "priority luggage tags" when booked in steerage. Don't believe anybody who tells you that they are anything special or that they are only sent out to "special" people. They are not.

This: seems to contradict this: It sounds like you're looking to "book your own room based on a price level you're comfortable with" but then save some money by passing the hat among your traveling companions so that they can subsidize your "better than theirs" cabin by squatting in your cabin. Why don't you all just book whatever and enjoy the cruise? This sounds like a recipe for failure (on several levels).

I consider LaCusina a huge step down from Olive Garden. All of them have been hit or miss for me. I like Teppanyaki, but no longer order the steak.