Tyler414

So much to do in St. Thomas, you could spend a month there and not see all the nice beaches. An easy do it yourself beach is on Water Island. The ferry to water island is an easy walk from where Royal and Celebrity ships dock. Dinghy's beach bar, on water island, has excellent food and drinks and wonderful beach. I've been to Coki beach at least four times, it has a local vibe, the snorkeling is really good, it can get a bit crowded, but that is part of the vibe. Coki beach is on the opposite end of the ports, so plan a good hour on travel each way.

I would like this too, hope someone can answer. From what I've heard a lot of businesses in Grand Cayman that relied on cruise ships when out of business during covid.

All real. On Apex they told us the number of real plants. I don't recall the number, but my jaw dropped upon finding out.

Agreed, I have a 2024 cruise booked as well and those all got more expensive as well, so I don't think it's supply and demand issue for an upcoming cruise.

Had my eye on a few and noticed this morning they are all more expensive than a couple days ago. I already had two excursions booked with their 5% discount. Those two today with a 15% discount in total were $78 more for two people....

What's the plan for the day? I see golf chipping in the planner....this would seriously require me to think about staying on the ship in Costa Maya if this happens on my January Beyond cruise 😬

Muster 2.0 is the "new" muster drill where you do it on the app and/or on cabin TV. Then before departure you are required to quickly "check in" at your muster location. I think the old muster drill from before covid is gone forever. I hope

Beyond isn't still in Port Everglades it left around 10pm

What is your comparison between the two? I was on Encore Feb 2020 right before shutdown then Apex in March 2022. Will probably never go back to NCL based on those two sailings.

Not a "veteran" cruiser here, but have been on 3 NCL cruises (last 3-4 years) 1 Royal cruise (10+ years ago) I have only been in Aft cabins (once you go aft, you never go back..) so can't comment on IV cabins... Did my first X cruise in March 2022 on Apex in a SV and loved it. The pool deck, the specialty dining, the theater, the casino, the martini bar, pretty much everything. I do think they needed more bars/lounges and that is corrected on Beyond from what I can tell. I have two more E-class cruises booked. After my Apex cruise I realized how much I disliked NCL.

X can be boring at night for some adults. 🙂

Eden on Apex was probably one of the best dining experiences I've ever had. Food was excellent and the service the same. I booked it three times on my upcoming Beyond cruise. I may cancel one of the three, but knew it would sell out (easier to cancel than try to book when full) 🙂

Yes, but no glass. If getting drinks from pool bar they are mostly plastic glasses. If your a beer drinker they serve glass bottles, you'll need to ask for a cup and they will gladly give you one to pour your glass bottle into..

After going through this thread I reserved the Cozumel Bar Hop Tour with Cozumel Cruise Tours, it starts with a quick snorkeling adventure, so that appealed to me. It appears to be the "wrong" company from what seems to be recommended on this tread, but I'm sure it will be fun. I do still have "Driving Adventure Tour: Snorkel, Jade Cavern & Playa Mia Beach break" booked through Celebrity, it was an excursion I was looking forward to, but the bar hop is appealing as well to me. Has anyone ever done the Driving Adventure that could comment on that? Thanks.

Was on Apex in March and the burgers at Mast Grill looked large, what shocked me is they didn't have a chicken option. Just seems strange that a cruise line with a little more focus on health only serves burgers, fries and hot dogs by the pool.

I did this on my March 2022 Apex cruise, not sure if I ever got the extra points (would have been 3 and I have done a lot power up point activity) My stateroom attendant had no clue what I was talking about and honestly I didn't any difference in service, was great as usual.

I'm looking at a solo IV on Apex for April 2023 and the solo says $11,000+ when I click on it says an error has occurred, no internet connection. Then it takes me back to "Select your room category" now with 2 passengers. Must be some issue with solo travel pricing for the last 4-5 days.

NCL on the two cruises I was on before Covid.

Correct on the drinks, one alcohol drink per sea pass. My one pet peeve about Celebrity.

If you buy a specialty dinning "package" (3 nights, 4 nights....) you have to wait until you are on board to make your reservations. For my January 2023 cruise Eden is sold out every night already... If you do not purchase the "package" you should be purchase a reservation to a specialty restaurant when you book the cruise (I can for my March 2024 cruise already..) Not sure how it works for suite folks, maybe they set aside reservations for suite folks, not sure. If your not in a suite I do not recommend buying the specialty dinning pkg...

Double occupancy is 3260, my guess 3900 is MAX capacity with 3+ in many staterooms.

From what I read, there were "people" feeding the marine life in the area to attract them for good snorkeling and created a feeding frenzy for the bull shark and the woman got caught up in it... I'll be there in January and will not be snorkeling.

Definitely Eden, If you haven't done so already, book it now. It will be sold out by the time your on the ship.

Prices are back to "normal" now, the flash sale is over. lol

I really want to jump on this, but I have a 10 day Ultimate Southern Carib booked for March 2024... Decisions Decisions..