EvanBedar

3 minutes ago, Sailing12Away said:

When walking through the ship, we know there is music and we can keep on walking. Back at the privacy of our cabin though, we shouldn't have to hear what others are doing. It's no different from your neighbor blasting the latest action flick on tv at the loudest setting and having to listen to that all night long too. 

My mother loves to sing. She's more tone deaf than a donkey. It's one thing to support her passion and encourage her to try karaoke, singing at home, singing along with the radio in the car... It's an entirely separate discussion to encourage her to randomly stand on a cruise ship and perform an impromptu and uninvited concert to anyone within the vicinity of her cabin and those thin walls. Stop implying that I'm a douchebag just because I don't want to pretend that she has a good singing voice. Some of us were blessed with musical skills, and some of us were blessed with other hidden talents yet to be discovered.

You are twisting the musical abilities of the wife of the OP into some grotesque facsimile of your mother’s complete lack of ability to perform just to make it seem the same without knowing anything about her.
 

And if you had used my whole quote above you would have included the part where I suggested she could play in a room where other musical instruments are played.   
 

Imagine being married to someone who not only didn’t support your musical aspirations but complained behind your back about it to a room full of his stuck up anti music friends.   Ugh.   
 

I can think of a word that starts with “D”.  

33 minutes ago, Sailing12Away said:

Which ship? The older ships have pianos in the garden villa suites. She can sing to her hearts content in there without bothering anyone. 

Conversely, if it’s a room where a piano can be played, absolutely no reason why an acoustic guitar couldn’t be played and a song sung as well.  Loudly.  There are musicians and vocalists performing and singing all over every cruise ship.   I wonder what you musicphobes do when you have to walk through those “rude and annoying” areas.   

37 minutes ago, Maleficent's Dad said:

Okay - thanks for the quick responses.

I had read that most lines discourage instruments simply because other passengers might find them disturbing.

“Discouraging” and “disallowing” are two different concepts.  

1 hour ago, snoopysnake said:

…but still, a casino that allows smoking every night  is going to have second-hand smoke residue…

 

But you can’t breath residue unless you wipe your hand through it and spread it under your nose like Vicks.  
 

You’re entitled to complain about stink.  But this is where your claims of allergies ends.  

I can’t imagine why anyone would care. Unless you showed up  rolling an upright tack piano across the gangplank. 

41 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

It's the same thing as that overpriced stuff that comes in the boxes.

oh are you gonna tell me the holy water that comes out of the tap is just as holy now, are ye?

2 hours ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Yep.  We all KNOW that adding the FAS and moving up to a higher room category will add $$$.  I was just hoping to add some clarity for the casual reader who often could draw no other conclusions from discussions here other than NCL is the antichrist. 👺

Crap.  I guess I won’t be asking the steward to stock my mini bar with that holy water then. 

50 minutes ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

We got covers as well and got them on ebay for a great price. 

I personally became done with Ebay about 6 years ago.  Waaaaay to cozy with PayPal, one of the least secure and most invasive pay systems around.

2 hours ago, Rob-Bob said:

 

 

So starting price in OV category at $599 gets to $3,848.72 with lowest OV room. (...) Now maybe some people still think $3,800 is a great deal but it isn't me. 

To a lot of people I think it's just relative to what everything costs otherwise.  People have an idea what NCL cruises run in their favorite stateroom category.  When they see a break in that price, it motivates them.

It sounds like you're more motivated by a static end price, which will place more restrictions on where and when you can shop.

But if you've decided A) I paid 10 grand for that Greek Cruise with Princess last year, I want to stay 2 grand under that, B) I don't want to be stuck with an inside cabin, C) I have an excursion budget of 2 grand - then BOOM.  An NCL deal that gets your stateroom for two passengers down to 5 or 6 grand is, by any measure, a great deal!

3 minutes ago, dcruiser50 said:

Just discovered the problem, you need to use Chrome to log in, not Google and all works fine. No one in their tech department knows this I guess

Not for nothin’ but Chrome IS Google.   

I just want to point out that every single respondent is making “price” their only talking point to sell this package to the OP.   “Use NCL.  It will be cheaper.”  
 

Not everyone considers only price when making a purchase decision, although… I know … it’s how we’ve been trained in America to be good little consumers.   But I personally also need to consider space on an 8 hour flight.  I do not want to die of a pulmonary embolism for a cruise.  And as long as I’m considering it, I may as well consider advantages.   So even if I do use NCL’s flights, the first thing I do after I have a confirmation number is look for the offer from the airline to upgrade to premium economy.   In the case of United this gives me 4 inches of leg room, priority boarding, and 2 free checked bags.   Then?   I mozey on over and choose my seats.  A little more?   Yes.   But as I said, it just depends on whether you’re a “price is all that matters” person.  

1 hour ago, mygreyhound66 said:

I was on an NCL cruise 2 weeks ago.  I filled out the special needs form for an extension plug and distilled water.  I received an answer telling me to take my own extension cord, so I printed that email and packed the cord in my carryon in case I had to prove it’s legitimate.  I did not have distilled water waiting in the cabin, however the cabin steward cheerfully brought it within minutes of me requesting it!  Happy cruising!  

Oooo!    Extension cord!    THANK you.  

I believe it is prior to 24 hours before the excursion departure.

2 minutes ago, rbxlady said:

 

Do you get physical tickets for your excursions? If so, when?

 

Thank you!

My first time on NCL, but not my first cruise by any stretch.  When you arrive they should all be laid out on the desk for you, along with other cabin extras you might have requested.  That's how it's always been for me.

If you are using an apple ipad, select "print".  When the print dialogue opens, look for the dropdown menu at the bottom and select "Save to PDF."  Save the file to your machine and print from your PDF viewer instead of from the website.

If you are using a microsoft tablet, select "print".  When the print dialogue opens scroll to the bottom and click "Print Using the System Dialogue."  When the printer finder box opens, scroll down to "Microsoft Print to PDF."  Save the file to your machine and print from your PDF viewer instead of from the website.

1 hour ago, phillygwm said:

But if distilled is the recommendation, like putting premium gas in your car, I'm inclined to follow it.  Especially if NCL is offering a gallon of distilled water free of charge so it's not inconvenient to procure.

Most of us are not auto mechanics.  We wouldn't know distributor cap from a hub cap.  So when we made the last second decision, "Premium or Regular", we had absolutely no empirical evidence on which to base that choice.  We flipped a psychological coin, and it usually came up Regular.  (We tend to default to what's cheaper unless we just got paid).

But in the case of a CPAP machine, it's not auto science.  Tap water leaves lime deposits.  So does bottled water because it's not filtered of minerals.  And the deposits can, at the least build up in your water tray over the heater, heat up and smell like burning hair.  Now you're breathing that drek.  And at worst the lime can invade the entire water path and shorten the life of your machine and become a host medium for bacteria.

Easy peezy.

 

7 hours ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

The water from the bathroom will suffice for a week.  It is better than your tap water at home.

I think the cruiselines have little secret recruiters running around trying to convince everyone that the tap water is uniquely delicious.  
 

And they are relentless. 

Just now, MeHeartCruising said:

Im well aware of NCL’s current policy. I just sailed.  Read the article details.  Or better yet, look at NCL’s current written policy.  It doesn’t say they have fully dropped testing.   And it depends on whether you are vaccinated or not. 
 

https://www.ncl.com/sail-safe
 

Yeah great.  
 

🙄

Just now, EvanBedar said:

Yeah its either or.    If you’re already vaxed its like a VIP pass  

2 minutes ago, MeHeartCruising said:

 

They have?  If you’re over twelve you need to be vaccinated or show a negative test result. So they haven’t fully dropped them. 
 

But, to answer your question, there was no temp checking when I boarded the Dawn a couple weeks ago in England. 

https://www.tripsavvy.com/norwegian-cruise-line-eases-vaccine-requirements-6383343

28 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Pulling luggage makes your temp go up a couple degrees?  Yikes!!  BP, maybe......  Temp?? 🤣

I can’t help it.  I run hot.  

Ok so they’ve dropped testing.  And they’ve canceled the vax requirements.   But do they still shoot you in the head with the little thermometer gun when you board?   Can you imagine making it all the way to the ship, and then being refused boarding because your temp is elevated a couple degrees?   Maybe just from pulling luggage across a parking lot and up the gangplank?

Ok.   Let us know either when you are, or have a question about it, yeah?

I sent a request at the end of July and got a form email saying I would get a response within 30 days.   Still waiting.   
 

I’ll probably just end up going Cruz56379’s route.