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That looks fun! Can't wait to try it out.

Agree. Prima class ships are NOT made for cool weather. Pushing everyone indoors is a nightmare

I'm on thr April 15 2025 sailing. Not open yet there either.

Noticed this as well, but got a little concerned because that "too early to book" message also comes up when it's sold before final payment sometimes. After talking with my PCC she said it doesn't look like it's been opened up at all yet. Inventory is 0/0 or something. Triple quadruple double double crossing fingers I'm able to score it for the Miami inaugural.

Explore & plan has been updated with all of the shows and such!

You can go straight in.

For the most part yes, but I drank quite a bit of Blue Label on the Escape last December. They had a bottle @ Tobacco Road and seemed like they were only offering it up to the regulars who had P+ .. Not sure what that cost per drink but my guess is around $50/pour

As far as I know, Vibe/Entertainment bookings don't go live for new ships until NCL takes possession of the vessel and starts building out the venues.

Spice H2O kinda sucks (IMO) compared to Vibe. It's free though. Adults Only is only "sorta" enforced, at least in my experience. It's incredibly busy back there too in my experience. Vibe only sells as many passes as they have chairs available, so that's a perk. Cabana doesn't seem worth it to me, but I travel solo. If I had a 2nd person coming it might be worth it, but I'd probably still just get regular passes because I'm mostly gonna be at the bar or in the hot tub anyway

I think the FAS+ is worth it. Not sure about the PDP alone. For FAS+, I like having always on Internet so I can stay in touch with folks shoreside during the cruise. Also drink a lot of Aqua Panna bottled water. And make sure to grab a Starbucks or two every day. I get my money's worth.

Looking good! I keep checking the app to see if any of the entertainment stuff is life yet. Gotta pounce on those vibe passes asap when they go live.

Was just on the Getaway in April. Sunset is the bar with the better selection of whiskey. Selection isn't super vast, but they did have a handful of different brands. "Best" bottle (IMO) was EH Taylor small batch.

Yeah unless those are old pictures or they're planning to put it back into dry dock there's no way it's floating today.

I explained what the error is and why it is. No need for more speculation.

I think too soon to book is a glitch, but what it actually means is it's sold out. You're gonna get to the 120 day mark and it will just say "not available to book" instead. If it's actually available, your PCC or anyone else via chat or phone should be able to book it on your behalf. If they can't do it either, it's definitely sold out (and they won't know that because their system doesn't tell them why either). I ran into that when I was trying to book the inaugural on the Viva. Don't make the same mistake I did and wait till 119 days and eat the 25% cancellation fee lol. I ended up spending the next 25 or whatever days constantly refreshing hoping someone cancelled but no go. Cancelled the cruise and took my lumps.

I looked at the space and thought "this is an incredibly small venue". NCL seems to be trying to address the venue size issues with the Prima+ ships. Improv moving to a larger square footage room across the hall (SNPH), SNPH moving to Deck 6 and gaining square footage by taking up a chunk of the aft section of the casino. Whiskey Bar swapping spots with Belvedere. They're all positive changes in my opinion. As far as what the future use of the improv space is, I don't really care. It's super small, it isn't next to anything that they could expand into the space, so.... Sure, make it a shop. Close it off and use it for storage. Whatever makes sense.

Nothing. That's why I said it's a good change to put a store there instead.. Iirc, it held away less tess than 100 people. When I sailed the Prima they had already given up on it as a comedy club. Comedians were strictly in the theatre.

Improv becoming retail is a good call. That venue was worthless. Way too small.

Oof. Not sure I like that. Food Republic is a great restaurant.

Thai could be awesome. I wouldn't be shocked to see a Chinese restaurant too based on some insider stuff I've heard about.

Time to start smashing refresh on the entertainment stuff lol

Sure. And there will be no shortage of smaller ships that call to them.

Verizon service will not work while on the ship unless you roam on the Cellular at Sea network. You don't want to do that. It's *incredibly* expensive.

As someone who's had GSC canceled due to weather twice, I'm very excited for the pier to finally be built. Feels like it took forever for the Bahamian govt to approve the plan (since it requires dredging out some reef)

No reason the newer ships can't follow a similar design language and also be bigger. Also no reason why the Prima class can't fill that market and the new ones go a different direction, too. Will be interesting to see where they go with the next couple after Aqua.