vlthom

Yep. I've purchased floral arrangements in Tahiti which I've brought onboard without issue.

This was my understanding as well, but perhaps that's what they generally do but maybe not for every single thing. Just saying that there must be reason why the cookies are unappealing. I've definitely tried both of the types of cookies (with and without sugar) and am unimpressed with both. We've tried them in Baristas and in the Terrace and were equally unimpressed.

It doesn't seem to matter if the stock is jointly owned or not. In my case, I am the owner of the stock; however, they split the benefit equally between me and my husband.....not that it matters much since all room charges will go onto one card. But it seemed odd to me that they didn't just apply it to my account as the sole owner of the stock. If I were traveling with a friend rather than with my husband, would they have given half of my shareholder benefit to my friend?

We sailed for the first time on Regent earlier this year and during that cruise, I can say that Regent's cookies were almost identical to those on O. Definitely not a high point on either line.

Read the terms and conditions stated on the Shareholder benefit page in the NCLH website. It's not entirely clear and they leave room to do as they please by stating "other terms, restrictions and conditions may apply." So, the best thing to do would be to simply fill out the form and submit it along with a statement from your broker's account showing proof of ownership. We recently purchased 2 cruises that were part of the "extraordinary savings" event. I thought for certain that having purchased our cruises during this sale meant that we would not be able to get the shareholder benefit. But throwing caution to the wind, I decided to submit the requests and to do so on the last day that we were eligible (15 days prior to sailing). I was pleasantly surprised the next morning to see that the credit had been applied to my account for both of our back-to-back sailings. No one sent anything notifying us about it but it's definitely on the account now. And we received final paperwork today confirming that it's been applied.

Is it possible that due to the strike on the previous day, there were too many ships already in those ports and thus getting in/out might be problematic? I just don't see why O would purposely skip those ports without good reason, even if the captain may have been able to articulate their reasoning in a manner that was satisfying.

Same problem here. And I've been experiencing it for weeks. I've had to resort to calling to book excursions. We're doing a long voyage this Fall so there are many excursions to arrange and I cannot do them all at once since it's a 77-day voyage. Thus, it has required several calls to O just to book these. It would be nice if they managed to fix this issue as it is taking up time for both their reps and the passengers.

I am glad to see this particular thread. We have been regulars sailing on O since 2011 and have always felt that the cookies were horrible. They usually look good but that's where their appeal ends. Foolishly, we keep trying them with the hope that they've somehow improved. They never do. We enjoy O and the majority of the cuisine onboard but the inferiority of the cookies has always perplexed us. The pastries and many other baked goods are wonderful. Cookies are typically an easy thing to bake so why can't O make a decent one? As another poster stated, it's likely because the base for the cookies is a mix -- and a bad one at that. I'd rather that they stop offering the bad cookies than to continue putting them out for us to try. We are foolish enough to be tricked into trying them because they look good. 🤪 And I do agree that Viking's cookies are good -- but otherwise, their food isn't up to snuff.

I had the same issue when attempting to book shore excursions online last week. After multiple failed attempts over the course of the full week, like you, I resorted to calling O and having a rep do the booking for me. My guess is that there was a system problem of some sort but the O rep had no difficulty making the bookings for me.

It's been a year since I've been on board any Oceania vessels but have an upcoming cruise next month so I will see then whether or not the "drink of the day" is a thing of the past. It wasn't typically the type of drink that I'd order so I won't feel a great loss if it's gone.

Aside from Happy Hour, there's usually a "drink of the day" which is sold at a reduced price. The daily drink changes each day. As DH does not drink and I don't drink enough to make one of the drink packages make sense, I do take advantage of the 2-for-1 happy hour. I've never had them bring both drinks at the same time, though. They've always brought one and then waited until I was ready for the second one. As long as I placed the order prior to the end of HH, I could take my time and the second drink would be brought when I was ready for it.

Though I know that this is the wrong forum for it, can you share the one for Viking that you came across?

This offer does not seem to be available for my Gold card