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6 minutes ago, Cyn874 said:

Our definition of lukewarm might just be very different, ha! The coolest setting might be lukewarm to most, for me it’s what I consider very hot and I usually only shower that hot in the winter if I’m trying to warm up, LOL.

 

ah well, if a hot shower is my worst complaint, I’m in pretty good shape I suppose. 😉

did you try the showers in the gym; just to see if the water got any colder.  Just a thought

3 hours ago, nukesubsailor said:

In our experiences in suites, to get the disembarkation room service breakfast we had to fill out the room service breakfast card and hang it on the door knob when we went to bed.  The card listed a hot breakfast sandwich that we really liked.

Thanks for the info;  I had used the app for room service during the week;  don't know if I ever saw the sign to hang on door.  No biggie

Wow. I think i saw escape there one weekend and it hung past the dock. 

Great and honest comparison.  Like you I have sailed both lines in Penthouse Suites. So I am in tune with your comparison.  Have a great day.  

Yea, I was in a suite and didn't get room service.  Guess next time I will investigate this more.  Thanks.

what is the largest ship that can use Manhattan terminal?

Hmmm,  you guys had it lucky.  I could not order room service on last day.  There was a note in our cabin that said room service would not be available on debarkation; and the world fresh buffet was open.  I did not eat breakfast anyway since we were off the ship by 7:15am

Have fun on your cruise

There is the swag I was talking about.  good for you.  Have a great day

HBCcruiser;  thanks for sharing;  you got swag with the tour too; so that has to count

You may be denied boarding in Florida.  If the paperwork does not match between legal birth certificate and his driver's liscence the cruise line can deny boarding. Suggest you contact an attorney  and get a legal notorized document.

Got it;  thanks chrysalis

I thought the NCL Getaway or Breakaway sails out of Manhattan; and that ship is huge; probably bigger than Queen Mary 2

Chrysalis;  are you saying this program is not available for Canada?

EZ will sell a flight that early;  you won't be able to use luggage valet; where you put your bags out the night before and they are transported to the airport and you see them at baggage claim when you get home.  Luggage valet program does not allow flights earlier than 11:30am. 

15 hours ago, HBCcruiser said:

Cabin Tour R609:

 

 

 

Thanks for the tour.  You are so right; that balcony is narrow.  Have a nice day

Nice review;  glad you had good time; and your pics were perfect to go along with your review

4 hours ago, HBCcruiser said:

 

No one escorted us on the ship and we did not know anything about walking off. I asked about suite priority disembarkation but was first told that they dId not do that. Then I pulled up the suite perk info and showed it to her. She changed her tune and let us disembark.

 

 

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That stinks that you were not escorted onto the ship.  We have only sailed twice with orincess and both times we received an escort.  Oh well when they send you an email feedback write that up.  

I agree with no luggage.  Take taxi or subway to bridge; walk the bridge in the morning then head back to your hotel; check out and head for cruise terminal

You could have asked concierge on Royal about disembarkation; or asked during week about all the benefits.  But as long as you had a good time and enjoyed the perks and suite; then I say it was a successful cruise.

3 hours ago, HBCcruiser said:

Nope! We are in a suite on the Royal and sitting in the lounge waiting to disembark. No special disembarkation procedure for suite passengers. Princess is nothing like NCL when it comes to suite treatment.


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you did have someone escort you onto the ship last week, correct?.  then today you just walked off; Correct?

Ocean Ready app will not recognize your booking # until after final payment.  Once that is complete wait a few weeks and enter the entire information.  I sailed in Feb and completed my ocean ready app in Dec.  It worked and I had medallions mailed to our home.

1 hour ago, HBCcruiser said:

Funny how she changed her tune. She told us we could walk right off.😳

We were off the ship by 8:30 and through customs by 9:00.

 

Good for you.  We just started down stairways and walked off. Someone asked up our debarkation group.  I said suite; and they said have a nice day.  We were thru customs and at taxi stand in fifteen minutes.  This was Feb on CB

5 minutes ago, cruisequeen4ever said:

Loved the article; thank you for sharing! 

You are welcome;  glad you enjoyed it.  

NCL has white night on their cruise line.  I have been on two Princess cruises and once they had shark week;  the entire ship had shark themes; the walls of elevators had pictures of sharks when you walked in.  That is the only time I saw a theme on my two cruises