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i found this on the NCL website:

3 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

Assuming Dashawn is a NCL employee?

Dashawn was the "Agent" that replied on the NCL website inquiry.

If the NCL chat room can be trusted, the following is a conversation I had on-line last Friday. BTW, I am scheduled to sail on the Jade for Sept.

Me= (6/4/2021, 4:46:00 PM): If the USA still requires a covid test prior to returning, will NCL assist with this? If so, will we be charged for the test?

Dashawn (6/4/2021, 4:47:29 PM): No there will be no charge

Me=(6/4/2021, 4:48:09 PM): So NCL will assist with getting the tests done?

Dashawn (6/4/2021, 4:50:02 PM): That is correct.

Me=(6/4/2021, 4:50:13 PM): Thank you!

Okay, it is after 3:00 here at Baltimore,  and no one has boarded the Pride yet. A terminal full of hangry people! Cabins will not be ready until 4:00. Not impressed with our first trip out of Baltimore! 

The Pride

Does anyone know how strict Baltimore port is to the scheduled check-in times?  We are assigned a 2:00 check-in, but will have to check out of our hotel by 11:00. Not sure how to kill that much time, since we are relying on the hotel's shuttle to get us to the port.

Good idea!

Does anyone know how strict Baltimore port is?  We are assigned a 2:00 check-in, but will have to check out of our hotel by 11:00. Not sure how to kill that much time, since we are relying on the hotel's shuttle to get us to the port.

I don't remember what hotel it is, but there is one almost right across the street from the port that will store your luggage for a small fee. (We did this in 2017, so I do not remember the exact fee, but it was small.)

 

We explored one of the forts before taking a cab to the airport. With the amount of time you have, you may be able to explore a few of them.

Thanks!

We sailed Aug 19th cruise and had a late flight (4:00 pm). We took a tour (SH Happy tours) when we left the ship and wished we hadn't. We sat on a new bus for 45 minutes waiting for them to find more people and then switched to a different bus that was old with limited air conditioner. Tour consisted of touring around Old San Juan to Condado with a stop at the beach, and outside the fort (about 30 minutes total). We were dropped off in Old San Juan for an 1 1/2 then driven to the airport. My original intent was to take my luggage to Barrachina to be held there, explore Old San Juan, grab lunch and then take a cab to the airport. I wish I had stuck with my original plans.

Thanks for the heads up!

We will be docking in San Juan on Sunday, Oct. 7th and our flight has been delayed and does not leave until 4:00 pm. We have already paid Carnival for ship to airport transfers. We would like to spend the time visiting Old San Juan, but we are not sure what we can do with our luggage and carry-ons. Also, will we lose our money for the transfers if we decide to tour the town before going to the airport? Any suggestions?

We sailed Fascination in February.

We were very surprised when our magnets did NOT stick to the walls nor to the ceiling!

Apparently the walls and ceiling are either not metal or don't have enough metal for magnets.

Thanks for the info!

I know some (but not all) of Carnival's ships have metal walls where magnets can be used. Does anyone know if the Fascination's inside cabins have metal walls? Thanks for any help on this!!!

We have a group of 6 seniors that are looking to book a tour of St. Lucia. We are not interested in going in the water or mud baths...we just want to see the major sites. Both of these companies have decent reviews and comparable rates, does anyone have any insight to share on either of them?

Thank you...very helpful!

Does anyone know what movies are being shown in April on Carnival ships? We will be sailing on the April 10th trip on the Triumph.

Any experience out there regarding arriving past your assigned window time? We have a longer drive to the port and are hoping to make a 10:30 boarding time. If we are an hour late due to traffic, will it have a negative affect on allowing us to check in? I realize we may have to stand longer in line if we have to come in when others are assigned at a later time.

We were on the Conquest on May 14th. The Monday before our cruise, I emailed cclsupport@carnival.com with a subject line of "Attention: Maitre'd for Carnival Conquest on 5/14/2016" with a request for a table for two preferably near a window. We were assigned table 301 which was set off alone next to windows on the Starboard side. We really enjoyed the area and had great servers.

I'm very interested to hear the OP's review on the two lines. We traveled on NCL for the first time (Norwegian Dawn) in March out of NOLA. We are booked on the Carnival Conquest next week out of Fort Lauderdale. This will be our first Carnival cruise in 20 years. I'm anxious to see the differences between the two cruises. On NCL we booked an interior cabin and got an upsell to a balcony in the last week for $20. No such luck for our interior cabin on Carnival. There were a lot of spring breakers on NCL which did not help our experience, but overall, we enjoyed the cruise. We are really looking forward to see how Carnival compares!

This may be a silly question, but what would "weddings" have to do about getting on board the ship? Is this due to people getting off the ship from the previous cruise or wedding groups boarding? Either way, why would that delay the process?

A few years back we went with Sonny Liston tours in St. Thomas. It was a wonderful tour and the whole family enjoyed the day. I would definitely recommend them!

http://www.sunnylistontours.com/tourpackages.html

Thank you so much for your great review! We are on the same cruise on May 14th and really looking forward to it!

Richard Matic was the cruise director on the March 6th Dawn cruise.

Last week, on the Dawn, the laundry special was on Thursday, Mar 10th, for $19.95. The flyer said it would be returned by Saturday evening, but our clean clothes were returned on Friday afternoon.

Lanameister, I'm glad your TA was able to get something out of NCL. Congrats! We just noticed NCL is now offering a guaranteed balcony for less money than what we paid for our inside cabin. We called to see if we could upgrade and they refused. We also asked if they would consider offering us any of the nicer "extras" such as the UBP since we apparently overpaid for our indoor cabin, and they also refused. I asked very nicely, but no go. We are definitely not impressed with NCL's cust serv! As a first time cruiser on NCL, I can vouch that the other cruise lines are definitely more generous and willing to work with the customer.