LadyBerard

We just came home Friday from our cruise on the NCL Pearl. Although I am not going to give a review, as we did not attend most shows and don't want to post any negative remarks, I can wholeheartedly recommend asking for "Red" to be your server in the main aft dining room. We were fortunate to get him as our server the very first night, and immediately after dinner, went to the hostess to ask that we dine with him the remainder of our cruise! He was the most personable server we have had in many years on any cruise line. His recommendations for dinner were spot on; he was truly a delight! If it hadn't been for having him, we probably would have just dined in the buffet on the nights we did not have specialty dinner reservations. You will see him singing just about every morning when entering the buffet area. We did attend one show.....the 1969 music show in the Spinnaker, and we truly enjoyed that show.

Called and had AARP OBC applied. No change to our $1 deposit either. Kept same Have it All Plus perks too. 🙂

I booked our July 2024 cruise during the $1 deposit promo and signed up for the AARP OBC the first day it was available. Does anyone know if I contact Holland to have this additional OBC added, will I be required to pay the regular deposit now, which is $700 for the cabin? Cabin price is the same as when I booked.

Last time we cruised out of Tampa, we stayed at Marriot Water Street. Loved it there.

I don't think I will book this excursion. Watched a video on youtube for it, and where they take you doesn't look that great. Going to take an excursion to Spice Mill Beach instead. Lots of OBC from Celebrity. Normally, don't do ship excursions though.

I thought Redduit Beach was in St. Lucia.

We're cruising on the Eclipse in Jan. 2025. I was wondering what beach the above excursion takes you to.

https://escapelounges.com/us/locations/Fort-Lauderdale/

I just redeemed some points for obc for our Summit Oct. 2023 cruise. Will this obc show up when I log onto my Celebrity cruise acct. so I can utilize them precruise or will they just show up after I board the ship? First time I've done this, so I'm not exactly sure how it works.

Today, I upgraded our included Classic pkg. to premium for our Summit Oct. 2023 repo cruise and our Eclipse repo cruise in Oct. 2024. 🙂

Thank you. After reading the responses, I don't think I need to upgrade.

I am technically challenged. Why upgrade wifi? What will I be able to do if I upgrade that I cannot do with the regular wifi that I get with my free perks? I have never upgraded it previously; however, today, I can upgrade for $4.99 per day. Educate me please.

We are booked on the Volendam for July 20, 2024, and after reading the poor reviews, thought about switching to Emerald Princess. However, we prefer small ships, and love the seaview pool area on Holland ships. We also do not want to cruise with a lot of children on board. Decided to keep our Volendam cruise and not switch.

Thank you everyone. I was able to complete the check-in process after numerous tries of getting the picture to be accepted. It never was though. My edocs were not showing up though, so I called and got that straightened out. Printed first two pages of edocs, just to have, and took a snapshot of them too. Started packing!!!! Yea...........3 more weeks and off to Bermuda on the Pearl we will go to celebrate my big 60th!!!!

Check-in opened up for me today for our August 18th trip on the Pearl. However, although I have tried taking numerous photos for the "required" photo, I cannot get past that point. I guess it doesn't like the photo for whatever reason. Is there a way around this so that we can complete our check-in and access our boarding pass? Are they not taking pictures at the pier any longer?

No, I did not. Ended up canceling the cruise and rebooking something else with a better itinerary.

It does not need to be an original birth certificate. It must, however, be a certified birth certificate.

Call large agencies and ask if they have group rates for your ship/sail date. Group rates are refundable deposit and include the drink pkg, wifi, and prepaid gratuities. If you are sailing within 3 months, you will not find any available group rates.

I made a reservation with MJS for us. Thank you everyone.

I want to hear all about it when you return. 🙂

The fare is MUCH higher on Holland America Volendam, as I expected it to be, as it is only about half the size of the Emerald Princess. I will be booking an inside on the Volendam. I could have gotten a balcony on Emerald Princess for a few hundred less than the inside will cost on Volendam. But as this is a mid summer cruise, after taking everything into consideration, I'm going to stick with Holland America, as I'm certain there will be less children on board.

They are both 7 night round trip Boston.

As a side note, it has been a little over 10 years since we've last cruised on Princess, but we have cruised on Rotterdam and Nieuw Statendam within the last year-and-a half, so we do know what to expect "food wise" on Holland.

Did a snorkeling excursion on Rising Son this past Oct. Beautiful catamaran. Plenty of seating. Cannot comment on Restless Native, as we've never done any excursions with them. We will be doing White Hot catamaran sunset cruise this August with Rising Son.

Portland, ME; St. John, NB; Halifax, NS; Sydney, NS; Bar Harbor, ME OR Halifax, NS; Sydney, NS; Charlottetown; Bar Harbor, ME? Trying to decide whether to book Holland Volendam vs. Emerald Princess for July 2024. We are in our early 60s, and prefer smaller ships, and prefer not to have lots of children on board. That being said,, we also like to go out dancing (think 60s, 70s, 80s music) and do enjoy live music. What would you do??? Monetarily wise, the Holland Volendam is pricing considerably higher than the Emerald Princess. Can get a balcony for a few hundred less on Emerald Princess (with Princess Plus) than an inside cabin with drinks, wifi, pp gratuities, $100 pp shore excursion credit and one specialty dining for us on Holland Volendam. Decisions, decisions.