Cruising-along

It could depend....yesterday we thought we had at least until 8:00, because that was the time they started calling Luggage Direct the week before. So when they started calling our group at 7:15 we were disappointed to say the least! We weren't ready. Backing up a bit, when DH asked at the front desk if it was mandatory to get off when called, they said yes. But in actuality they did start calling those with luggage tags before we could get ourselves down there to disembark. We still were off before 8, but could have probably stayed longer (waiting in a lounge, we don't like to hold up the work of our cabin stewards on turn-around day).

Very few flavors. I always chose Vanilla, I think they had one or two other flavors. This is as of yesterday. Edited to add the only other flavor was Irish Cream during our 28 days onboard.

We disembarked the NS yesterday after spending 28 days onboard. We had the Wifi package and used it a lot, all for emails, texts w/photos and social media. There were very few times I had any problems using it. When doing Facetime with the grandkids, we did that in port and used our T-mobile coverage.

Yes, they call for all Luggage Direct passengers right after the self-disembark passengers. This morning on the NS it was 7:15 am. Last week it was 8:00. I agree with you, hate having to be ready that early. On the other hand, it’s been very nice not having all that luggage with us this morning in Fort Lauderdale. Our flight isn’t until 2pm.

Oh no. 😞

Onboard the NS for the last month and our stewards have left chocolates every day. Granted we requested nothing else and only once/day service. Question about the coffeemaker pods. I know you and we had problems on the Eurodam last year with only espresso pods but do you have more recent info on that? We’ll have a Neptune in May on the Koningsdam, I’ll bring my own pods if they still supply only espresso.

Good morning from the lovely Nieuw Statendam! We are at sea between the Dominican Republic and Key West. Only 2 days left in our cruise, sad to see it come to an end, it has been wonderful! I’ve been so remiss in keeping up here and know I’ve missed too much. I promise to do better once we get home. Cheers to all who have been celebrating and prayers for all in need.

DH has always watched our statement closely. We’ve caught mistakes for years. Onboard the NS now for a month and between the HIA and free 5-Star dinners we have 6 free dinners. So far hasn’t been too bad, one Pinnacle dinner charged at 50% off and one drink charge in the Tamarind. One more Pinnacle free dinner coming up.

And we’re off!

Captain O’Driscoll just announced he expects to depart by 3:30.

Slight correction, our Nieuw Statendam When and Where etc. say we have a 3:00 sail away.

Both of our banking institutions do the same. We always make sure to do this before any trip, it covers all Credit card and ATM transactions. Peace of mind!

I’m presently in a verandah cabin on the NS. Here is a photo of the opened cabinets above the loveseat. On the left are life jackets, on the right blankets.

That was one of my complaints (we were on the NS October 8-22 also and continue on until November 5). Lo and behold, now we’re getting movies much more often (!). I don’t know why they’re able to have movies more often now but not before. In the 5 days since you disembarked we’ve probably had 3-4 movies already.

Hi! “25% off 2nd drink of select cocktails, wine by glass, beers and entry level spirits”.

I’m onboard the Nieuw Statendam now. Yesterday we were in Grand Turk and are scheduled to be there again on November 1, Amber Cove on the 2nd. We’ve had no notice of any changes.

We did get coupons for “Mariner Cocktails” today but they said they’re for doing a back to back. I didn’t even know about the other drink coupons lol. Did get more tiles too.

Greetings from the lovely Nieuw Statendam! We continue to love this cruise although we really miss all the wonderful Dailyites who departed a couple days ago. We also miss the neighbors we had for the first 2 weeks because now we have door slammers, bad language and heavy drinkers. 🙄 Sadly we had another medical emergency today, but it was just before all aboard instead of after we left as happened in Ft. Lauderdale. Today we met Captain O’Driscoll’s wife and 3-year-old little boy who joined him this week from Ireland. Such a lovely lady and adorable little boy.

Debbie we got our invitation about 5 hours after the fact (on both the 8th and again on the 22nd).

Medical emergency

And we are back in Fort Lauderdale because of a medical emergency. 😞

As Captain O’Driscoll promised today. 😁😁

We’re moving.

Captain announced a few minutes ago we’ll leave at 4. Waiting to wave from the 5th deck!

As in-transit passengers we are back onboard. Fairly fast process waiting for the ship to get down to 0. One big change, an announcement was made that the crew does not have to wear masks now. New cruise, new rules in effect.