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Was there a special line or reserved seats for Rockstars?

We really enjoyed it. Our agent booked our time and escorted us there. After about an hour, we had made friends and wanted some champagne. We messaged our agent, and he brought us a couple of bottles and glasses to use in the pools. It was such a perfect day that we did it again two days later.

Yes, we have one booked for October 1st when we get off the prima. Ours also goes by Windsor Castle.

Loving your review!! It's getting me excited for our September 17th Prima cruise. And I will have to order a muddled strawberry jalapeño margarita.

Wow, Love the pictures of Alesund

Following along. We are on the Prima September 17th for Iceland and Norway! Can't wait to read all about your trip!!!!

We are looking to upgrade and have a budget in mind. Has anyone ever called NCL and just said "I can pay this?"

We sail in 94 days on a 14 day Iceland cruise. There are still 48 Haven rooms available. I feel like that is really high. We've bid on 5 different Haven rooms. Fingers crossed.

I called to do this on my booking and they said I would have to cancel, take the penalty for being under 120 days and then rebook. Did the NCL rep not know what they were talking about?

We purchased the pre-cruise Effy jewelry offer. It was a $3,000.00 credit. We didn't find anything onboard to purchase so we went to guest services on about day 10 of a 14 day cruise. Guest services said they would take care of the credit. No credit was given by the end of the cruise. We are now at 7 weeks since we've been back. I've called at least 5 times with lengthy hold times. The first couple of times I was told it takes at least 15 days to process. Today I was told it takes 45 days. I then reminded them that I was at least at 49 days. We are big celebrity fans but this has taken way too long for a simple credit back to the card.

It was pretty rough and for an extended period of time. We've done 40+ cruises and don't really get seasick but I was kind of nauseous and had a mild headache. Packing was fun with the way the ship was moving. It's almost 11 am and we are finally making our way into the port.

The only bar tab limit I found was on the bottles of wine. We nightly would order rounds of shots or drinks for those with us and never had any issue at all. It really was nice to "pick up the tab" for our friends. We loved having our clothes sent out nightly to be pressed. We also sent out the majority of our clothes to the laundry in that we were getting off the ship and heading to a conference in New Orleans. Everything came back all fresh and cleaned and ready for our trip.

Not yet, we have a 12 day New Zealand with Celebrity in October and a 14 day Antarctica in February and then a 14 day Iceland with Norwegian in September 23. I really like the product but we are just slammed because of the whole covid backup of cruises.

Sorry for the delay but someone had to go back to work this week!! So we woke up and were pulling into the port Puerto Plata. The views were amazing from the balcony so we asked David to bring us our mochas and we hung out on the balcony to watch the ship dock. I really wanted as much time as possible on the boat so I had not booked any excursions. The port itself is fairly new and they are really working hard to build it up with shops. There also is a great pool/beach club right as you walk off the dock. It's all free of course except food and drinks but no admission to use the pool or set up on the beach. It's not really a beach but still nice lounge chairs and beautiful views. The shops were great with all kind of traditional type souvenirs, diamonds international, alcohol, and clothes. We found some great bathing suits at a good price and t-shirts for the godsons back home. We walked down to the taxi stand and were going to go into town but the taxi drivers were very aggressive and I just didn't feel up to it. We heard later that you really need to be careful as far as someone walking with you and next thing you know, they think they are your tour guide and start demanding money and causing quite the scene. There are armed guards everywhere. We were told they come out for the cruise ships. This could make you feel more comfortable or less. We were also told to stay only on the main streets no side streets. At this point, I wanted lunch and so we headed back to the Lady. We went to the galley and went to the panini station. These were amazing. I grabbed the shrimp salad panini and hubby grabbed the turkey and swiss. These really are not to be missed. We decided to hit the pool. I really liked the big lounge beds that surround the pool. They are so comfortable and just so easy to slide off into the water when it gets too hot. On this day, I discovered the Ketel One Vodka Spritz. I'm always looking for some low carb drink and these are perfect. They have the cucumber and mint, the peach and the grapefruit. They are the perfect drink by the pool, refreshing and clean. They also have the corresponding vodka if you want an extra shot added to the spritzer. I enjoyed these so much and mentioned it to David, so he added them to the fridge so we could enjoy them on the balcony. We headed to get ready for dinner and had David grab our clothes to press them for the night. We had met a bunch of people by the pool and asked David if we could add them for our dinner reservation at Extra Virgin. He said of course and took our table of two to a table of eight. Love being a rockstar. As I mentioned, I had been without pasta leading up to this cruise, so it was on for this dinner. The waiter suggested ordering a serving or two of each pasta for the table. What, did you really just suggest that I order all the Pastas!!! Please make sure that you do this. The Pasta's are really not to be missed and you should at least sample each one. The carbonara and the gnocchi were the highlights for me! We also grabbed some of the brussel sprouts just to add a veggie and they were quite tasty. I really would skip the mains for the meal. I ordered the sea bass and it was good but I wish I would have just had more of the pasta!! Also remember as a mega, you can order wine by the bottle up to to like $90.00. We ordered a couple of bottles for the table so that everyone could enjoy. Nothing like good pasta and Italian wine! We had plans to go to Duel Reality! This was probably my favorite show on the cruise. It's supposed to be Romeo and Juliet as a Cirque du soleil format. I really enjoyed it! Just the sheer athleticism of the performers was amazing. Keep in mind it's a Cirque show so it's a lose interpretation of Romeo and Juliet but really just amazing. This is one of those shows that you don't want to be front row and break you neck looking up the entire show, so come a little later or just try to get seated up on the top rows. Another shameless plug for Sip bar and Eugene, I loved after the show running and grabbing either an espresso martini or a chocolate martini. This was always the jolt that I need to get me going again. We then headed to the manor where the hype crew was there to get everyone on the dance floor. Some of the Hype guys proceed to take their shirts off and bump and grind! We danced for a good hour and the DJ was really good about judging the crowd and playing music that those of us in our 40's and 50's and up would know. If you have been following so far, you probably know what time it is!!!!! Pizza!!!! We all cha-cha our way off the dance floor and head to get Pizza before bedtime.

We really liked it. It was nice to have the hot tubs up there. I really wish they would have added a pool. The bar was great and never busy! We were told to be up at Richards around 6:00 pm for free champagne and the sail away. For what ever reason, we did not leave out on time and we had to head to get ready for dinner at Wake.