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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.

Let's start at the very beginning, We were booked early on and were able to take advantage of the double your money offer. This allowed us to upgrade to the gorgeous suite and have about $1200.00 left over for spending money on the ship. We were able to book all of dinner ressies in advance which was really nice. We didn't book any excursions because our goal was to try out the ship and all that it had to offer. We received an email about a week before hand about transportation to the ship. I completed the form with our hotel information and requested that we be picked up with as little wait time at the port as possible. Our pickup was confirmed for noon on the 15th. The morning of our departure, we were moving kind of slow and the driver called at 11:15 am to say he was at the hotel. He was perfectly understanding that we would be down closer to noon in that we simply were ready. I also didn't want to get to the port any earlier. The ride there was a nice black suburban. Once we arrived at the port, we were driven to a separate entrance of rockstars. There were maybe 3 other couples checking in and at least 5 or 6 staff there to check folks in as they arrived. The process at best was maybe five minutes and we were good to go upstairs to the lobby. Once there, they had some packaged snacks, chips and granola type bars and boxed water. Because we had completed our COVID test before our flight, we were allowed to grab snacks and move ahead to the rockstar waiting area. This area had floor to ceiling glass with excellent views of the ship. As soon as you get to this area, it is close enough that you are able to log onto the ships wifi. This is key since once you do that, you can book your shows. It really shouldn't be a problem with Mega Rockstars but I just wanted the peace of mind of having my shows booked. You also can book the spa and exercise classes at this time. Having all my shows booked and a couples massage booked, I was ready to get on board. We maybe waited for 45 minutes and with no ceremony at all, we were able to board. I mean I didn't need trumpets sounding but they just moved the velvet rope and said nothing. At this point, the direction really could have been better. The rockstars are supposed to go the Manor for free Champagne and to fix or make ressies. The Megas are suppose to go directly to their room where the roadie is waiting to meet you and assist you. No one told us that so we were roped into the manor and seated. Once someone came over and asked our room number, they said we were not supposed to be there and to head to our stateroom to meet our roadie. So with a glass of champagne in hand, we headed to our gorgeous room. The room is amazing. There is so much space. Some of the highlights are the peek-a-boo shower. They do offer to cover it up if it is not your thing. The shower itself is huge and I love having a bench in there. The bar setup to include the glasses, cutting board and shakers are really nice. The balcony is huge and has an outdoor shower! The turntable was so much fun and we used it every day as we were getting ready. Storage was not a problem at all and there was space under the bed for both large suitcases and one small one. David our roadie introduced himself and went over some general information. I let him know that we had some conflicts with dinner and shows and he said he would fix all of them so that we could make it to both. He went over our preference for drinks and wine. I drink mostly white wine and hubby likes titos and soda, with whiskey in the evening. We met both of our room stewards because of course we would need two. They indicated they would come twice a day or to let them know if we needed anything more. David suggested we grab lunch at the dock house. This is a gorgeous area with Mediterranean type food. The shrimp with the yogurt type dip were great. By the time we finished lunch, David had put a bottle of Buffalo Trace in the room for hubby and a second bottle of Chardonnay for me. With wine in hand, we explored the ship. There are so many great areas to chat, read a book, meet new people. I think Virgin did a great job with the layout and it really encourages just small gatherings here and there. I had seen on-line that one of the bars had cakebread by the glass so we found Sip! This ended up being our favorite bar to swing by and grab a drink before dinner or after a show. It's in an area where people are walking thru to get places so we were always sure to see new friends. The bartender there was Eugene and he is a great bartender and just a great guy to keep you laughing. Didn't hurt that he was cute either!! Sip also has a caviar menu and it is where the tea is hosted. Before we knew it, it was time for dinner. Staying in a Mega, you can call your Roadie and they will press your clothes for you each night. This was one of my favorite things about being in a Mega. We had booked Wake because I wanted to good view of Miami as we pulled away. I highly recommend this. The views of the Miami skyline from the windows in Wake are breathtaking. We were lucky enough to be seated by the window in the middle, which is the prime real estate table in Wake. They first bring you out a tin of rolls with sea salt sprinkles on top and some her butter. The rolls are fresh out and nice and warm. The clam chowder is delicious with small bits of yukon gold potatoes and bacon. I probably embarrassed myself by taking the rolls to sop up every bit of goodness but then I noticed the table over had picked up their bowls to make sure they had emptied them. Hubby and I split the wedge salad, which was good, I like a little more blue cheese but that's just me. The filet was great with the bone marrow bearnaise and don't miss the twice baked potato with caramelized onions, which had such thin little layers and was wonderful. The star of the show was the New Zealand Lamb chops. They were cooked perfectly and had great flavor. I added the tarragon salsa verde and this was by far my favorite meal of the cruise. We never skip dessert but I was afraid we would miss the show so off we went. Dang, I wish I would have stayed for the dessert instead of trying to make all of the Untitled Dance Show Party. So we are a gay couple between the ages of 40 and 50. We love to cruise and have done Disney, Royal, Carnival and Celebrity with most of our cruises being Disney and Celebrity. We just didn't care for the Untitled Dance Show Party and we could have come in late, after my dessert and not missed a thing. They clear out all of the seating and the stage actually moves around during the show. There are some dancers who direct traffic while the stage is moving so that you don't get plowed over by the stage but pay attention if you go to move from one area to another. The dancers are all in lose fitting neon track suits and they all are very talented. There is a strange cat on the screen that periodically speaks although I couldn't tell you what about. At one part, the singer the unicorn came out and sang a mash up of songs starting with the theme from Titanic. She has a great voice and we enjoyed hearing her sing numerous times during the cruise. At this point it was almost time for the PJ party, we ran upstairs and our PJs had been pressed and were laid out on the bed for us. The PJ party was an absolute blast. There were all different types of PJs and nothing to scandalous. Virgin encourages the staff to party with the guest and it seems like they had all shown up for the PJ party. There was a live DJ and also some pop up entertainment with some Hype staff to just keep the energy going. Megas have unlimited drinks and I had read that includes grabbing drinks for your friends. At this point, we had a group we were hanging out with and dancing so I decided to test the theory and ordered drinks for everyone. No issues at all, he scanned my band and we all continued to drink. It was getting close to 2:00 am and I thought the boat was rocking but realized it was the rounds of shots that we had. I announced that it was Pizza time and off we all went. The pizza is made to order and is really good pizza. I tried it when I had not been drinking just to make sure but seriously it's good Pizza. There is a great outdoor seating area at the pizza joint to eat your pizza and just feel the ocean breeze. And with that, it was time for bed. We had extra water in our room which came in handy. Wow, I didn't mean this to be such a long review and this is only day one.........