bedfordmom

How does cruise insurance factor into booking far in advance. If you cancel don’t you lose your insurance?

On our last transatlantic we took three noon ship and two ship excursions. The only reason we took the ship ones was to use up OBC. One ship excursion was horrible as the guide barely spoke English. The other tour was Ok but did not compare to the three non ship ones. — Overlord (La Have) Hercules ( La Coruna) and. Ferreira ( Azores) all were excellent..

For those in steerage - in the buffet crackers may be at the soup section. If not ask at the counter. In the dining room ask for crackers with the cheese plate they may just bring individually packaged saltines but it’s better than nothing. They don’t automatically bring crackers.

On our recent TA Getaway thought the once a day housekeeper went great with our amazing steward. This was in contrast to the 2/26/23 Getaway where it was a disastrous transition to go once a day where our sheets were never changed in 12 days or room vacuumed from the Caribbean sand. Perhaps I set my bar low after the first cruise. We gladly and generously tipped our steward this time whereas the first one in Feb was left with his hand out receiving zero.

At least you received yours the first day. (Almost Sapphire) they forgot our strawberries. After being the run around between housekeeping and Cruise Next had to contact the latter late the second day after a long port day. Then two plates of small strawberries arrived day 3 or 4 in separate deliveries. Not sure it was overcompensation or related to. Club balcony.

Thank you for letting us hitch a ride on the Prima. Hope all is well at home. Looking forward to your next semi live.

No basket?

I am a smoked salmon lover so my breakfast is only two of those bagels. If I want the special I will ask for one smoked salmon and another order without the bagel to ensure my daily salmon consumption. It was a sad day for me when they removed it from the buffet. It is available on the Haven breakfast buffet. Also Royal Caribbean had it in the buffet as recently as last November along with mini avocado toast.

Go get your $10 as they are making it difficult which ensures an additional 30K ( 3000x10) for their coffers. When we missed DR it eventually showed up on account, I heard they make you return upon debarkation to the desk for cash credit

So sorry for the Bermuda miss. Did they give you the paid movies for free? My biggest complaint is that there is no schedule of free movies and the lack of movies in the theater on sea days. Also are you going home between cruises to pick up warm weather clothes?

Never understood the lack of gift shop items fleet wide. Wouldn’t you think NCL would make a killing if they had decent items for sale?

Wonder it’s about cost cutting as well. Remember the days where we could order whatever so a bunch of sides with main and that was it. At the beginning it was truly unlimited dining where we could eat each night at a specialty .no extra taxes even on the drink package that lasted about six months in 2016 perhaps earlier. Oh I wish for those days back.

Didn’t you used to enjoy breakfast at O Sheehan. ( aka The Local) Have you eaten there this trip?

Interesting about Cagneys in February the platinum voucher got us 1 app OR salad 1 main and 2 sides and 1 desert. This time we got 1 app 1 salad 1 main 2 sides and 1 desert for platinum We were so surprised not sure which salad or soup to get. It was same for FAS.

Thanks much appreciated l. We missed it last month but will be sure to visit it if open next time.

Do you remember the name of that store?

Our reservations were always honored for the main dining rooms on my recent Getaway cruise. Once they didn't think we had a reservation they said 30 minutes until they realized we had the reservation. If you want to eat early and don't have reservation show up at the opening of your preferred restaurant and you will most likely be seated immediately. I think as the night goes on until about 7:30 they get backed up if you don't have a reservation which they will hold for 15 minutes only.

Oh my, he joked eight months ago how he had gained some girth. He must really like the food.

Is that the same Alvin from the Getaway. Wondered what happened to him as Paquito was The CD on that ship last month.

Two orders lol

Had two comedians on the Getaway TA. They weren't bad but repeated their shows word for word. They had the three main shows Broadway Unplugged; MIllion Dollar Quartet and Burn the Floor. They had some great juggles, magicians etc. Some of the repeat shows were new while others were an exact repeat. Overall except for 1-2 nights of the 13 night cruise we found at least one if not more shows that we enjoyed.

Bon Voyage. Looking forward to dinner. FYI on my recent Getaway, TA I never received my chocolate covered strawberries. By the time I was able to notify Cruise Next of the oversight it was third day and guess what I ended up receiving two within a couple of hours (unless one was for the club balcony)

The best thing about Went to East TA To NYC is if you live near by you don’t have to worry about luggage weight restrictions

Do you have enough time to see Monserrat? Remember taking a train from Barcelona to this magical place

Looking good. Curious does your hotel offer breakfast for a fee? More times than not it is a lot less to go outside the hotel but sometimes I like the convenience of eating at the hotel.