dexddd

Can't recall MKing if you sailed Prima before or as I think one Prima cancel.

But what you describe is what we experienced on our TA and common theme. Beautiful ship, innovative additions, too small venues.  

The can't put my finger on is the vibe.  I'd say it was leadership related but there have been many turnovers yet seems same problems. Yet there seems to be absence of visible leaders on your trip.  Why?

Another foggy day, safe travels.

How about some pics of pool and race track and arcade being used by guests?

17 hours ago, Sugar Magnolia said:

I am not planning to bring any souvenirs back home as I would have to make the difficult decision whether I want to house non-essential objects or house myself, given the limited space in my abode.

 

However, I made an exception for one Canadian souvenir...

 

 

 

 

You could get some stroopwafels in Zeebrugge.

For us, posts 7&8.

Color has varied.

Still have Swift?

18 minutes ago, mking8288 said:

Getting a bit of foggy outside. 

 

Uber anyone - bargain fares 🤗😆🤫

 

 

I think all those cars showing on phone are really the track at Prima raceway.

15 hours ago, roddy good boy said:

Am I remembering this correctly? I recall when we first starting sailing in the Haven (2013 or so) Haven passengers didn’t have to pay gratuities on the beverage package or specialty restaurants. They also included 5 nights of specialty restaurants. For that reason, during that period we only ate in the Haven a few nights each cruise! 

Not to mention how reasonable the prices were then… 

That is correct about grats.

Need the extra power for Zebra.

Looks like docked at the downtown pier.

Will we get a picture of Base Station Zebra or too proprietary?

Keep the Flow away from Zebra.

Looks like Snoopy has the bev package, for his convenience, of course.

8 hours ago, mking8288 said:

Pixel connected to ship WiFi, Station Zebra in stealth mode, hotspot tethering w 1 additional device concurrently. 

 

 

Dialed remotely into home security camera monitoring system to check our indoor house plants, over streaming video feeds.

 

The grow light not on.  No grow.

14 hours ago, blaurie said:

Hi there! Long time reader first time poster. I'm on the sailing as well, as a sapphire latitudes rewards member. 

 

Boarding in New York yesterday was an absolute catastrophe. Lines outside of the terminal were roughly 2 hours long to get inside, asked if there was any benefit to being sapphire... Of course there wasn't! 

 

The ship is clearly full. Every venue is packed and trying to find a seat in any dining venue is met with extremely long lines. 

 

Have talked to cruisenext already about the priority seating for the MDR, they said we should be talking straight to the hostess when we arrive at the restaurant. We did that last night for dinner, and the hostess said basically.. good luck get to the back of the line. Talked to cruisenext again today about that situation and they gave us phone number for our concierge to assist and told us that in fact we should have been able to skip the line. We might not have been sat right away, but we should have been given a pager. 

 

Hoping tonight's dinner goes better!

Found the CN staff only interested in selling future cruise certs.

KSC is great if you have time.

Rental cars if busy day can be long waits.  At least before restart.

3 hours ago, JIMESOPUS said:

Good Morning Prima, current track slightly east of planned route ( whales ? ), steady pace at 21 knots. Halifax a balmy 39 degrees this morning, Viking Polaris passing by Port side.

@dexddd Enjoyed watching them assemble the gangway in Halifax under the careful eye of NCL and how the pieces didn't fit so they to modify that one piece

 

 

 

Yeah, it was like Jenga.  We only planned to walk around and go to Titanic Museum.  Even the bag pipers ran out of tunes and left as they added parts.

Ended up going to top Haven outside area to finally enjoy the area since most of the other days were shot.  Then lines for buses were long so we just hung out.  It was a very nice day.

Thoughts why used that dock while other area appeared to have room?  My Sail and Sustain would say cost but they had to have all those buses.  I haven't followed other Prima stops there. Let's see where they go this time.  It might be a ship config issue.

We missed a stop to Scotland late 2022 and got zero.

And peek what ahead.

Halifax coming over first TA.

Hope you get cruise dock not industrial dock.

3 hours ago, mking8288 said:

Car service is early, en route & passing LGA now 😎  traffic on the parkway - van is at no additional charge. 

 

 

Please share video of you in van with vest on.  Don't stop at any grocery stores, they'll think you placed meat in vest thus delaying embarkation.

4 hours ago, Fogfog said:

What was this in reference to?

She is an older ship and not our fav of the MSC fleet

The YC product is excellent, though we prefer other ships than Divinia. Some love her because she is small and an older style.

We did our first MSC YC for DD's high school grad trip.  Took their friends.  We had a great time.

Been on twice.  Then Mera like five times since restart.

Reference is we had running gag between us that every announcement started out with. ...'THE BEAUTIFUL MSC DIVINIA" like a wrestling intro.

We also met the great Arthur at dinner and while pondering menu he told everyone that app was going to be two lobsters per person and two lobsters for dinner.  All did that except I don't like lobster and did filets.

Sorry MKing for hijack.  Back to shoes.

5 hours ago, mking8288 said:

Coming toward & passing the Meatpacking District ... "The Vessel" ahead, starboard side. She is on the Hudson River now, another 30 minutes ... hopefully, docked and have the gangways set up for disembarkation.  

 

 

 

Ship livecam time is set to Iceland already ?

See the newest NCL Class out for test ride cloaked in wrap to disguise.

Also see on live time is 17:57.  Should you not be leaving soon?  At least drink tax should end soon.

5 hours ago, mking8288 said:

Coney Island out in Brooklyn - anyone out there watching the Prima ... used to be able to watch ships from Shore Road near the VZBridge.  Oh dear, looking more than 9:30 AM before she can dock - not pretty.  Folks, join us at the Hudson for dinner on the Hudson, we are definitely going to be there after 6 PM and not moving, "no way ... Jose" forgetaboutit.  

 

 

 

All my (ours) bags are packed and ready to go ... not leaving, on a jet plane 😀 - the fifth bag belongs to sister-in-law. 

That's quite generous of to allow niece to bring the Eddie Bauer bag.

Oh, and the actual name per the crew is 'THE BEAUTIFUL MSC DIVINIA.'

OP, if you think Haven will be Serenity Now or Purity of Essence, that is not always the case based on plenty of past experiences.

I haven't followed Epic much since really not interested, but I don't think they've ever stolen space for Epic Haven as it is already pretty big.

1 hour ago, mking8288 said:

Backup - final prep: iPhone and Android smartphone do run out of storage space, sooner or later, regardless - while backing up to sync to home server ... click thru a couple of old NCL cruise folders - time flies. 

 

Found old photos of Alvin Oliver, CD currently onboard the Prima ... he's been around.  He was conducting the Platinum behind-the-scene tour on the Breakaway 10 years ago (2014) and ran into him over the years, this was from a Halloween cruise on the BA in 2017.  He did a great & fun presentation on cruise ship operations with slide presentations, go see it if and when scheduled onboard ... 

 

 

This was the Cruise Critic Meet & Greet, held in La Cucina b/c we had expected a fairly large turnout.  Alvin is 2nd on the right (photo taken from iPhone 5S then ... kind of fuzzy) and he was a little "slimmer" in those days, wish I found a picture from 2014.  NCL featured him, among others, on social media during the pandemic shutdown.  

 

 

If only Apple had developed AirTags then, maybe ... it would've help tracked down someone's CPAP, apparently checked and gone missing - do not, don't and shall not check medications and medical devices needed.  Carry it and keep it with you, really.  

 

 

How and why would it be under the bed or inside the closet of a stateroom, unless the occupant place it there ... in other words, just return it and no questions asked.  

 

Doing a test to see how the Samsung SmartTag2 perform vs. Apple's AirTag, putting 1 of each in the checked spinner tomorrow and drop it off with the porter ... let the tracking begin.  

 

@Arzeena old friends popping up on this thread, isn't that cool - just skim thru the details, check out the pictures and that's plenty already ... something for almost everyone.  

Is that CC mg photo from 2014?  I know I stood next to you at the BA MG.  I didn't say anything though as I was unnerved by the electronic buzzing coming from your vest.

I don't normally comment on tip threads, but your service level will vary widely ship to ship, trip to trip, room to room.

You can easily do vouchers on the ship, just get the right names.

They've added 'reminder' letters in the rooms who should get tipped or who doesn't despite highest dsc among most lines.