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Thanks! I know there are numerous reasons that people might vomit, including drinking excessively, food poisoning, morning sickness, etc. I’m just wondering if I’ve had noro before or not. I’m 41 and I’ve had plenty of stomach viruses in my life including ones that I caught from my own children, just that I usually didn’t throw up from them. Even some of the ones I’ve caught from my children, they threw up but I didn’t.

 

Is it possible to have noro and not throw up from it and have all of the other symptoms?

I think it is possible. I had the dry heaves; there was nothing to throw up.

This topic was mentioned last week by my cruise companions on Explorer so I snapped a shot of one of the cabin doors in my hallway. Never got a glimpse of who lived there [emoji39]

 

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Of course you didn't catch a glimpse...they were too "busy!"

Thanks talking about St. Johns, Virgin Islands.

It's called St. John. No "s" on the end.

Words seem so inadequate at a time like this. The obituary is wonderfully written, and a true tribute to one of Brooklyn's best assets. And you, lucky man, got to call her your wife! May you find comfort and peace in the days to come.:halo:

I've been on Anthem of the Seas, as well as Oasis and Allure. Anthem was neat in a new age, "techie" kind of way. It's hard to describe. The promenade isn't very big like it is on most other ships. We did enjoy the bumper cars and iFly, so it wasn't a miserable cruise.

But my family and I love the way that Oasis is laid out. So much room, so much to do, it has a great vibe. You don't know you are with 6000 other passengers until you disembark. Each of the neighborhoods brings something different to the cruise experience.

:eek::eek::eek: That's quite a story! Thanks for sharing. :eek::eek::eek:

It's our anniversary month!

It was a great cruise! One of the best I've ever taken, and this was my first sail with Norwegian. I am enjoying your take on things :cool::cool:

We are sailing on the Dawn this Friday. We're in an oceanview, hoping for a balcony. Our bid was made just after we received the first email. Our bid landed in the middle of the fair range. No response yet.

A few others on the same cruise received a response weeks ago! I just don't get it!

Love this review. First clicked on it because I, too, am frugal. And it's not easy to travel and be frugal. A bonus was that you are on the Anthem, which we sailed last year. Finally, we're cruising to Bermuda this week, and I figured maybe you might have a tip or two for us before we leave. Thanks for taking the time to post and add pics, too! You and your wife are adorable!

Thank you SO much for your well-timed review. We are Diamond on RC, and are trying Norwegian for the first time in less than a month. I will have to report back and let you know how our experience compares. We are on the Dawn out of Boston, 7 night Bermuda.

The one neat thing that Norwegian does is offering an optional bidding process if you want to try and upgrade your cabin. I wonder when Royal will catch on to it? They could really raise some revenues.

Thanks for the heads up. We will be on high alert next month! :cool::cool:

Bermuda on Dawn, September 7-14

Hey, we are, too!!!!!

well certainly not in the past few weeks, but in the past few months. As for being great, so/so or not so good, I haven't been as impressed with a cruise as I was with the Dawn in years. We love the size of the ship: we loved the entertainment, even found a go to bar, which is not us and we had the best service we have had in God only knows how long. We had servers come up to us and tell us they remembered us from such and such a cruise a year ago. We had one gal remember us, by name, from our first day on the ship when we ate lunch in O'Sheehans. We felt like we were royalty.

 

We found everything about her an improvement over our first sailing on her about 4 or 5 years ago. We now have our Feb 10 day cruise booked on her.

 

I see someone made a comment about their roll call: It seems roll calls are just not going as well as they did in the past. We have noticed a slow down in the past few cruises and for certain, the Dawn was the worst we have seen, but this is another topic altogether.

You give me so much hope! Thanks for your positive post. We are trying Norwegian next month for the very first time. Although I do not expect to be treated like royalty, just having great service and finding a go-to bar for the first time would make my heart so very happy! :cool:

Our group of 21 was broken down to one table of 14 and one table of 7. So yes, I believe you would be able to get a table for 14. Just let them know in advance of the first night that you are all together. You can all go together the afternoon of embarkation and let them know, if you aren't able to link the reservations in advance.

I think the reason we became cruise addicts is because of Adventure Ocean! Especially for the 12 and under range, the kids just love to attend. The teen clubs are a bit different, and I've had mixed reviews depending upon the sailing.

Good luck...I will remember the cruise ship name "DAWN"....AND I WILL BE STAYING AWAY ...

More room for me! :cool:

We booked onboard the Oasis in March, and regret it. I don't like this refundable vs. non refundable crap. So much had changed since we booked onboard the Anthem in March 2017.

So...I'm really confused. I was on the Anthem a few years back...and we had to reserve for the different places...do they have a Dining room now?

Yes, they have a main dining room now.

I think it was our very first cruise, on the Sovereign of the Seas. I thought I'd be cool and test my language skills to tell our suite's room stewardess what a great job she did and thank you for making our bed. I apparently told her we wanted to take her to bed, which led to a really awkward conversation with the Hotel Director and a security guard and trying to explain it was a misunderstanding and that we were both gay. That led to the security guard asking us, numerous times, "then why did you ask this nice lady to go to bed with you!"

 

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-germ

Hilarious! :D

Why not 7 days? I know it's hard to get away sometimes, but wouldn't a longer cruise solve everything?? :cool:

I read elsewhere on Cruise Critic that everyone was given $30 OBC. Or maybe it was $30 per cabin?

I was told this is called "sea legs." I had it bad after my first cruise - it actually turned me off to cruising for a while. And it lasted for several weeks. Since that first time, I haven't noticed it so much, maybe sometimes in confined spaces shortly after a cruise, like when I am in the shower.

Your post is bringing back "sticker shock" - which is what we experienced when we first traveled as a family on a cruise way back in 2008. I was as shocked as you were regarding the pricing, because in many areas of life, the cost for kids is less than the cost for adults. But we got used to the pricing fairly quickly, and haven't looked back since. Until now...

Sure, kids make messes. But I don't think they make double the work. Look at it this way, as a cabin steward, if you are assigned 10 rooms and each has a family of four in it, you would make DOUBLE the tips that another cabin steward would make if all of his 10 cabins only had couples in it. Yes, there are extra towels to hang, and an extra bed to make up and tear down. However, the square footage of carpet to vacuum is the same. I can't imagine it would take you twice the amount of time to clean up the cabin's bathroom? Am I missing something?

I'm glad to hear that this story has a happy ending!