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Thank you Keith - that was helpful. We are arriving early in Marseille and were just hoping to be able to drop off our luggage before we went exploring. It seems like that may be a possibility.

Thanks again!

Anyone? Bueller?

Would love to hear from someone recently off of the Epic......

Hi! We will be sailing in the Epic on July 16th, picking her up in Marseilles. My question is, if the ship will be in port in the morning, will we be able to board or do we wait until the afternoon like a 'normal' cruise.

Also, what do you think the chances of getting Posh passes?

Thanks in advance ;)

In TheDougOut's live review, it seemed like the Skyline Bar off of the casino was always hopping late night. It's probably as club as we are going to get :).

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Thanks for the review. We are sailing in a few weeks in room 18710. a little bummed about the noise :(.

how was the concierge? Didi you see him at all?

Hi!

I was looking for similar info. We are on the same cruise and in the Haven as well.

Nice to 'meet' you :)

Catherine, Bob, Ian (14) and Cooper (10)

Sorry if I missed it but would love to know which concierge is on the Escape.

Thanks!

My cruise is 3 weeks away and for the first time I have no idea what excursions to book. This will be the third time with this itinerary. I don't find any of the excursions that appealing. For St Maarten, I have been to Maho Beach, done a full island tour, and did helmet diving. I am not crazy about St Thomas and always go to St John. But the St John beach break is not showing up on the NCL site. They did away with this excursion? NCL got rid of the St Maarten coastal hike a few years ago. Maybe its because I live near one of the best beaches but none of the excursions excite me.

Also, I have been reading that Orient Beach was hit by a hurricane last year and has not been fully repaired and is sort of run down. I also read Megans Bay in St Thomas is not looking so great either. Its a shame they take the cruise ship business for granted and don't clean up the beaches. Here in Miami Beach, they rake the beach every morning to keep it looking pristine.

Any suggestions would be most welcome :)

Hi David,

We are excited to be on the same cruise :). I was uninspired by NCL's options as well. In St. Martin you can take a ferry, paddleboard or kayak to Pinel island. It looks small and lovely - beach, restaurant, snorkel. It is an easy 20 minute paddle or quick ferry. St. Thomas has a water taxi to Water Island. They have a beach, bar, amenities and you can rent golf carts to tour around.

Nassau is unappealing at this point. We are open for suggestions as well.

Less than 3 weeks 😄

Last year we booked a Haven 2 bedroom that had gone down $1000 after final payment. Understanding that NCL had no obligation to compensate us, I asked nicely if there was anything that they could do. We were given $500 OBC which will keep us happy smiley NCL customers.

It never hurts to ask.

Paddleboards are $35 and do not need reservations.

Thank you all for the help! Yes, tickets are airplane tickets. I will try the NCL route - great idea CMDChief.

The thing that makes me nuts is that it isn't full. There are three 2 bedrooms still open among many other cabins.

Hi all and thanks in advance. We (4 of us) are sailing in the Getaway in February in the Haven 2 bedroom suite. My mother is able to join us so I tried to add her via our guy at Casino at Sea. Our room's capacity is 5 (maybe 6). He informed us that the coast guard puts a cap on the amount of people that can be on the boat due to lifeboats and we can't add her.

Ever run into this? We need her to be able to access the Haven (so she can hang with the kids) so an inside isn't going to work - and is super expensive compared to an add on.

Help! She has her tickets and we were all excited to have her join us.

Catherine

Yes - the prices are nuts. We are looking at a $3000 differnce from last year's Haven Suite.

It makes me nuts!

Our cruise had gone down substantially ($1500) so I called Casino at Sea (we booked through them) to see if they could do anything. They offered $500 OBC (which was awesome and appreciated).

My question is to those of you that have had OBC offered - where does it show up ? I understand that it is not given through NCL so it won't be in my cruise docs. At this point I have nothing on paper and while I am a trusting soul we would be disappointed if we get on the boat and it wasn't there.

I have a vm into CAS which is currently unreturned.

Anyone NOT receive promised OBC?

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We booked through CAS as well and noticed a $1000 price drop.

I put on my sweet voice and asked nicely and was given $500 OBC. A little sugar goes a long way.

Give them a call:)

I booked directly with CAS and was given a PCC. He originally found $150 in OBC - not sure how and that was the first time that it had happened. I had his extension so was able to contact him directly. I hope that clears it up.

As in most situations I would go with sweet. I was somewhat 'bewildered' that the price had dropped so dramatically and wondered if there was anything they could do. I was sweet, they were sweet and now we have fun money :). Good luck!

Thank you for the replies. I just got off the phone and was given $500 OBC. Always good to ask :).

I will preface the by saying at I have done my research on this. I have not been able to get a clear answer on how they are now handling this.

We booked with CAS in December and were given a 20% discount off of the going rate. I visited NCL.com last night to see how our cruise was selling and was shocked to see that the prices had dropped substantially. If we booked today we would have saved $1200. (Note to anyone considering a suite in the Epic in Feb - now is the time).

We are a family in a 2 bedroom so there is no chance of an upgrade. Do we have a shot at any OBC and if so what would be the best way to go about it?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks - and unfortunately those are the only AC's left. I booked the 8th floor - can't wait!

I finally convinced my husband to book an Eastern Caribbean in February:). We travel with our two children so we are booking an AC.

Which would you choose....8077 with the showroom beneath or 0265 with the Great Outdoors above?

Thanks in advance!