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3 hours ago, texastennis said:

I have not sailed NCL in a long time, and did not know about purchasing a priority pass. How/where can I do this?  Thank you.

I believe that you can do this when it's time to check-in.  I'm not sure if it's a standard rate, but when I cjhecked-in this morning it was $199 per stateroom.

Question - are the OBCs that they are giving us in lieu of NCL refunding the port fee?  

19 minutes ago, Panhandle Couple said:

It took me 5 minutes to find this, which just MIGHT have an explanation.

 

https://bvinews.com/two-tourists-missing-in-the-bvi/

Summary:

Two men missing from the NCL Sky stop on 19 April.  No contact from them since they got off.

 

If NCL thinks there is not enough action to protect their passengers, they will skip the port until the locals make some changes, or add security.   The removed tourist spending should energize the location, or maybe not.

 

If you review this web site, you will also see stories about increased illegal immigration,  and increasing theft in businesses.  I wonder if all this is connected?

The comments on the article were crazy! 

21 minutes ago, shof515 said:

guest feedback means they want people to remain onboard the ship so they are gambling and drinking aka spending  money on the ship instead of on land 

We're on the cruise on the 19th and there's a slot tournament and masquerade ball that I was invited to by CAS.  They're giving us $100 in onboard credits (non-refundable) for the cancellation. The cancellation stinks.

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I called the Casino at Sea reservation number 877-742-9524 and spoke with a representative that told me that they have updated the awards and that Pearl ranked players will be receiving $75 in OBC.  Not budging on the free drinks in the casino though.

Thanks for the insight!  I have some research to do@

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Two years ago we took the ferry to Hamilton and did the free walking tour with the town crier.  Ed Christopher (the town crier) seems to know almost everyone in town and almost everything about the neighborhoods.  It's a lot of walking and the streets are not flat or even.

Last year my brother and I toured the Bermuda National Museum right in the dockyard.  Interesting stuff if you are a history buff.

(yes I did the cruise 2 years in a row! something about no flying to the port)

Unless you have OBC that you want to use up, no need to use NCL for the excursions.

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We're taking the Breakaway out of Miami in May and I am looking to book airfare from Boston - Miami roundtrip.  The itinerary has the ship at port at 7:00 AM.  My past two cruises were on the Pearl and they did a "virtual" customs/immigration check in on the ship so we could get off the ship, grab our luggage and head home. (The last stop on the cruise was Bar Harbor ME which may be why they do it that way.) Do they do that on the Breakaway?

I'm thinking of looking for the flight home to depart the airport around 12:30 and trying to figure out if I am giving us enough time to get off the ship and head to the airport for that time frame.

Thanks,

Flip

Yes, this is associated with a slot tournament.

Thanks for the information.  

Flip

We're thinking of taking a cruise on the Breakaway in May that offers a masquerade ball and wondering if anyone has been to the ball and how it was?  How dressed up do people get?  And do they serve food or is it just a cocktail party?

Thanks,

Flip

2 hours ago, JGmf said:

 

For me?  Never got these at check-in.  Multiple ships, multiple sailings through CAS: always in the room, in an envelope along with the letter that the OP was missing.

Hmm,  I could have sworn that my player's card was handed to me at check-in last year before boarding the Pearl

.  But, things were a little crazy leading up to the cruise.  So my memory could be off.

On 4/22/2023 at 10:00 AM, cruisebeachgirl703 said:

We were on 3/18/2023 sailing and never received our welcome letter, casino cards and drink cards. Told the host/s and still never came. Does anyone have the welcome letter from any of the March sailings. Interested in name of manager, shift supervisors, etc. that they can post? Thanks.

Were you cruising on a casino offer?  I've always received my players card and drink card when I checked in at the check-in desk when I checked in.  I never picked them up at the casino.

13 hours ago, Sea Monster 2 said:

I emailed to book it a couple of days ago, but haven’t heard anything back from them. Might have been too late— do you remember how long it took to get a confirmation?

I don't remember if we got a confirmation or not when we registered.  You probably can just show up.  I don't think that there was a maximum number for the tour.

We did it last June and loved it.  Some of the people in our tour were locals that were doing it again with friends that were visiting Bermuda.

On 3/15/2023 at 11:11 PM, Maplemoose said:

One thing we did in Bermuda was take the ferry to Hamilton and then join a free walking tour offered by the Town  Crier at City Hall at 10 a.m.it was about 2 hours and excellent, especially for the price! 🤣 You would have ro Google and see if it is still operating. We went pre-pandemic.

I did the walking tour last June and we loved it.  Ed Christopher, the town crier, seems to know everyone in Hamilton or is related to them.  we were able to tour the temporary Parliament hall while it was not in session.  We took the ferry from the dockyard to Hamilton and it was $9 roundtrip

I have sticky notes at my desk that I count down.  When it gets down to double digits it feels like the cruise will be here before you know it.

73 days.

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I get text messages all the time telling me that my Netflix or Amazon has been closed because of some excuse or another.  I don't have either and a simple review of their email address will show that's not coming from either company.  (for some reason these texts always seem to come from an email address and not a phone number.

I simple trick to see if the email address is legitimate is to hover your mouse over the email for a few seconds and it will show you the actual email address that it's sent from.  

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I think that you are misconstruing what BirdTravels posted.  The casino will open up at 9:00 PM until closing while docked in Bermuda.  I was on the Pearl last June and that was the case.  I usually left the casino around 2:00 AM so I can't say how late is closing.

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On 3/11/2023 at 2:06 PM, Uniqeni said:

Do the casinos have the box water free, or is it just filled from tap? I'm on a casino at sea cruise and was planning on going through the casino for my drinks. Also, not spending 175k to get it either 🙂

As far as I know, it's part of the beverage perk that CAS players get in the casino.

Where are people getting the insane notion that you have to spend $175K or $250K to reach Pearl status?  To reach Pearl status you need to cycle through $25,000.  The only way that you would actually spend that amount would mean that you lost every hand or spin of the slot machine.  

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1 hour ago, BostonGal35 said:

smaller ships:  Sprit, Sun, Sky, Jewel, Pearl, Star, Gem, Dawn, Jade

 

https://www.ncl.com/cruise-ship

My wife and I have only cruised on the Jewel, Dawn, Gem and the Pearl and have enjoyed every cruise.  We're booked on the Pearl again this June from Boston to Bermuda.  

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17 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

 

Casino guests get free water at the casino bar. Or you can qual at the Pearl level in the casino (spend $25,000 in the casino on your cruise). In the casino, you can qual for Ultra top shelf drinks by spending $175,000. 

You mean play through $25,000 and not spend $25K.  I'm Pearl and I did not spend anywhere close $25K in the casino.  However, I did play through 25K over the week in the casino.  If I spent 25K in the casino, my wife would divorce me.

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I wish that they enforced this on the Pearl last summer.  There were a bunch of kids running around the fitness center a few times when I went to workout.  Although they were with an adult, they were unsupervised.

While it's part of the buffet, we grabbed lunch at the Great Outdoors which wasn't as hectic as the main buffet and it was a nice day to be outside.

We took the ferry over to Hamilton on Monday and did the town crier walking tour of Hamilton.  It's about a 2 hour tour through the capital city and was free.  The ferry was $9 roundtrip per person as was not the NCL ferry. 

Flip

We're on the June 2nd cruise and hoping there are different performers for the Legends show for this cruise.  

@styles27Can you post after your cruise if it was a different cast?

Thanks,

Flip

1 hour ago, vacation44 said:

Thank you.

 

This information is good to know for us as we have an extended family cruise booked in June 2024 which includes a current boyfriend and current girlfriend of two young adults in our party.      

My son's girlfriend broke up with him about a month before our cruise and she was the one that booked their room.  Fortunately she was very good about letting us find someone to take her place and just asked for part of the money that she had paid.  My son's cousin got a really good deal for a cruise from Boston to Bermuda.  The hardest part of swapping the reservation was contacting her agent, but we were able to get it changed and there was no charge.

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