CruisinKikster

I cruised POA in September. I also didn't use NCL's wifi much, but I also didn't have much connection once we left port (maybe around half hour out is when I lost it). I had 150 included minutes, and I used maybe an hour of that, mostly on the last day. It's a port intensive itinerary, so I just used my phone's signal when we were in port. And then I was exhausted from a day of sightseeing so I didn't stay up too much past dinner. If you are working and need more internet than that, you may want a better package. As for the excursions, I'd just book it under the name of the person who gets the $$ off. The excursion we took did not look at names ever. They just collected tickets and counted heads.

We also did the alcoves on the Reflection during Thanksgiving last year. I don't recall if it was a sea day or a port day, but I seem to recall that we were next to a Carnival ship so it was probably a port day. I don't recall it being super noisy until later in the day, when there was a football game on. I think the noise from Carnival (Mardi Gras, I believe) was worse than on our ship. But really, it was still super chill, and we liked it. I would absolutely book the alcoves again on the Reflection.