EllieinNJ

Glad you made Bermuda. If we get luke warm food we just ask the waiter to reheat it. Takes about 5-10 minutes and comes back just right. That's why we do all our meals in the MDR except maybe one breakfast in the buffet just for a change and the specialty dinners.

I called my TA to charge the $700 with Amex. The charge appeared in two days but the credit did not. After 6 days I chatted with an Amex agent who stated it took 7 to 10 days. The next day the credit was there. Now I have the same promotion on my husband's card. I will wait until the statement cut off next week and call again.

So did you get to Bermuda? We didn't on the Getaway last Feb. They gave us $250 OBC so with the original OBC we had used it to order lobster in all the dinner venues each night along with the regular meals. We also were going to swear off NCL but we still had one 'CN and 10 percent off so we booked the Prima for December. If we dislike it it will be the end for us with NCL.

Great report. Will be on the Prima out of NY in December 2024.

Please some advice. I mentioned before that I couldn't find it on the new app so we called and they said I could get the discounted price of $7.50 per day, took my cc# and it now appears paid on my personalizer and pending on my cc. But I'm only Ruby. Looking back on some of these posts I saw you could get it on the old app so I looked and it was there at the regular price of $14.99 day. Should I purchase it again and if they don't find the error can cancel the regular price before the November 2024 cruise?

We had to call too. They charged us $7.50 a day but we are only ruby and will turn platinum after our cruise in November 2024. Is this right? Would hate for it to be a mistake and then have to pay the increased price.

Started to read your report here because it looks like you gave up posting on the NCL forum. We did this same cruise last Halloween except we had to skip Ocean Key and Nassau because of weather.

Why can't NCL put the Rumors show in the main theater for at least one night? I know the atmosphere wouldn't be the same as Syds but it would allow many of us who cannot stand in line to see it.. They did it with the Beatles shows on the Joy last year for those who could not get into the Cavern Club.

Final payment has to be paid 90 days before the cruise. If the TA used someone else's credit card wouldn't they have seen it on their bank statement before the cruise and contested it right away?

What I don't understand is that if the OP cruised then Carnival was originally paid. What reason would a bank agree to credit a charge back after a cruise was already taken? And Carnival could have contested the charge back at that time and probably have won. We tried to do a charge back for an excursion we took that turned out to be horrible and nothing like what it was described as. We first tried to talk to the vendor and he wouldn't budge an inch. So after we did the charge back the vendor contested it, saying we did take the excursion so the bank refused us.

We booked cabin #11809 which is the same type of sideways cabin. There is also a video on you tube by Sharon at Sea with a tour of this exact cabin. I messaged her to ask her if this cabin was noisy and how roomy and she answered me saying she heard no noise from the elevators and it felt roomier than the standard insides.

Thanks everyone for your quick responses. I went back on line and readded the gift certificates. It now said I have a 0 balance but I just noticed I did not press the submit button. Now it says my balance is paid in full. Again am deeply thankful to you all

I've always used a travel agent to pay off my final balance but I have two cruises where I did not use the travel agent and booked on my own. Today I paid off one of the cruises with gift cards. In fact it was $13 more than the balance. I took a screen shot of my planner accepting the gift cards but there was no confirmation nor an email confirmation. I refreshed my browser and it still said I owed the balance which I just paid. Does it take awhile to record these payments and will I get a final bill saying the cruise is paid in full and will I get credited back the $13 to a gift card?

We did the 11 day Miraviglia in October and it was okay. Couldn't beat the price at $700pp for a balcony. Some of the food was good and some tasteless. We didn't like set time dining but it worked out. We thought the production shows were some of the best we've seen at sea. The fly in entertainers were meh. MSC prices have gone up a lot now but if we see a sailing with a good price and itinerary we would book one again

I know I mentioned previously that I don't like to fly to a port but we have a B2B cruise out of California in April so I'd been checking flights since last July. According to Mr. Google the cheapest time to book would be at the end of December so from the middle to the last of December I checked prices every day and they stayed the same. On January 1st I gave up and started to book the airfare when I got home from work around 4pm. I wanted the 12:30 pm flight that would bring me to Cali around 2:30pm. Just when I got to the end of adding all my details a notice came up that there was a change in price and now that time slot would be $60pp more. I was dumbstruck and outraged and wanted to kick myself for not booking the day before. Now the only time that didn't go up was the 6:30pm flight that arrived at 9:30pm so I booked it, thinking maybe the prices would readjust in 24 hours. No way. The next day the 12:30 price increased another $30pp so I wound up staying with what I booked. Lesson learned to book when you are comfortable with a price.

Looking forward to your report. We will be on her when she is in NJ next February. We were on her sister ship Anthem once and enjoyed her very much. Not having to fly to a cruise port is a major + and like you entertainment and experience comes first before relaxing.

Why did you change from ATD? Couldn't you have requested a table for the earliest time when they opened on the app?

So enjoying your report. We will be on the Panorama in April in conjunction with the Radiance right before.

I have the 20,000 fun points that I want to use for final payment of 2 cruises. Is it best to convert these to two $100 gift cards? Then on one cruise the balance will be $13.28 and the other balance will be $36.28 left on both cards. Can I then bring these cards with me on the cruises and get OBC for these balances? I would have used it as statement credits but I had already purchased gift cards from AARP to use for these cruises. I spoke with an agent about this but really couldn't understand her accent. Then she told me it was better to pay by phone than by the website. Is this true? I usually have my travel agent pay but this time I booked direct. Thanks for any info.

On our Feb. 2019 Sun cruise to SA the Super Bowl was shown on a big screen in the theater.

Following. Will be on her next February when she is here in NJ.

I think he means he paid the $200 for a fcc and then was put on a wait list for the cruise he wanted

When we were on the Getaway last February they gave us $250 OBC because we never did get to Bermuda. So we went to the American Diner and had two lobster rolls. They were the worst lobster rolls we ever had. The bread was hard and it looked like it was shrimp instead of lobster. We did complain and they did give us back the credit for one but refused to on the other.

Welcome. On the other social media group for this cruise they already have a group excursion planned for St. Lucia. Maybe you can join them.

I booked this same cruise except date is February 16, 2025. We have a 4D balcony for two and our price is $1769.22 through our TA. She is giving us $100 OBC and Royal is giving us $50 OBC. Her group rates are no longer available.