EllieinNJ

We had NCL cc's that expired in 2017.  If we apply for new ones will we still get the 10,000 points each?

1 hour ago, ttdbythesea said:

 

We are going on the Jade 12/10/23 and are booked in a balcony stateroom.  Do you know if coffee is available in the stateroom on this ship, as well

I believe so   Just ask your steward to set it up for you.

If you are in a balcony you are entitled to use the coffee pot.  Lately it's kept on a high shelf so just ask your steward to set it up for you and he will also provide the coffee. Cream and sugar/substitute.

When first booking our Meraviglia cruise we requested late dining for two.  Once we got our confirmations it said early dining.  When we boarded our time was 6pm, a little early for us so we went to the MDR and had it changed to 8pm.  The first few days we did not know you an come at 7:45pm but when we found out it worked out great for us.  Now we could see either the early or late shows in the theater.

1 hour ago, mking8288 said:

Lunch time, ship cruising at 19 knots with a southery wind at port side, sideways can be felt especially Aft and Fwd. Sea swell rougher with occasional small white caps.

 

 

CruiseNext staff confirmed, verbally, that all CNC no longer expires and/will show 2099 as the expiration date.  NCL will have an official announcement in January 2024, with additional changes ... with the Latitudes/CruiseNext program - details that they still do not have. 

 

Henry, do you think they might be combining the CN and Cruise first?  I only have one CN left and would love to use a CF also.  I know now you can't combine them 

5 hours ago, Pansy2801 said:

 

We have two cards and each of us is primary on one. We both had the offer and each of us received $175. 

Now that you mention it I think I'm primary on my card.  The last two digits are different on our cards but we get one bill.  We do have other Amex cards but the Princess discount only shows up on our blue card.

So did anyone actually get $350 off their cruise using both your own and spouse's offer?

I always ask my TA to send me cashback instead of OBC.  This way I will use the cruise line's OBC and then pay the balance.  Nice to get a check a week after the cruise.  

I found out on other cruise lines that TA OBC once on board is not always refundable.  Talking about Carnival and MSC.

Always a good review.  82 more days until our Journey cruise on her 

In 2022 she got rave reviews here on the roll calls so I booked two excursions with her for my May European cruise.  They were okay.  She even credited me back $4 that I accidently overpaid on my credit card.  I'm so sorry to hear about this.  Hope she finally does the right thing and pays you all back 

12 hours ago, Pansy2801 said:

I just want to report that I got $175 credited to my account. 

So I presume they only give you one $175 credit even if you both have the offer?

Hope you are having a great trip.

I agree.  NCL used to be our preferred cruise line but our last few cruises with them have been a disappointment.  I still have one cruise next left and also $200 in FCC from problems on a cruise plus now there is $200 off $1000 in American Express so I might just book one more cruise with them.

We will be going on our 5th Princess cruise next November on the Enchanted.  It is a repro from NY to Ft. Lauderdale.  We did this same exact itinerary in 2022 and liked it so much we are doing it again.  Meanwhile, we are spreading our money out between Royal, MSC and Carnival but Princess seems to be our favorite now.  The food is very good, they have shows every night (not game shows) and the ambience seems a little more refined.

We just got off the MSC Miraviglia.  We missed two ports out of five because of the weather.  I didn't hate it but there were many things I didn't like about it.  Looking forward to the Venezia.  We also have the Panorama booked in April and are concerned with the present trouble and cancellations.  Keeping a close eye on it.

I believe the gray ones have a solid metal balcony railing while the white ones are clear and you can see through them.

1 hour ago, Pansy2801 said:

I just used this offer for a final payment that was due in few days and I received email notification that I used this offer from Amex and will get $175 back. I asked the agent to use the $700 for the fare. I used a different credit card for the rest of the payment. I guess that the offer will be applied in the end but it worth trying if you have it . 

Thank you for this.  Please come back and let us know if the $175 was deducted on you cc statement and went through.

1 hour ago, TxTeach79 said:

 

People say things like this sometimes when I'm accidentally in the background of their pictures 

I thought it was a joke until I read a good review here in the St. Maarten forum 

I cannot see where it says for new bookings only.  Can someone point this out for me?

In one of your pictures in St. Maarten I noticed Big Bastards in the background.  We are reserving beach chairs there in February . Does the water taxi leave you off close to this place?

2 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Remember back when I said Patti requested to Edy that we wanted three sets of towels? Well, since that was so difficult for him to remember that, Patti started disassembling the towel animals for the extra towels. She had a whole pile of towels in the closet by the end of the cruise! 😁 

On our 21 day B2B cruise on the Pride in May, after 10 days we asked our wonderful steward to stop making the towels.  They were great but just took up too much space.  He seemed grateful.

We were going to rent golf carts in Catalina Island but after we rented golf carts in Costa Maya two weeks ago, my husband's back was hurting him greatly.  Is there anything else to do or see there?  The Carnival Radiance excursions do not look interesting.

45 minutes ago, Morgsmom said:

If you have an 8pm assigned time they reserve the right not to seat you if you show up at 8:30

Twice we got there around 8:25 and we had no trouble being seated. We just told our servers we were going to the early show the day before and they said it was no problem.

Hi Henry.  Looking forward to your report.  We wanted to take the Dec. 1st Prima cruise but my part time job keeps getting in the way.  Hopefully I am retiring in January.  So now I am looking at the Prima for next December.  

I am the one who usually gets the Amex offers on my Blue card.  This time my husband got the NCL one and I got a Holland America one.  Never sailed HA .  Their prices are more than the $300 off $1000 than other cruise lines so will probably skip it even though I downloaded it 

We got to the port around 11:30.  Took us about 45 minutes to board the ship   I did see a handicap line though.