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14 minutes ago, LM88 said:

That's where I expected it. Is your cruise paid in full?

i have a few upcoming cruises and from what i noticed in my account, the check in date is only visible after you submit final payment

11 minutes ago, smilegirl07 said:

 

 

what is the best way to get the contact info of the port agent/ship?  I can't believe that I am asking this after 20+ cruises.....  Thank you in advance!

it is in the freestyle daily paper

this is normal and is done weekly

its mostly cookies but it is something, this is why i love the studio lounge 

i too have the same issue. whenever i need to log into my account, i always have to change the password. it seems like the backend server that royal uses is not saving my password

3 hours ago, mz-s said:

 

Did they build the Venezia with Quest in mind?

when i was on the Venezia in march, the quest was in limelight lounge. it is small but a doable space

old ships usually do not have the card light slot. only the newer ships have it 

excursions have their own transportation

here is a post about this issue:

i wonder why dont let people stay onboard as a floating hotel like. getting last minute flights back home and hotels will be expensive. is royal helping with that? if you have travel insurance, this is something they will cover?

33 minutes ago, schmoopie17 said:

Stockholder OBC is always either $100 or $250...so this must be something else.

 

depending on the length of the cruise, stockholder OBC can be as low as $50 dollars: https://www.nclhltd.com/investors/shareholder-benefits

32 minutes ago, roddy good boy said:

Okay. The airline example is a good one. There, you won’t even get a future airline credit if the price decreases!

depending on the airline and/or the type of fare you booked there is no fees to cancel your existing airfare booking and then re book it at the lower price. I do this all the time with delta and jetblue, i get the difference back as a credit for a future flight

did you upload your brokerage statement to stockperks?

1) website glitch or 2)possible itinerary change/port time adjustment 

Almost all cruise lines dock right in town, usually near Front St. There is one and only one cruise line that docks a few miles down the road in their own area 

3 minutes ago, Jordan61 said:

I'm on this cruise too. The email says, "Given recent guest feedback, and to accommodate certain circumstances". I've never been to Tortola, was there negative feedback about that port?

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 

53 minutes ago, JMKreno said:

2) More grab & go food options on board (Fresh Creations, Wings, Emanada & Pie station)

hopefully this is successfully and can be retrofit on the Venezia in a few years 

17 minutes ago, Menocchio said:

I'm getting the very vague impression that Juneau isn't aiming for as restrictive a ban as Bar Harbor did. These days, every port should probably draw a line somewhere lest they end up with multiple Icons of the Seas showing up at the same time. 

Juneau issue is with hot berthing where the Bliss leaves and then the Encore pulls in about 30-60 minutes later and there is also too many ships in port at the same time like around 5 ships. For most ports i think they should be a limit of only 2-3 ships 

In October, some of the breakaway sailings to bar harbor is also canceled. My cruise in the middle of October is canceled when i look at the bar harbor ship schedule 

earlier this year a carnival ship crashed into the ocho rios pier. From what i read before, the port is still making repairs, the pier may not be ready for ships for your sailing. Due to this, some ships is changing the port to Falmouth or somewhere else 

its nice to finally use up that space. when i was on the sister ship, venezia that food station inside the ocean plaza/gondola lounge was empty and not being used. the only time they used it was during bad weather that prevented la strada grill being outside

4 hours ago, Crusin Karen said:

Venezia 6/19/23, 1/6-1/14 and 3/25-4/5 Fanny packs 😵‍💫 going again 5/6 hoping for ANYTHING else! 🤞

weird when i was on the venezia 3/3-3/15 cruise i got a toiletry bag

I wonder when they will modify the November sailings. I am on the Independence on the 4 day that only goes to Labadee. I am hoping it goes to Puerto Plata. Been to grand turk plenty times on carnival

they are doing this because new cabins create extra money and increases onboard spending with more people onboard. overall it is going to make the ship feel very very crowded and it will be impossible to enjoy the views in the smaller lounge now

if ncl know about the cancellations back in December, why did they wait until like now nearly 4ish months later to send out notifications about the port cancellations . thats strange