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We are waiting to see where the Jade is going. We are looking at the 2/9/24 Panama Canal with the Jade now that our March cruise was cancelled. I don't want to jump on it though until I see where the Jade is being redeployed to. I talked to a PCC at NCL yesterday and he said he had no news yet of where she is going either. I asked him to contact me as soon as he hears. I'll keep my fingers crossed that he will, but I'll keep looking myself too.......

I was really looking forward to the Jade. We always enjoyed the Gem and were looking forward to trying the Jade. I think I'm going to wait and see where she is redeployed. But I am eyeing the 2/9-2/20/25 Panama Canal on the Jade.....decisions, decisions.

My Panama Canal cruise on the Jade just got cancelled. I’ll paste part of my email from NCL below: Dear Valued Guests and Travel Partners, We have important information regarding your upcoming sailing on board Norwegian Jade. Travel Partners are asked to share the below information with impacted guests. As part of a fleet redeployment to accommodate strong demand for cruises through the Panama Canal and to the Bahamas, we have canceled Norwegian Jade's sailings from February 20, 2025 through and including March 24, 2025. We will be redeploying her, and her new enhanced itineraries will be available to book soon beginning in April. A full monetary refund of the fare paid will be automatically returned to the form of payment provided at the time of reservation. No further action is required; your refund will be automatically processed within 30 business days. You will see the refund returned to the original form of payment seven to 10 business days from the processed date. The visibility of the funds is dependent on each financial institution's internal policies. For those reservations paid via a previously issued Future Cruise Credit (FCC), 100% of the FCC used will be automatically re-applied to your Latitudes account within 10 days of the cancelation date. No further action is required. As a genuine acknowledgement of the inconvenience caused, we will be extending a 10% discount in the form of an FCC to be used towards any of our published sailings through December 31, 2025. The FCC will be available for use beginning on April 4, 2024. Our dedicated team is available to help you rebook your dream vacation when you are ready. Please contact us at 1-800-327-7030 or your travel professional to get started. Guests residing outside of the U.S. or Canada should visit www.ncl.com for local contact information. We sincerely appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming you aboard very soon. Sincerely, Norwegian Cruise Line

Thank you!

I have a reservation question and I don’t see it in the topics, so I’m asking here. Sorry if I’m in wrong thread but I’m sure someone here can answer it. We are on the Bliss to Alaska in October this year. I’d like to make reservations at a specialty restaurant for my mother’s 84th birthday. The online reservation system only goes up to 8 people. I need a reservation for 10. If I call the dining reservation number 1.866.234.7350 at 120 days out (or whatever it is for platinum), will they be able to book it? I’d really like to cross it off my list precruise.

We have traveled to Alaska twice in late September pre pandemic, and last year we were on the Bliss to Alaska Oct 15-22. We are always hoping to see the Northern lights but have not had any luck. One night a few years ago, all the people in port were saying it was a perfect night for the lights. The captain turned the lights off on the back of the ship, and a bunch of us sat in the dark looking at the sky. The lights did not show that night, but the stars were amazing. So many more than what we see from home. The stores are all starting to shut down. This does not bother us because we are there for the scenery. We have always been lucky with the weather. This past October in Juneau the morning clouds burned off nicely and it turned out to be a beautiful day. The people who when whale watching said they saw quite a few whales and the orcas were particularly playful. The tour guides said it was the first real sunny day they had in awhile. We spent the day at Mendenhall glacier hiking. It was beautiful. Our ship went to Icy Strait Point instead of Skagway because of rockslide. We did the ziplining through NCL here. It was freezing, windy, raining, sleet, and you couldn't see anything with all the clouds. The people running the zipline couldn't believe NCL was sending people to do this with the weather. My husband did the math in his head, and told the tour guide that NCL had $40,000.00 reasons why they were sending us down the zipline in that kind of weather. Lol. We had more rain, wind, and fog/clouds in Glacier Gay. The ranger did not come on board because of the weather. I was a bit disappointed because NCL felt it was okay to go ahead and let us zipline down a mountain in this weather, but it was too dangerous to bring a ranger on the ship, but I'm sure they had their reasons and want everyone to be safe. We were the only ship in every port, and I absolutely loved that part of it. Sorry for the long post. There are definitely pros and cons to traveling late season in Alaska. There are ten of us going on the Bliss in October this year for my mothers 84th birthday. I will have my fingers crossed the weather is better in Glacier Bay, as that is always my favorite part.....

We are sailing on 10/15/22 on the Bliss in a balcony and received luggage tags in the mail a couple weeks ago. We received them for a balcony room on the Gem back in March too. It is always exciting when the tags arrive.....