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Does NCL offer a transfer from Trieste to Venice?

We have been having the same problem trying to book for our April, '19 cruise.  Have called in a couple times and they have not been able to help me.  They just say their system is showing the same as on-line and we have to wait until it shows or book on-board.  Have had this same problem, with last several cruises.  Seems NCL could/should have been able to fix this problem by now, if they really wanted to!!

Anyone having trouble securing specialty restaurant reservations, 120 days or less to sail, on-line?  Web-site is all messed up with most restaurants not showing all of the itinerary dates, and/or not all the dinner times, etc.

Sounds like NCL is really trying to persuade travelers with children to NOT book the Star. Taking out the children swim area AND the waterslides, in my opinion, is a mistake. We had a cruise reserved on the Star and were taking our 8 yr. old grand-daughter. Will probably have to change to a different cruise/ship, now!

We are in our 60's. Tried a Viking cruise, couple years ago, Paris-Normandy. Loved those two stops, however rest were kind of the same and not much to see/do. Ship's dining, cabins, etc. fine, but little to do in evenings. Feel, over-all, that river cruising is a little over-priced. We'll probably stick with Ocean Cruising!!

Does anyone know if this goes for booking shore excursions in advance (for people with the $50 per cabin shore excursion credit)? Thanks

We have cruised with NCL, several times. We recently had the opportunity to cruise with Carnival. Here are my comparisons. (I won't mention which ship we were on Carnival, but it was an older ship, so I will like compare an older NCL ship we have been on).

1.) websites....both fairly easy and equally informative

2.) embarkation.....most of the embarkations we have participated in have gone fairly rapidly and organized; no big difference in ships handling of this

3.) balcony cabin: size-wise, not much difference. Carnival's cabin did NOT have a refrigerator, not individual room temperature controls...all NCL ships we have been on have had these two things. Carnivals bathroom, while older decorated, had a slightly bigger shower and more storage room. Carnival has no messaging system for Do Not Disturb, Please make up room, etc. as NCL ships have

4.) Food...highly subjective. We have always found the food in main dining rooms to be relatively good, with enough selection to please everyone. Carnival & NCL compare well here. However Carnival seems to be a little less than NCL when it comes to portion size. Buffett is where Carnival & NCL are highly different. While Carnival incorporates their Guy Fierri Burger bar, Mexican, Deli, Pizza stations on outside of their buffett, which is OK, their actual buffett with an assortment of food, is lacking, compared to NCL. Breakfast buffett, except for omelet station, which NCL also has, is very lacking in good hot food or fruit, for that matter.

5.) Entertainment: Here is where we found the biggest difference to be. We heard most all singers on board Carnival and all lacked talent and professionalism. NCL's much better, over-all.

6.) Service....have seldom ever had a problem with service on any ship. Carnival was no exception.

7.) Ship board activities....all ships have pretty much the same type of sea day activities...no real difference in either.

8.) Disembarkation, have always found to be pretty smooth, Carnival, no exception.

So in closing, the two biggest differences we found, were in food & entertainment. Two big areas of interest to most people! While we didn't find Carnival bad, we would definitely choose NCL over Carnival, whenever possible.

Happy cruising!!!

Anyone sailing from now thru April having same problem I am? Trying to book dining in advance on the NCL web-site, however they don't have all the restaurants listed or even all the dates of my cruise listed to book. Currently under 60 till sail. Call NCL and they really don't know what is going on????????????