Desert_ Dweller

I kinda disagree.  I booked with Costco and they now say they won't get involved with the booking if you are wanting the BOGO offer for flights.

  Call NCL again..they did it for me. We went one way from Phoenix to Lisbon and our next leg was Lisbon to Rio De Janeiro.

Travel times were excellent and we had no glitches at all.  

What graphicguy just said.🥰

We just got off the Star in Rio.  We had missed ports and all, it was still a great trip with so many new  faces and now new friends.  (If only our old friends had joined us. )

IF  I was to use points for OBC and did not use all of the OBC, what happens to those $$s

How far in advance should  I  redeem points for onboard credit.  Does it have to be done a certain number of days before sail date ?

Is it possible to bring back  a bottle of wine or two from from the various ports we visit, or just at the time of boarding

Thank you !   I just went there and  found all the  answers to my questions.

Where can I find the benefits available  for the Norwegian world points card ?  I have seen what points are allotted for the dollars spent... but what is the meaning of eligible airlines and hotels. Which airline and which hotels ?  How do you  apply the points benefits at the time you are ready to use them ?

Thank you, deck 10 was my preference..but I wasn't sure of what deck 8 and 9 may have to offer. I will try to get 10726.. it's going to be a long journey next Fall.

Thank you both for your thoughts on this.  Sure don't want to be above the Bliss.

I have looked at the deck plans and as yet I have no decision on which deck may have the better balcony. Deck 10 may have the deepest balcony,

Deck 8 has a wrap around and I'm not sure what the benefit may be on deck 9.  

If any of you who has recently sailed on the  Star can offer an opinion, I would very much like to hear your thoughts.

J

You may or may not have heard.   There goes Alaska.  Maybe from Seattle ??

https://www.travelweek.ca/news/canadas-cruise-ship-ban-extended-until-feb-28-2022/#:~:text=The news was announced today,until Feb. 28%2C 2022

10 minutes ago, reeinaz said:

Got an email today notifying me of the itinerary change. I was booked on a 5 day cruise to Canada out of NYC. It's now a 5 day cruise to Bermuda with an overnight! The email also said that I would be getting a 10% FCC. I'm pleased about the change considering my April Bermuda cruise was cancelled. 

What ship would that be ? And what is the date of  your  cruise ?

We board next week.  I have been told Bruno is there until December.

Does anyone know who the current concierge is on the Jade ?

5 hours ago, Tee & Chilli said:

Now that you have OBC, can you cancel prepaid gratuities?

Can you pay  Gratuities /Daily Service Charges with non refundable OBC ?

1 hour ago, emory2001 said:

I have these and they are super strong: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073W2CML8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

However, I'm still only exploring Norwegian as a cruise option and have only used these hooks on Royal Caribbean but they are perfect. 

We use these  as well.   But a note of caution... they can hold a lot of weight if applied to the ceiling with a straight down pull . but on a wall anything heavier than a hat will have them sliding down the wall.  I tried them on our refrigerator at home.. same problem.  Attached to our cabin ceiling on the ship.... perfect.

We are considering a Southern Caribbean cruise  in 2020 the offer to fly from Phoenix to New York is  $135.00 (flight) and $93  (transfer to and from the ship).

The ship departs at 4:00 pm.   Does this sound somewhat tight on timing ?  What airlines are  NCL likley to use for this 6 or 7 hours flight ? 

Any thoughts from those who have already done something from the west coast ?

13 minutes ago, Nitemare said:

We make that drive in 4 hours all the time, but we go waaaay early on weekend mornings.  If you are going on a weekday you will hit traffic and I'd expect 5-6 hours to get from one to the other.  Add in any delay docking or disembarking in Boston and this won't work by car

It's a Friday... I guess we're out luck on that particular thought.  It seemed like such a good idea. 👐

Okay... I thought it was a good idea, but doubted the timing as well.  I appreciate your in put. I'll pick one or the other but not both.

Thank you.

The 2 cruises I'm looking at have  NCL Gem arriving in Boston at 8:00 AM  and the NCL Breakaway departing the  Manhattan terminal at 5:00 pm  on the same day.

Is this  cutting it too close for consideration ?  If it's doable... what  would be best way to get to the Manhattan terminal ?

I have been looking at both the new Premium Beverage Package and the new Premium Plus Beverage package.  In the past for the occasional premium brand

of top shelf scotch, my husband just paid the difference in the cost difference over the $15.00 allowable.price.  Does anyone know if this practice will continue ?

Good to know. It was mentioned by a fellow  cruiser  for  an up coming cruise.

Can anyone tell me if the key cards for the  Jade  have a chip in them  or can the key cards be "punched"  and attached to a lanyard for convenience ?

If you have any info. on other NCL ships, that would be helpful as well.

Thank you both !!

That is just the information I was looking for. Our  cruise is late October  and I was kind of expecting it to rain.

When the big rains come  and we have walking tours  what would be suggested for footwear.  Boots, shoes, disposable

shoe covers. Boots are so heavy to take with us, I was hoping some of you with experience can help us with this.

We just returned from a 25 night cruise  with 9 days on the Amazon River.  Using our evisa..all was as it was supposed to be.

No problems whatsoever.