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I am looking for a small group ATV or dune buggy tour. We do not want to be in a group with 30 others and for sure do not want to do a ship tour. Does anyone have any suggestions?

9 hours ago, Love my butler said:

If you work it right, some will even scrub your fronts....

Ha never tried that one lol

We had ours come in every morning and run a bath for us and bring a rubber ducky and scrub our backs 

Do not book diving with the ship.  There are always a ton of dive shops that for less money will take you on a boat that is not packed with 100 other divers packed in like cattle.  Google local dive shops, read the reviews.   We usually book a private boat for the 4 of us and then put something on the roll call of our cruise for anyone who wants to share.   Never been on a boat with more then 10 people and have never come close to paying what the ship charges. And have had a much much better experience 

6 hours ago, don't-use-real-name said:

Think about running this by Elliott for perhaps a better solution and cutting red tape - LINK:

 

https://www.elliott.org/about-elliott-consumer-advocacy/

 

This sort of disaster needs more Media and Broadcast attention AND responsibility by NCL and it's agents !

 

Don't be left out with minimum compensation and careless loss of your belongings !

‘Disaster”.  Sorry this is not a disaster as much as it sucks for the OP, what happened in the Bahamas a few weeks ago is a disaster, a plane crashing is a disaster, 911 was a disaster.  Losing (as much as it sucks )! Cloths and electronics is not a disaster.  

you are very lucky you purchased travel insurance to cover these damaged and missing items

11 hours ago, don't-use-real-name said:

After all this "What part of *FREE* do you not understand" ?

 

No little * (star) see Terms & Conditions - Gratuities not included (even if it is FREE)

and if something is FREE how can that be taxed - Nothing times nothing is after all Zero nada nothing "0" !

Something about that new math being used - must be that warp speed infinity technology !

 

There are taxes on free items, if you are on a game show and win a 100,000 dollar boat, you need to pay taxes on that boat or you dont get the boat

1 hour ago, Edhoff said:

Please correct me if i'm wrong.  If I elect the Free Drink Package it DOES NOT INCLUDE the 20% Grat charge. So Free Will cost me aprox. $250.

just like when you go out to dinner for a free meal you are expected to tip on the actual amount of the bill, same as a 2 for one.  Would you not tip in those situations?

2 minutes ago, JGmf said:

A poster on another topic commented that when a minor turns 18 they'd get accumulated Latitudes credits for prior sailings (when they didn't get any such credit).  Is that true?  Do your kids zoom up to some higher tier by virtue of turning 18 or do they start at zero?

 

 

When our daughter was turning 18 I asked NCL this question and was told it was 21, when I checked her account after she turned 18 all her points and status were there, platinum plus right off the bat.  

They do not start at zero

16 minutes ago, Outerdog said:

 

I don't see a problem either. If someone can't handle laying eyes on some middle or late aged ass, they shouldn't be peering over to the next balcony.

your only as old as you feel and look lol, maybe i will fish while having sex with my wife and she can be breaking a Pinyata while loud music is blaring in the background on our way to dinner in Le Bistro where we will be wearing short, t shirt and sandals.

3 hours ago, jbethel11 said:

I have a couple of questions:

 

I know your aren't allowed to bring fishing poles onboard the ship. Is this guy subject to a fine by the local coastguard or NCL?

Is he allowed to fish if he disembarks the ship, or does he need to be on a shore excursion?

Fishing poles are allowed, I bring one every time I cruise since I book a fishing charter in at least one port - they are in a case and have never even been questioned

2 hours ago, PortFees45 said:

Notice how she doesn't engage the substance of the reasonable claim about violating personal space...oh to live in your own special precious little world like that. Must be fun. 

 

You just think you can do whatever you want because you book suites. 

Is my wife and I having sex on the balcony ok as long as we are quiet?  If you were to look over you would be infringing on our personal space so i do not see any problem with it.

7 minutes ago, PortFees45 said:

Music on your balcony is the same as shorts and flip flops in the restaurant? Huh? I thought you just said you thought music on the balcony was unacceptable. 

Music is not ok as it bothers others, shorts and flip flops do not bother others in any way

15 minutes ago, PortFees45 said:

Let me take a wild guess...you think it's fine to play music on your balcony. Am I wrong? 

same as someone who may wear shorts or flip flops in one of the nicer restaurants, while it is not something i would do, I could care less what others do, does not bother me in the least or take away from my experience with my family

12 minutes ago, PortFees45 said:

Let me take a wild guess...you think it's fine to play music on your balcony. Am I wrong? 

so you are comparing someone who plays music that may bother or disturb someone else to someone who is "fishing" and not bothering anyone?  and No i do not think that any noise that bothers anyone else on the balcony is ok, again with the assumptions 

13 minutes ago, ColeThornton said:

 

It was the OP who called the person trash both times she posted this thread.

as did the person i quoted

14 minutes ago, PortFees45 said:

Interesting how the clientele is getting more trashy while the prices go up...

very classy move to call someone trashy, do you know the context behind this picture, were you there?  No you just made an assumption based on someone else picture and word.   I guess if it said on the internet it is true .  Maybe this was done for 15 seconds as a fun picture, maybe the fishing line was just below the edge of the picture, maybe there was not even a hook on the line.  This is the problem with society today, everyone gets judged on one picture or action.  Very sad state of affairs.

I forgot it the first time incruised because I really did not think I needed it but every cruise after brought it as long as we had a balcony es especially a rear facing balcony and that is a fishing pole , nothing like waking up first thing in the morning with my cup of coffee and trolling for some big game fish, now it is easier in port but still fun 

33 minutes ago, Ticatraveler said:

We are considering an Asian cruise next year. I haven't found much information on them. 

Anyone have info or tips?  Jade Haven, 11 days, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. 

 

we were booked on this exact cruise on the Jade a few years ago, my wife was adopted  when she was 1 1/2 from Vietnam during the war and had never been back and we planned on going to see the orphanage she was from in DA NANG.  A week before leaving the ship had propulsion issues and while sitting in the airport on the way to Hong Kong a week later we got an email that our 11 day cruise with 6 or 7 ports was changed to 2-3 ports and we were given the option to cancel which we did.  Luckily I kind of had an idea this would happen so during the week I booked some hotels at all the same locations the cruise went on with the exception if Taiwan and added on Angkor Wat and Sapa.  

We had an awesome time and kept the same tour guides we had originally booked.we used smile tours in vietnam, they were outstanding.

We had a much better tine doing the land vacation then the cruise, we got to see so much more.

7 minutes ago, rkelly21 said:

Given the alternative you would probably take the job too. Doesn't make it right. When we had slavery most of them were treated better here than at home.

so I assume you don't cruise? Not sure why you are on these boards if you dont cruise

so glad we flew over for the day when we were in Miami a few months ago, awesome experience

11 hours ago, ano said:

Depends if you consider 599 days a long-time or not.

or 2, 059 more likely

27 minutes ago, GrabMyWrist said:

 

I'm 100% okay with it. That money, ends up back in the hands of a Government that destroys its people.  

the majority of the money  that the people who run the car tours, diving trips, restaurants in their homes etc do get to keep a lot of the money, having lived with a cuban family for a month i know this first hand

23 minutes ago, ColeThornton said:

 

 

I would imagine the Cuban government gets a nice amount from tourist visas, docking fees and passenger port taxes.

i am sure the government  gets all of it but having spent a month  living with a cuban family in Cuba I can say first hand that the people will be severely affected by this way, way, way more then the government. 

19 minutes ago, GrabMyWrist said:

 

As it should be.

the sad thing is its not hurting the government at all its hurting all the non government people who rely on these cruise ships docking and the american dollars it brings in  - i do understand that there was plenty  of tourism before the US started going back but it will still hurt them