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I’m on Caribbean, I get my scotch at Wheelhouse. Crooners has it also. 

Hi Ken, we’re also on the cruise with you. We’re suite/Elite, turned in our laundry the same day you did and haven’t gotten it back yet.  We expect to get it back today. I agree, the CP is in good shape. The food and the crew has been fantastic so far. 
I’ve been following you since you started this thread  and am enjoying all your posts. Your photos from Montreal matched mine exactly. 😀

2 hours ago, cheetosrevil said:

So your cabin was upgraded AND that included a "no cover charge" dinner? Do tell.

2 hours ago, cheetosrevil said:

So your cabin was upgraded AND that included a "no cover charge" dinner? Do tell.

Apparantly, suites get a free Crown or Sabbatinis dinner on embarkation day. They called us when we were in our room and we set it up. It was excellent. 

Hang in there HiCCCs, we were about 20 hours from our start and our  upgrade came through. We were very surprised. We’re sitting in our room now getting ready to go to Crown Grill for first night “no cover charge” dinner. 😀

Our bid to move from a mini suite to a vista suite was just accepted yesterday for a cruise starting on 10/19. Our bid was at the lower end of “fair” on the bid meter. We also put a bid in to move from our mini to a Club Class Mini. That bid minimum on the scale. We had heard the cruise was pretty full, so we weren’t expecting much. It was a pleasant surprise to have our bid accepted. 

40 minutes ago, BklynBoy8 said:

When we traveled on a cruise in the past twice our ship would tender to both Goat Island and would have to walk to land.

 

Also the tender stop would be along the shore which would be more convenient.

 

You would have to see where the tender would dock for your particular ship.

 

Thanks, when looking at Google Earth that appeared to be the most logical,place. 

Can someone tell me where the tender drop off is for Newport?

8 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

NP.  Did you find your bid?

Yes I did. TY

Thank you PacGoNow. Also, sorry about the double post. Not sure what happened there either. Maybe I should stay away from computers😀

I don’t see anything about upgrading or asking to upgrade our room on my personalizer. What am I missing?

We received an email in early September asking if we wanted to submit an upgrade bid. We filled out all the info and submitted it. We did not get a confirmation email or any other indication Princess received the bid but didn’t think much about it. After researching on the forum, I’m pretty sure we should have gotten an email back. True? 

We received an email in early September asking if we wanted to submit an upgrade bid. We filled out all the info and submitted it. We did not get a confirmation email or any other indication Princess received the bid but didn’t think much about it. After researching on the forum, I’m pretty sure we should have gotten an email back. True? 

3 hours ago, WYB! said:

Departing for a B2B in less then 10 days.

 

I'm not going to worry about the things I can't control.

I'm going to do my best to make sure I'm protected and do my best to protect others.

 

I've gotten my 1 & 2 shot and booster in November + Flu shot in September and scheduled a PCR test for within 72 hours of my voyage. I'm fine with the indoor mask mandate. I also have (Non-NCL) travel insurance.

 

I've made my specialty dining reservations and used 30k in BoA points to upgrade from a O4 to a BA cabin category and got my eDocs and luggage tags printed.
I also plan on bringing my bike with me too.

I will call people out on board if I see something that isn't "kosher" with current guidelines.

Safe travels & Happy New Year

- WYB

You’re taking your bike? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before. 

I’ve been tested 3 times in the last 2 months. Two from Kaiser and one from CVS. All 3 results came back within 24 hours. I’m sure there are exceptions, but from what I’ve found out, it’s the norm for my area. 

2 hours ago, roger001 said:

We were going to just walk off ourselves.  As we passed through the bar/lounge area, John was standing there and said come on.  We did. He had us off that ship so fast I think I was trying to catchup mentally.  Never been off a ship that fast.  

Same with us. Left the Haven at 730, at the Doubletree at 815, on the road by 825. 65 mph up the 405. Unbelievable!

3 hours ago, Cruise Gopher said:

 

 

Example:  You spend $500 on NCL and AMEX credits you back $125 due to the offer.  Then you go and refund your $500 purchase from NCL and the $500 credits back to your credit card.  Then AMEX will "claw back" the $125 credit they gave you since you didn't meet the requirements of the offer anymore because you took a refund from NCL.

 

Thanks Cruise Gopher, I hadn’t heard the term before. 

While we were on the Bliss a couple weeks ago we thought it would be the perfect ship for Alaska. Agree the Observation Lounge would be ideal, being in the Haven, even better. 

We agree with you roger. We found the rooms to be a nice size and well decorated. However the chair/fold out bed was totally unusable as were the deck chairs. Extremely uncomfortable. We used John, the concierge several times for reservations and he was excellent. The escort off the ship via the freight elevator was fantastic. I’ve never disembarked a ship so fast and easy. The Haven bar and restaurant crew were great as well. Our first time on NCL, not our last. 

What is a clawback?

2 hours ago, 3kidsncats said:

I just got off Bliss, along with about 30 friends.  Some of us had bug bites, but not from tiny bugs in the cabin — so I don’t know that I would say BS, but maybe they were just guessing incorrectly.  There are crickets hanging out on deck 8 but doubt they were the culprits.

 

We observed crew scrubbing and sanitizing everything pretty much all the time.  

I'm so glad you heard the crickets. Every time I brought my wife to hear them, they would shut up. She thought I was crazy. 

We recently got off the Bliss. We went to the MDR 3 times without reservations and had no trouble getting a table. Went to Cagney and Ocean Blue with reservations, but it didn’t look like we needed them. I don’t think you’ll have any trouble at the MDR. 

On 12/5/2021 at 1:26 PM, bmwnurse said:

Yes those almond croissants!!! I almost forgot about them. The best!

My wife had one every day. 

We don’t go to many shows on cruise ships because the good ones are crowded/sold out and the bad ones, well, they’re bad. If Jersey Boys is now the caliber of shows being offered on ships we’re going to make an effort to attend. We remember the “F” word being used, but we didn’t think it was excessive. We were at the Friday 8PM show on your cruise and didn’t notice anyone leaving early. We were impressed. 

2 hours ago, Kfamilycruise said:

Our understanding is that all groups go through COVID tents together and then you go to separate Haven check in after COVID process. If you are traveling before January 17. 

I realize different ports do different things, but this is exactly how it worked for us boarding Bliss in San Pedro. 

We just got off the Bliss and the Diner was offered for free on embarkation day. We went there and the food was good. The milkshakes aren’t free even with PP+, which kinda surprised me. My wife and I drank enough Veuve and Johnny Walker Blue to float a small ship, but we had to pay for a small milkshake 😳

I agree with those that don’t eat every meal in the Haven. My wife won’t eat anything that lives in the water and neither of us like to eat baby sheep and baby cows. We did eat breakfast every day and a couple lunches and dinners in the Haven and found the food to be very good and the service was outstanding. Actually, we found the service on Bliss to be outstanding everywhere we went. This was our first NCL cruise, but it’s definitely not our last.