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Fried hot honey wings? Sign me up! I'm normally a sticker for Buffalo sauce, but Hot Honey is delicious, and the best wing of all-time is probably the Cajun Honey Butter BBQ at Bar-Bill. Honey with heat and spices is sooo good.

I agree, last time I was on NCL I ordered Buffalo and thought I had gotten the wrong sauce. Ordered it again and realized nope, that's just the way the sauce is. What the heck?

Interesting they're still showing noise boys when they've already taken it off of the website. I wonder when it's officially dead.

Yeah, mine is definitely casino related, it's updated to HAR+DIAMOND which, usually I book through my diamond Caesars status, so makes sense.

mine is CASINO+REWARDS and I usually book through Caesars

I'm not paying until March so I can get loyalty points for the new American Airlines year cycle 🤣

It makes sense, these shows are cheaper to produce and probably get better reviews from fans based on what we've seen on these boards. I know I don't go see the production shows like kinky boots, Priscilla, etc but I'll go see the choir of man style of shows.

Agree, I've tried Cagney's twice, with multiple sailings in between just to give it another shot, and I just can't do it. It's just not good. Steaks for the most part are just not NCL's thing. I've only ever really liked the Filet at Teppanyaki, and the Haven restaurant had a special menu insert during the Dec 2021/New Years 2022 sailing with a prime new york strip that was actually really good.

Yeah, I always knew it as the bee line too!

I get the p+ for Whistle Pig, but Captain Morgan being missing drives me nuts too. Sometimes I just wan ta Captain and Diet damnit. I know it's the bud light of rum, but something about it just nothing else is like.

For sure, I don't believe the answer they got for a second. They might not end up getting the truth, but at least they could get someone that handles it better if they do the classic HUCA. Maybe helps them get a new room that's more suitable or something.

How many times have you done a hang up, call again to see if different reps gave you the same answer?

That's only on the Prima so far, and the Prima has extra free venues with variety (the indulge food hall).

I've sailed RCCL on symphony once and NCL a bunch and thought NCL was better so it's all subjective!

I quite liked Onda personally. I enjoyed the short ribs and mezzelune the one time I ate there. Looking forward to doing it again this June on my encore trip on the Encore.

I'm doing this strategy on a cruise with a ton of other family. Not worth it to book the Haven when no one else can get in. The thing I keep debating is Vibe. I love the Haven bar, and it's one of the things I'll miss the most. However, the cruise is the July 4th one to Alaska on Encore. Just not sure if I'll want to be outside during that weather. What's it like up there in an Alaska summer? Is is still worth it? I'm not a spa person so it's vibe or no vibe for me.

Exclusive is generally a mini-bus sized group rather than a full-sized bus group. I find it a much better experience personally but up to you whether it's worth it.

I personally like AT&T's international plan the best, and is part of the reason why I stick with them. $10/day for unlimited internationally, capped at 10 charges per billing cycle, after that it's free. For secondary lines on the same day, it's $5/day/line. T-Mobile's 15gb plan for $50 isn't bad, but I personally don't want to have to worry about data consumption. And there's no way I want the slow speeds of their free data after 5gb. Still, 20gb total for $50 is more than enough for most, so pretty good deal. Verizon, as far as I can tell, has no limit to the number of charges in a billing cycle for their day pass, and their $100 package is limited. Verizon also places limits on the countries you can call (only where you are and back to the US), while AT&T includes every country on their list for free.

NCL uses the 10 year. IMO it's the best price / value of the whistle pig lineup. I would start there for sure, then experiment with the other ones as you want later on.

I would recommend giving NCL ShoreEx department a call. There was a port on my cruise leaving in a week and a half that never had options show up, but when I called, they had excursions available.

Probably to cheer up anyone feeling a little ruff

If it's a Caribbean cruise, ESPN Caribbean usually carries the nationally televised NFL games; if not, they'll generally have them on one of the in cabin channels at least. They'll also sometimes have them in one of a few places; the casino bar being the best bet for the night game, followed by the local/o'sheehans, or the district if the ship has it and there's no live event going on (most nights there is though so they only show the day games).

I saw pictures from the epic with Coke Zero. And I'd be shocked if Coca Cola didn't have them carrying Coke Zero. If you read their annual report, the zero brands since the relaunch are driving a significant amount of the carbonated beverage growth. They probably want to introduce as many people to the reformulation through as many channels as possible

@BirdTravels Have you happened to notice if they have any Coke Zero, or if it's just Diet Coke?

I searched the thread but didn't find an answer. Has anyone figured out why the October and November 2023 cruises are missing yet? That's a perfect 🎯 for me for next year. Driving me crazy 😂