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It tastes like extravagance. It makes you feel like a million bucks and the irresistible urge to hit the casino and duty free shops.

After having the behinds the scenes ship tour and hearing them explain the ?reverse osmosis? they use, i stopped buying bottled water and don't even use the free bottles of water they give to latitudes members. I'm perfectly happy with their tap water. I wish my home tap water was even close.

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Agree with others Moderno salad bar is great. Many have wished they would offer a salad bar only option there and offer it for lunch. Also agree that the Garden Cafe has some nice options. Check with the restaurant manager/chef. I recall every day there is a hearty salad (couscous, bean, etc.), plenty of fruit, and vegetable entrees. Sometimes I see some of the items from Moderno's salad bar there like artichoke and asparagus.

A quick search ... CUNY, SUNY, Columbia, NYU fall semester starts August 25. So the August 23 cruise cheaper marking the end of summer? Then parents celebrate on the cheaper cruise happy not to pay for their college bound kids to tag along?

It's pretty good. YMMV. I indulge on food I can't get anywhere else on the ship and rarely have on land... Lox (they hide it at the far ends of the buffet), smoked salmon, cantaloupe and watermelon, (I hate buying underripe or overripe ones at the market... control issues too?), whatever's at the carving station, made to order egg station, and making my own italian cold cut sammich (no skimping on the hard salami or prosciutto).

If the OPs intent is to gauge the risk of sailing on the cruise ship, as a thought exercise, let say 100% of people present genuine vaccination cards and test results. Even so, there will still be people who are infected and test negative and they will become infectious in the days following. Take precautions according to your risk tolerance.

Presenting forged Covid test results are also offenses that have substantial fines. $2400 in Bahamas, $6000+ in Bermuda, etc.

A carafe with cups. Also, on my last cruise, I had to ask for a coffee machine. They did not keep it in the cabin or hidden in the closet like past cruises. I believe this is to cut down on the number they have to clean and disinfect. Inside to Club Balcony Suite is the Hamilton Beach Personal one cup machine with soft round coffee filter "pods". Last time for a real suite and above they used the Lavazza "espresso capsules" made of aluminum and are smaller than Keurig K-Cups.

Yes. You can leave the Manhattan Cruise Terminal after checking in. You will need to go through the security screening again. This is provided NCL doesn't change the Covid testing policy due to Omicron variants 4 and 5 which sound nasty.

My PCC told me he gets credit if I book with him. You have to secure with a deposit/FCC with him and not using the NCL website. Most of my bookings are budget solo cruises. Even so, he was grateful I went out of my way to call and book with him. I agree with others. Speak to a supervisor and get another one if you're unhappy. However, if you make it a habit of asking a PCC for help after you book cruises online for which they don't get any credit, you probably won't be on their priority list.

FYI. From a reviewer's recent experience on the Joy. Review: First time Norwegian cruiser Joy to Bermuda on May 29th out of Manhattan

Did I miss which city you'll be disembarking from? If it's New York, follow the line until you're near the front and then suddenly turn sharply even if you think there isn't enough room to squeeze in. People will magically let you merge because they don't want to scratch their paint job, then give the person behind you a dirty look like they should have known better. If you don't do this, you'll starve waiting eternally at the end of the line while everyone else endlessly cuts you off. P.S. If you wear this t-shirt, people will naturally back off too.

Another thread mention another reason is so security can monitor the hallway to ensure you don't leave your cabin. It's easier to keep track of all infected passengers if they are in the same location. Apparently, cabin doors can't be secured in a way to lock passengers inside.

Norfolk is pretty. When I was there on recently, the ship arrived on a Saturday morning and it was mostly crickets. The city was quiet, very few people on the streets except for cruise passengers, many stores and restaurants appeared closed. Lovely for walking around. I got the impression that Norfolk is busy only during the work week. Would the town open up on weekends if Prima home ported there? Hmm...

Thank you OP for sharing your experience and for others who shared the insight in what to expect from a ship's medical facilities. It's given me much food for thought. God forbid I find myself in a situation where a loved one falls ill or is injured before a cruise, I would seek immediate medical assistance on land. A few comments... A $150 house call from a doctor in the middle of the night is laughably cheap compared to the USA, and $400 is a relative bargain for emergency treatment / urgent care. I just dished out thousands of dollars out-of-pocket just for routine preventative care and I have "health insurance." It was even worse a few years back when they wouldn't cover x-rays and I had to dish out a couple of thousand for them. A recent house call for my disabled mom is $550 out-of-pocket. OP Post #11 No it happened on the night before the cruise. We didn't know the extent of the damage or where we should go for help. Thought we would board the cruise and get help from the medical centre onboard which we did. They virtually bundled us off the ship and we didn't have a chance even to talk to our travel companion to tell her what was happening. OP Post #51 Yes the accident happened on the way back to the hotel for the night about 9.00 PM. The first thing I did was ask the advice of the reception. It was either the doctor or the public hospital. There didn't seem much point in the doctor since he obviously needed a photo made which couldn't be done by a visiting doctor. There are 2 kinds of hospital in Greece public or private. The public one is free, the private are not. The public hospital did not seem the best option for his care. It appears you did know where to go for help. You were given options and you made a medical determination that your child's injury was minor enough that it could be treated by medical services on a floating hotel. You were mistaken. Did you call and ask for advice from emergency services, the hospitals, doctors, etc, or did you choose only between NCL and the options given to you by a hotel receptionist. You decided to place NCL in a situation where they became responsible for diagnosing and treating your child's injury--An injury that occurred when you were not a passenger at the time. I would be grateful that the situation wasn't more serious and that NCL was able to diagnose his injury quickly and correctly, and they correctly sent you back on land for treatment. Goodness gracious what if they diagnosed it after the ship disembarked and your son aggravated his injury or simply got worse in the meantime. Would insurance even cover you in a scenario where you chose to seek medical care from a floating hotel rather than go straight to a doctor or medical facility on land? If NCL had given my loved one prompt correct medical treatment, I would be sending them a thank you letter.

I was on the May 1st sailing. I had a similar check-in experience except yours managed to be a hair worse because I saw suite guests on a dedicated very short line for security, bermuda screening, and check-in. Once on board, I complained to guest services, and wrote to NCL leadership while on board the ship. Apparently they didn't make any changes on your cruise. The only response I've received from NCL was an email stating they will pass my comments on to the port agency. They are really messing things up for their repeat customers sailing out of MCT.

Santorini is famed for having one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. You may want to check with the tour operator that you won't be on a bus heading back to the ship and miss out on the sunset. Been there done that. It wasn't a big deal for me but I felt sad for the people trying to take a photo with their telephoto lens through the tour bus glass windows while it's moving.

Thanks!

I see that the NCL Joy May 29th sailing from NYC to Bermuda no long has Norfolk VA as the first stop. Can anyone report if they dropped it recently? I would have sworn it was on the itinerary a week ago. The sailings after June 5 still have Norfolk but I'm wondering if this recent change is a preview of things to come. Virginia's positivity rate is over 16.6%. New York City for comparison is 6.7% (Manhattan)

I bring the powdered version and empty half of it, then stuff other things such as teabags, loose leaf tea, organic sugar in ziplocs. Saves space an I haven't had issues with Manhattan port security.

The OP is from February 24 and hasn't commented after original post.

Thank you OP for sharing your experience. Sorry about what happened to you. To all: A 3rd round of free at-home covid tests was authorized for a total of 16 per residential address. I'm bringing them for future cruises even though after several cruises (latest one on May 1st) I've managed to avoid catching it. https://www.covid.gov/tests

Interesting thread gave me some ideas... Would this work? Buy the SodaStream® Diet Fountain Variety Pack (diet cola, diet root beer, etc). Pour the mixer into the type of container that is allowed on board (use your imagination). Then mix it with club soda from the bar.

It is. Thanks for the pictures. Disheartening.