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Let us hope they don't go under.  Most of us on here are unsecured creditors in one form or another.  We either have deposits down on a planned trip or have purchased future cruise credits.  If they do fold we can all kiss that money goodbye as we would all be at the end of the line when it came to asset division.

Thanks to all for your help

Staying in the Haven for the first time on the Breakaway departing 11Jan.  Can someone please provide me with the e mail address for the Concierge as I have some requests to make.  Thanks in advance for any help

Buy yourself a 3 day transit pass.  Good on all buses and the water ferry to St Georges.  Lots of things to do other than the beaches.  Start with the fort/museum right off Kings Wharf where the ship will be docked

As a Canadian here is the answer on why a DUI can keep you out of Canada.  In many States a DUI is treated as a misdemeanor.  In all Canadian Provinces and Territories it is a criminal offense, read felony.  We compare whatever your past offense was to our criminal code and if it comes up as a criminal offense in our books it is treated as such.  Now if you have been convicted of adultery you have nothing to fear about entering Canada.  It isn't an offense here. 

Has anyone on the 20 Jan sailing of the Escape out of NYC heard anything on their offer yet?

Has anyone seen any upgrade offers come out yet for the 20 Jan sailing of the Escape out of NYC.  Patiently waiting up here in frozen Canada.

LAX without question.

So my 20 Jan cruise out of NYC on the Escape now has cabins of both the title description.  Can someone tell me the difference, please.  My upgrade bids still list pending so I assume if there are any to be won they haven't been awarded yet.  The cruise is now not listed on the web page is available anymore yet if you go to Price Line cabins are still shown especially in the Haven.  Only my second time on NCL and the first time the cruise was a gift from my aunt and uncle for their 50th anniversary to all of us that were in their wedding party.  I was the ring bearer

16 Days to go and patiently waiting to hear about my bids on the 20 Jan 19 sailing on the Escape.  Never done this bidding thing before and now it seems like I'm a 7 year old on Christmas eve!  All the bids are still pending so at least they have not thrown me to the sharks just yet.  Anyone out there bidding on the same cruise heard anything yet? 

The Diamond has the soda and the soda and more packages. It does have not nor is scheduled to get the alcoholic package.

We have had a very active CC group for our trip on the Golden next week. Over 150 will attend the meet and greet. The following day is a cabin crawl and poker run. 7 or 8 cabins to visit one of which is our own.

Plays a big factor. We leave on Monday for 31 days in a Vista suite on the Golden. When I booked it was 50% more than a mini and Window Suites were the exact same price as a mini was going for. Our next cruise to Australia was a totally different story. The same suite except on the Diamond cost me 2.5 X the price of a mini.

We leave Sunday for 35 days and the cleaning starts in earnest tomorrow. Can't stand coming home to a dirty house

You may end up with a trip to the naughty room to fetch your bag if it is x rayed and they suspect it is something other than water. It will only be a minor inconvenience as once you open the bag for them and they see what it is you will be good to go.

I started the other thread. So far I have pre bought over $350 worth of items and $2000 in OBC. All billed in Cdn dollars and all reflected in US dollars. My cruise next week was booked in Cdn dollars about 16 months ago

Caribe deck. The balcony is 9'X9' and half covered. The rest of the balcony cabins are 9'x5'and exposed. The balconies on the aft of the ship (aft facing are fully covered and larger as well.

On Wednesday I finally got the Grandmother charm I ordered on 9 Nov. They told me they can't keep them in stock. The store had 50 on order and they got 8. Thankfully I was number 7 on the list

Yep. From the taking in of the loungers and putting out at 0600 you will get some noise. No way around it. How much it bothers you depends on how light you sleep. I'd find another cabin if it is possible

Sorry about the injury but that's what insurance is for. You don't buy it so you are prepared to gamble the cost of the cruise. 99% of the time you don't need it. This time some of the gamblers had a loosing hand.

I have not flown Qantas as I tend to stick with Star Alliance partners. I have flown Air NZ in business and love the product. Very similar to Air Canada with individual pods that are fully reclining and offer great privacy. Layed out in a herrinbone fashion in the cabin. The only thing about this layout that some don't like is that since you are not sitting directly next to your travel partner communicating can be a little bit more cumbersome. I am actually looking at them for our travel to Australia in Feb 15 as well.

Both the DW and I have worked hard and saved a lot of money over a lot of years to be able to afford the number and quality of the vacations we now take. The next trip will be about 30k and the one after that closer to 50k. Some good investments along the way have certainly helped as well. When we go our children will inherit a lot but they ain't getting it all! As a wise man once said "Fly first class or your children will" We took that statement to heart.

If you are thinking of taking the trip to Tulum do it with a ships sponsered tour. Be prepared for a very long, very slow drive there and back with limited time at Tulum itself. There are frequent police road blocks on the highway and you are forever slowing down to a crawl. I say use a ships tour because if something goes wrong, ie the bus breaks down or you end up with the highway closed for an hour like happend to us because of a torrential rain storm at least the ship will wait. I've seen the ferry break down as well. The ship waits for their tours but not private ones.

As to money we budget $300/day. Some days we spend next to nothing and others we have spent over $2000. Kind of all evens out in the end.

Last day in the office is today. Going to be a short one too. Retirement luncheon at 1300 and that's all she wrote folks. Actual retirement date is 09 Apr and I'll be somewhere in Hawaii on the Golden Princess enroute to the South Pacific. Got some holidays that have to be burnt off before the big day. Tomorrow starts the 7 Saturdays a week plan.

They still happen and nobody knows for sure how the upgrade fairy really works. However when it comes to the full suites Princess is more inclined to offer up sells at a reduced cost as opposed to free upgrades. We always sail in a suite and I have been on trips where there we empty ones. I wish you luck and Happy Anniversary.