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I was there ALL the time. More than 30 minutes, probably around 45 minutes or so. This person did not have any reasons to believe we were outside of pool area. And we left very important stuff in our chairs. Not only towels or caps. Chairs were full of stuff.

Since March we haven't seen any visible measures on-board. Of course now you don't need to have a test for most of shorter (less than 9 days) cruises, and if one need a test it is just a photo of hometest

NCL is a line we sail for good itineraries. (sailed 9 times) People complain about some issues, but we are willing overlook them for itinerary, good entertainment and vibe on board. In some reason we did not enjoy experience in similar to Joy class ship Breakaway (it does not have some things Joy has. Like speed cars etc) What REALLY I did not like on this type of ship was design. Especially pool deck. At all. Too many people... Also if Oasis has some sort of Solarium with a roof, NCL ships do not have it. As we are sailing from Northeast this is a big deal for us.

30 minutes is too little. I swim for longer. At least and hour.

I am about to embark on cruise #55 with 8 lines. And 4 A/I vacations and yet to see system working properly about chairhogging. I would not expect it to work. It is very difficult to enforce, and crew is not very comfortable bothering guests, removing their stuff. Recently we were in Jacuzzi in Solarium on Adventure for some time (after a long walk in Boston). When we returned to our chairs near window we found another passenger occupying it. She calculated we were absent for too long and it was a time to enforce laws. 🤣 There were many empty loungers maybe in the next row, but she needed one of our 3 chairs. She wanted to be by the window. We had towels clothing, tablets, phones etc on all three... so it was pretty obvious we are in the area, yet ....

I'd think it is Curaçao or maybe Bonaire. Dutch islands.

There is no physical health check. You do it when you checking on line. It used to be 10+ questions 1 day prior sailing, now it is 3 questions 45 days prior up to boarding.

YouTube works, streaming not so much. Connections could be not great with either during some periods of time.

Royal changed rules. You can use your 4 drinks as D and 5 as D+ all day long, but not unlimited during happy hours. Diamond Lounge still provides hors d'oeuvres for 3.5 hours in afternoon.

It is not free, but it is free for me on my cruises since we became Diamonds and even more at Diamond+ JFYI we cruised a lot with 7 other companies too. Check my signature. We never concentrated on RCI till recently just to get to Diamond level, but none other mass market line offers the same level of benefits as RCI even if you spend thousands with them. I could continue to sail with them and did not get this.

I am sure there are bad places, but during last year we multiple times, many of my friends, relatives, people I know from Europe visited NYC and never felt unsafe.

True... but NCL ships lack inside pools. 3 sea days won't be comfortable too.

I do not believe there is this question anymore.

On Vision class we specifically book interiors on 7th and 8th deck. Mostly 7th. But not sure this would be a problem for us. As long as there is a music in Boleros we do not sleep!

Food in all 4 (MTD and Traditional) DR are the same. We usually use MTD and prebook Times. In this case they still try to put you on the same table if is possible. We usually ask to switch between too. Also we are not big pizza eaters, and won't skip MDR for that, but Sorrento's offer pretty good choices.