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So now our resident RCI hater can have a new target - French engineers.

LOL. this should be fun.

You're welcome, enjoy, but be prepared!

I’m worried we may get the “Uncle CLR” PG rated version as opposed to the unedited director’s cut we are used to.

“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”

—John Wooden

I don’t think I would want to play golf with someone I knew who removed grats w/o cause. Too much chance they’d pull a Judge Smails on me. Just my .02

Cheers

Tom

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Well I think these types of threads do have a purpose. Particularly for those of us who have not sailed on NCL yet. In the interest of full disclosure I am primarily a fan of Royal Caribbean and celebrity cruises. A lot of posters in those forums have cruised on NCL and have good things to say about their experiences.

I have a cruise booked for February 2019 on the Bliss. I’ve been mostly lurking here to try to get a lot of information about NCL. I doubt this incident on the Sun will cause us to cancel the booking, but it does give me second thoughts about whether or not NCL will be a viable regular option for us.

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Great pic

Great “live” thread. Thanks for posting. We are still 205 days away from our October TA. This has really wetted our appetite.

Cheers

Tom

Greetings. Taking my wife, daughters & grandkids on Anthem of the Seas this Christmas; returning to Royal Caribbean almost 30 years after my first cruise ever, which was on Sovereign of the Seas. (Between then we have cruised on Carnival, NCL, and Disney.) Odd thing is Royal can find no record of the cruise to add to my profile. It was my first time traveling with my future wife (it was even mentioned along with a photo in a memoir I published.) I provided addresses, birthdates, wife’s maiden name; it’s not a big deal but I can’t stand when I know for certain I am correct and I sense the person I am speaking with doesn’t fully believe me. Even offered to send him photos with a logo on them. He did seem to be looking hard to find something and assured me the records go back that far. Any ideas? Should I just try another rep?

Welcome home. I have a similar issue. I’ve not reached out to RCI at all assuming it was a long time ago and wasn’t worth the bother. I did my first cruise on Rhapsody in August of 1997 shortly after her maiden voyage. 7 night Alaska Cruise in a Jr. Suite. Then there was a 16 year gap between that cruise and my second; work; time shares and various other land vacations took priority. Of course I neglected to save any cruise documentation. I just figured it is not worth the hassle.

I’m interested to see what answers you get

Who can forget Ursula Andress on that beach near Dunn's River Falls.

Epic!

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I'll definitely be watching for reviews of the ribs and then wings from the sports bar.

Playmakers is intriguing for me. I look forward to checking it out on the October TA. Won’t be a lot of US sporting events outside of the late late late night hours until the second week. But we will have the World Series, Football, Hockey and Basketball.

Still not the one according to the guide but of course Ian Fleming loved him some Jamaica. I think he even had a house there.

 

 

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I believe Bob is correct. Thunderball was in Nassau. Jamaica was used in several James Bond movies that location is Dr. No.

Here's a trivia question for you before the Jamaica review. They call this "Bond Bridge". Anyone know why??!

 

 

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They had a layover in Frankfurt this morning, so Uncle CLR really wanted to ask if they thought the Germans were the wurst.

 

 

Uncle CLR could give them a WWII history lesson when they arrive

How long before “Uncle” CLR asks them to “pull my finger?”

I agree with the advice for using a TA. However, do the work yourself. Research the cruise you want, the cabins, and the time of year and the sales/deals the cruise line is offering. Then go to the TA. You want to get the booking incentives from the cruise line as well as extra perks from the TA (over and above the cruise line).

Note that most cruise lines allow one to book a cruise directly and then transfer to a TA. I’ve done that a couple of times.

I guess this is a semi-high jack of the thread. I apologize if it is. But I’ve been going through the getting a Celebrity/RCI reward card dilemma for years. I’m just not sold. As was mentioned above. There are other better options. I’m a frequent leisure traveler and former part time road warrior of many years ago. I just don’t see these BofA cards as a good option.

Sure OBC is nice, but when you look at the points and the other rewards I just don’t seen the benefit over using a different rewards card, like Chase Sapphire for example. The rewards and 1:1 partner point transfer just seem like a better return than a few hundred bucks OBC.

Other than joining and getting the bonus points for the OBC on a cruise, I doubt I’d ever use it as a regular card, even for booking a cruise. I’d most likely cancel after using the points for OBC.

Am I wrong in my analysis?

TW

There is a very helpful Cruise/Travel Insurance forum here on CC. Recommend you post your question here:

Cruise/Travel Insurance

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Yep. We’ve been paying the $450 pp as well. My .02 is I don’t mind this at all. As others have said it helps defray the amount at final payment. In fact depending on the cruise I’ll make a few other payments along the way. If I have to cancel or change I just move that deposit/payment to a new booking.

Steamboats this is well done. Thank you for sharing.

Cheers

Tom

Oh boy! Didn’t think about that. Well I’m in Uncle Rick mode for this one. I have to set a good example.

 

 

I can’t grasp CLR in “Uncle Rick” mode. I hope it doesn’t mean a wardrobe involving sweaters

11.5 months till Symphony for me. Live life vicariously through CLR.

Looking forward to following CLR’s exploits. +6 hours should make for some entertaining prime time periscopes for US viewers.

Jealous. We have 7 months to go until the Symphony TA.

I think the video is amazing! Better then anything the cruise lines have paid huge money for!! This 59 year old wanted to be part of the crew!!! That what good advertising does!!

Agree. This shows a lot of talent and creativity. I’m jealous.

I do vacation videos for our small group of 50 somethings when we do our annual summer trips. I try and try but can never come up with anything remotely as good as these videos.

Here comes part 1 of my "review". The other parts will follow but I can´t tell you whether I can publish another part today or whether you have to wait for tomorrow. It´s a deck by deck photo description (if you want to read the German text try google translate). Restaurants, bars, lounges will follow in separate parts as well as cabin and a the suites they had opened up (we did not tour all show cabins).

 

 

 

I saw a sign at El Loco Fresh that it´s open for breakfast too. Unfortunately I saw this later during the day and yesterday they had no breakfast up there. But as it´s open for breakfast I assume they will have the omlett station there as they do have on the other Oasis Class ships.

 

 

 

steamboats

Wow. This is great. Love the pictures. Thank you for sharing.

Tom

That is the perfect example of fake news - shame on them!:mad:

Please tell us what is fake about the article.

Awesome video and great music. What video editing software do you use?