mast3rn8 Posted July 4, 2023 #401 Share Posted July 4, 2023 19 hours ago, omahabob said: You do realize that's somewhat of an oxymoron, right? 😄 I’m not an experienced TA cruiser but I’d assume Lisbon to Miami could be warmer than London to NY. Either way, I’m determined to use the outdoor space if the weather is even remotely better than the Sept 2022 TA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JIMESOPUS Posted July 4, 2023 #402 Share Posted July 4, 2023 here is a link to some pictures of the Viva, thanks Marine Traffic https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:3513870/shipname:NORWEGIAN VIVA?order=date_uploaded 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omahabob Posted July 4, 2023 #403 Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, mast3rn8 said: I’m not an experienced TA cruiser but I’d assume Lisbon to Miami could be warmer than London to NY. Either way, I’m determined to use the outdoor space if the weather is even remotely better than the Sept 2022 TA. Yeah, it occurred to me that a Caribbean to Med (or vice versa) TA would be warmer. Of course, that occurred to me AFTER I made that post above. Edited July 4, 2023 by omahabob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare amygutman Posted July 5, 2023 #404 Share Posted July 5, 2023 On 7/4/2023 at 2:18 PM, JIMESOPUS said: here is a link to some pictures of the Viva, thanks Marine Traffic https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:3513870/shipname:NORWEGIAN VIVA?order=date_uploaded Love these!!!! is it just me, or does the ship seem busier than the Prima? Maybe it’s just all the construction? Warmest, Amy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiseny4life Posted July 6, 2023 #405 Share Posted July 6, 2023 14 hours ago, amygutman said: Love these!!!! is it just me, or does the ship seem busier than the Prima? Maybe it’s just all the construction? Warmest, Amy They are great photos! I appreciate @JIMESOPUS sharing them. It seems about as busy as Pr1ma to me, but I'll be honest that I haven't followed many images of Pr1ma. Just the travails posted here on Cruise Critic. I wonder if Cruise Critic is just full of a bunch of negative people (ok, ok...), but it's interesting V!va has the same slides going down the side. If there were such vitriol from all the actual passengers, not just Cruise Critic crowd, one would think the slides would have been eliminated. Did I read correctly, that you're booked on V!va? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sugar Magnolia Posted July 6, 2023 #406 Share Posted July 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, cruiseny4life said: They are great photos! I appreciate @JIMESOPUS sharing them. Did I read correctly, that you're booked on V!va? Yes great photos. Thank you @JIMESOPUS. I thought long and hard over the 4th of July holiday about booking you @cruiseny4life on the Viva TA but concluded that I could not afford the lifestyle to which you've become accustomed, so I am sending myself in your stead...third class. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JIMESOPUS Posted July 6, 2023 #407 Share Posted July 6, 2023 @cruiseny4life Yes we will be on the Starting in Rome, our first B2B. Tried to add in a third leg but the purser said no. @Sugar Magnolia Thanks for taking one for the team. Jim 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omahabob Posted July 6, 2023 #408 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I'm on the Viva in March. Make sure you guys take lots of pictures and come back with detailed reviews. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiseny4life Posted July 6, 2023 #409 Share Posted July 6, 2023 56 minutes ago, Sugar Magnolia said: Yes great photos. Thank you @JIMESOPUS. I thought long and hard over the 4th of July holiday about booking you @cruiseny4life on the Viva TA but concluded that I could not afford the lifestyle to which you've become accustomed, so I am sending myself in your stead...third class. What?!?! All I ask for is unlimited lobster tail, filets, someone to wait on me every moment of the day, and a hot tub to soak in when I'm not being served lobster. How is this too much? Alas, I fear I'm more familiar with those third class digs than first class...says he who had to pick up his dog's lovely waste from the floor, this very morning. Not very Havenlike! But really, enjoy your cruise! I'm looking forward to hearing all about it (if you so choose to share the deets). 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sugar Magnolia Posted July 6, 2023 #410 Share Posted July 6, 2023 39 minutes ago, JIMESOPUS said: @Sugar Magnolia Thanks for taking one for the team. Jim I requested an extra creaky cabin to not only relive, but also to enhance my experience from the Prima TA. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKstages Posted July 6, 2023 #411 Share Posted July 6, 2023 52 minutes ago, cruiseny4life said: and a hot tub to soak in when I'm not being served lobster… why not save time by sharing the hot tub with lobsters? my experience has been that if you slip the attendants twenty bucks* at just the right moment, they will happily fill the tub with drawn butter. i like to think this is much more humane than dropping the lobsters into boiling water. they get to enjoy a bit of a holiday, just like us, before making the ultimate sacrifice. ———— *yes, I know… tipping is a highly personal matter. some might tip only a fiver for this service, some might tip fifty, some might not tip at all. i’ve had the best success with a discreet twenty. anything less, i find they take shortcuts and you might wind up with a hot tub filled with margarine. 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JIMESOPUS Posted July 6, 2023 #412 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Sugar Magnolia said: I requested an extra creaky cabin to not only relive, but also to enhance my experience from the Prima TA. This time we are higher up, so those who walk on deck #8 ( Ocean Walk ) can't look up into our balcony. Also, we are more forward so we can't hear the trap door opening and people screaming that they are stuck in the dry slides. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacemanSpiff Posted July 6, 2023 #413 Share Posted July 6, 2023 23 minutes ago, UKstages said: why not save time by sharing the hot tub with lobsters? I'm not sure which one of us would come out red first! And don't give NCL any ideas -- they might decide to turn the hot tub water into a base for lobster bisque (sustainability and all that sort of thing....) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKstages Posted July 6, 2023 #414 Share Posted July 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, JIMESOPUS said: we can't hear the trap door opening and people screaming that they are stuck in the dry slides. that’s fine, but you do realize, don’t you, that you’ve just cut out one of the primary entertainment options on the prima class ships? you may wish to reconsider. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVACruiser43 Posted July 6, 2023 #415 Share Posted July 6, 2023 15 minutes ago, JIMESOPUS said: This time we are higher up, so those who walk on deck #8 ( Ocean Walk ) can't look up into our balcony. Also, we are more forward so we can't hear the trap door opening and people screaming that they are stuck in the dry slides. We have an ADA deck 10 booked Nov 2024 TA That should give us a good view of the slide 🙂 We might even have the bonus of a super creaky cabin too! Tom 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JIMESOPUS Posted July 6, 2023 #416 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Hey NCL, I know you are out there reading posts ( at least that's what some have written here on CC ). Since you are pretty good at changing itineraries here is an idea for you. Drop Puerto Plata and added San Juan, this way Fonsi could board the ship at San Juan and triumphantly sailed into Miami, what a great photo opportunity, in my opinion, a improvement to the Pr1ma christening. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sugar Magnolia Posted July 6, 2023 #417 Share Posted July 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, JIMESOPUS said: This time we are higher up, so those who walk on deck #8 ( Ocean Walk ) can't look up into our balcony. Also, we are more forward so we can't hear the trap door opening and people screaming that they are stuck in the dry slides. Yes, I paid close attention last year to the Prima deck plans when they became available. I knew I wanted to be forward and at least on deck 10 or higher to avoid the slides and have a clear view of the ocean, unencumbered by the Ocean Walk scene. I was rather pleased at myself for such a smart decision when I boarded. The creaky cabin was just an added bonus. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omahabob Posted July 6, 2023 #418 Share Posted July 6, 2023 52 minutes ago, JIMESOPUS said: ...improvement to the Pr1ma christening. Viva christening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JIMESOPUS Posted July 6, 2023 #419 Share Posted July 6, 2023 @omahabobhttps://www.cruisecritic.com/news/puerto-rican-singer-luis-fonsi-chosen-as-norwegian-viva-s-godfather The TA will disembark on 11/27 and the ceremony will be the following day/night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiseny4life Posted July 6, 2023 #420 Share Posted July 6, 2023 This entire thread is lit...at least NCL is getting their money's worth of advertising ahead of V1va's inaugural cruise. All press is good press, right? I'm looking forward to cruising Pr1ma or V!va in about five years...when all the above joked upon "features" have been worked out. I wonder if a butter filled tub would moisturize my skin? NY's winters are harsh! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sugar Magnolia Posted July 6, 2023 #421 Share Posted July 6, 2023 13 minutes ago, cruiseny4life said: This entire thread is lit...at least NCL is getting their money's worth of advertising ahead of V1va's inaugural cruise. All press is good press, right? I'm looking forward to cruising Pr1ma or V!va in about five years...when all the above joked upon "features" have been worked out. I wonder if a butter filled tub would moisturize my skin? NY's winters are harsh! Are you really satisfied with just sitting back for the next 5 years while the rest of us slog through the wilds of Prima class exploration? I thought you were much more aventurous than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimix Posted July 6, 2023 #422 Share Posted July 6, 2023 4 hours ago, cruiseny4life said: Alas, I fear I'm more familiar with those third class digs than first class...says he who had to pick up his dog's lovely waste from the floor, this very morning. Not very Havenlike! Just call your butler... I don't think I've seen picking up dog waste in Gary's list of what butler will/won't do... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omahabob Posted July 6, 2023 #423 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 hour ago, JIMESOPUS said: @omahabobhttps://www.cruisecritic.com/news/puerto-rican-singer-luis-fonsi-chosen-as-norwegian-viva-s-godfather The TA will disembark on 11/27 and the ceremony will be the following day/night Yes, I know. But your post said Prima christening, not Viva christening, hence my question. But, you've answered it now. You really meant to say Viva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesea777 Posted July 6, 2023 #424 Share Posted July 6, 2023 6 hours ago, JIMESOPUS said: Hey NCL, I know you are out there reading posts ( at least that's what some have written here on CC ). Since you are pretty good at changing itineraries here is an idea for you. Drop Puerto Plata and added San Juan, this way Fonsi could board the ship at San Juan and triumphantly sailed into Miami, what a great photo opportunity, in my opinion, an improvement to the Pr1ma christening. 3 hours ago, omahabob said: Yes, I know. But your post said Prima christening, not Viva christening, hence my question. But, you've answered it now. You really meant to say Viva. @omahabob please reread @JIMESOPUS's post .... he said an improvement TO the Prima christening. We're on the same TA as well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omahabob Posted July 6, 2023 #425 Share Posted July 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, bluesea777 said: @omahabob please reread @JIMESOPUS's post .... he said an improvement TO the Prima christening.... Yes, I know. You can't make an improvement TO an event that has already happened. That's why I asked the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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