2022 Update of the original post from 2019
This content is very long and detailed. It was designed to give a perspective on the sometimes-controversial topic of the NCL Haven VIP Luxury Experience. Prior to booking the Haven, the information available at the time was far from complete. This led to many of the same questions being asked on CruiseCritic.com and other social media outlets.
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We just cruised on the Getaway in the Haven out of Port Canaveral 10/22-10/29. Nobody checked our appointed check-in time, which was honestly useless because instead of giving us an option to check in together, my husband and I had one check-in time, our 11-year-old son had a later one, and our 9-year-old son had one a couple of hours later, all because that's what was left when we finished check-in. (The NCL site went down mid-check-in, then went back up, then down, etc., for the rest of the da