Ports with no Shore Excursions Offered by NCL

[Scurrent]

We are scheduled to depart on the NCL Jewel out of Bali, Indonesia to Thailand in February of 2023.  There are very few shore excursions offered by NCL in any of the ports. In fact two of the ports have no shore excursions at all offered through NCL.  The ports with no excursions offered are major ports in Indonesia, Surabaya and Semarang, but NCL offers nothing.  Outside vendors do have multiple tours in these ports though.  We were hoping to use our onboard credit for all of the ports.  My question is will NCL at some point in the next four months open up excursions for the two ports, or increase the number of excursions in the other ports? Should we just book with an outside vendor now?  Much thanx  -  Steve

[Laszlo]

19 minutes ago, Scurrent said:

We are scheduled to depart on the NCL Jewel out of Bali, Indonesia to Thailand in February of 2023.  There are very few shore excursions offered by NCL in any of the ports. In fact two of the ports have no shore excursions at all offered through NCL.  The ports with no excursions offered are major ports in Indonesia, Surabaya and Semarang, but NCL offers nothing.  Outside vendors do have multiple tours in these ports though.  We were hoping to use our onboard credit for all of the ports.  My question is will NCL at some point in the next four months open up excursions for the two ports, or increase the number of excursions in the other ports? Should we just book with an outside vendor now?  Much thanx  -  Steve

Assuming you made a typo and you are going in 2024. It could be a question of NCL has not signed contracts yet. I would call the excursion desk and ask them what is going on

[slavetoabunny]

They have had some major glitches recently with their shore excursions.  I wouldn't be surprised if they show up in the next few days.

[ggTexasGal]

20 hours ago, Scurrent said:

We are scheduled to depart on the NCL Jewel out of Bali, Indonesia to Thailand in February of 2023.  There are very few shore excursions offered by NCL in any of the ports. In fact two of the ports have no shore excursions at all offered through NCL.  The ports with no excursions offered are major ports in Indonesia, Surabaya and Semarang, but NCL offers nothing.  Outside vendors do have multiple tours in these ports though.  We were hoping to use our onboard credit for all of the ports.  My question is will NCL at some point in the next four months open up excursions for the two ports, or increase the number of excursions in the other ports? Should we just book with an outside vendor now?  Much thanx  -  Steve

If you are planning to use OBC for excursions, you will need to book ONBOARD in order to use any OBC!

 

(Excursion credits themselves are considered NON-REFUNDLE by NCL.)

 

Or, if/when shore excursions become available online, you could pre-book, and pay the full costs, but have your price adjusted once you are onboard.  The amount you had pre-paid should then be adjusted to your ONBOARD ACCOUNT as "Refundable Onboard Credit," and if unused onboard, should be given to you as cash before disembarkation.

[schmoopie17]

You can often/usually get better deals using private (i.e. non-NCL) excursions. I know you want to use your credits, but you may be able to find a better deal, anyway.