Don’t travel with NCL for Itinerary

[mking8288]

DW will go with the flow, if we come across a last minute NCL sailing at fire sale price with relatively low port taxes, charges & fees - where we don't care about the destinations and port of calls.  

 

St. Lucia was a tender port last January for the Getaway sailing, I'm not sure whether it was a tender or docking stop for the Escape.  Our local taxi-tour guide said to us, one of the reasons that NCL doesn't like their bigger ships to visit .... drum roll ...

 

NCL management does not want to run their tenders plus it's not fun for ships sailed above double occupancy, with children & teens, and others with access/mobility challenges; and, all rather go ashore.   This has been proven but ... think about the extra fuel and personnel needed to shuttle 3,000 pax & crew, plus support, not as simple as docking at St. Juan, or Amber Cove.  This urban legend is just one of the theories behind repeated cancellations of St. Lucia, and our winter cruise wasn't the only one.  

 

[VoyagerMutti]

On 10/17/2024 at 3:04 AM, RedwingHockeyFan said:

Just curious, how do they sail to Berlin when it is around 100 miles inland?  What is the port city that is close enough to suggest it stops at Berlin?

Cruise I was just on with Oceania stopped at Warnemunde/Rostock for overnight, 2 full days in port.  Those wanting to do excursion to Berlin had long bus trip into city and back.  Some stayed overnight in Berlin.