gizfish

It's a check in time, not embarkation time actually. In Brooklyn, they do not pay attention to what has been assigned. Your assigned time will also probably randomly change between now and your cruise.

It has to do with the timing of Easter and Passover. Most schools had Thursday and Friday before easter off and then have Passover week off.

So many views, yet no replies...I'll tell you why no one has answered. It's because no one wants to tell you that they really hope you won't even consider bringing your guitar (bag pipes, accordion, kazoo, violin.....and certainly not your child's recorder even though the music teacher says they have to practice) because as talented as you probably are, no one wants to hear you play. If you play on your balcony, your neighbors will be disturbed. And even though it's acoustic, the cabin walls are still thin, so again, your neighbors will be disturbed. There really is no place for you to play it, so it's advisable that you leave it at home.

I was on Meraviglia in September in an angled balcony cabin that could easily accommodate a lounge. When I asked the room stewardess it was like no one had ever asked such a thing. Her supervisor told her to tell us to ask at guest services. The person manning the desk was also flummoxed by my request and had to ask an officer. We were told no due to there being a "safety issue" with the lounge hitting the glass. I guess Aurea and YC lounges behave better, or maybe those upper scale balconies are entitled to better glass? The table and regular balcony chairs certainly have more of a chance flying around and hitting the glass than a low profile lounge. So it makes no sense. But in your case since you are in a regular class cabin, I wouldn't count on getting a lounge. My plan for our next MSC cruise is to get one of those foldable camping lounges to bring with me.

Since mid winter break which happens during presidents week is only three weeks before the second cruise in your btb, the odds of spring break for school age kids being that week are quite slim, especially since the spring holidays are in April. As others have said, college spring break is another story. But since NCL doesn't allow under 21 to travel without parents or guardians, the odds of a cruise being a college spring break booze debacle are slim unless there are a bunch of masters and doctorate level students on board. And obviously they can't afford a cruise or the drink package gratuities since they are paying for their higher education lol.

Spring break is horrible on any cruise line with kids. It doesn't compare to Thanksgiving. To take a week long cruise around turkey day, the kiddos have to be pulled from school for at least 3 days. Less parents book at that time. Also turkey day is more of an extended family eating traditional food type holiday, again meaning less kids than spring break.

Hash browns, cookies and now this...oh the humanity.

The lounges above the OP's cabin are bolted to the floor. The tiny teak tables are not going to be heard through their ceiling. If you looked at the deck plans, you would see the spot their cabin is, is pretty far away from the therapy pool. I have never seen staff use rolling carts in the relaxation area to collect towels as the collection bins are near the exit area. Few people leave a towel on the lounges....certainly not often enough to require rolling bins to be used. Besides if those theoretical bins were annoying enough to people in rooms below, don't you think they would be annoying as heck to the actual lounge area users? It's nice that crew gets to use the spa at times. Thanks for passing that info on.

When I said possibly planning to be more generous, I meant by tipping who they wanted personally. Sorry you did not understand what I was implying.

It doesn't matter what "most" people do. But more importantly how on earth can you propose to know that most people tip more? Has there been some exit survey that only you know about? Tipping is a personal choice, and to try to bully people to go along with what you choose to do by saying "most" do, is just wrong.

What's shameful is you have already decided the OP is removing or lowering the service fee and not doing so because they are planning possibly to be more generous. You have decided the OP is this terrible person when their plan may be to tip much more generously to the people they want to tip. Shameful is judging someone based on your preconceived notions.

Don't just do something. Sit there. Forced relaxation is a wonderful thing.

We had it with one light on our cruise. I don't remember what I did to make it stop. I know we didn't use that light since all my bedtime reading is on my kindle. But as part of turn down service, the stewardess turned them on each night. I think taking the key card out of the slot and putting it back in to reset the room lights worked. Maybe try that after you have...um...rubbed the lights off (said no one ever).

Thx for the link to your review. When we were on Meraviglia in September, there was food available at the buffet for like 19 or 22 hours a day. When dinner was over they would switch to snacks, and of course the pizza was always available. I wonder if they have (sadly) cut back. Also, the pool area had soft serve for about two or three hours most days. It wasn't self serve, but was absolutely the best cruise ship ice cream we have ever had. For those on the East coast, it was equivalent to Carvel quality. I wonder if the frozen yogurt you encountered is a permanent change.

Why are you assuming that didn't happen? The medication thing is moot since she is in a hospital with access to whatever meds she may need, and no hospital would allow her to be taking her own meds due to liability issues. And, the passport thing has been gone over many times. The ship would have given her passport to the port agent who then gets it to her.