GORDONCHICK

But that doesn't/didn't show on your booking.

I hope this is the case as we are hoping to use the service in September.

As far as I can see, The Empress doesn't serve high tea, which is in the evening and has savory pieces as well as the sweets (an evening meal, tea style, and at a table instead of off a coffee table). I'm good with either experience but I want it to be the full experience - especially for the price. I brew my own tea all the time, so it's not really about just the tea part. If the full tea experience isn't available, then I'll just go find a beaver tail, call it good and head back to the ship.

This is what I thought as well and why I cam to ask specifically on the NCL board.

Yes, this is what concerns me.

That would be very helpful. We will be on the Norwegian Sun and in Victoria on 9/17. Thanks for your help.

It said to attach it. But we already knew that we could write "platinum" on our ticket.

We had a voucher in September.

I might end up doing that but I would have preferred to get a personal observation.

Yes, that's the info I got from the port board. What I'm asking is what is the tea experience from the NCL excursion. They normally only have afternoon tea until 4pm. The ship doesn't dock until 6:30. So do they open for tea on ship days or is this just for cruise passengers on an excursion and how does the food differ from the regular afternoon tea?

No, it's a use it or lose it coupon.

I am looking for information on specifically NCL excursion in Victoria BC for tea at the Fairmont Empress. Many on the port board talked about the experience from not being on an exursion. I'm trying to find out what the experience is on the excursion. Is it a skimpy tea or a full tea experience? The excursion info says iced tea, so I would like to know if it's been altered in other ways from their regular afternoon tea experience. The excursion is in the evening - after the Empress offers afternoon tea. Can anyone who has done this excursion through NCL post their experience please?

Yes, that's why the question - this isn't the standard tea that they do. But I do know people who came into the Empress on their own and had tea there while in town on their cruise (also in the evening) so I don't think it's ONLY for cruise passengers, but primarily. And if they can make some extra bucks off some walk ins, I'm sure they're all for it. And the irony to me for the name of high tea is that it's for the working class who don't have the opportunity to have afternoon tea except on days they aren't working. High tea = working class. But I wouldn't mind the beefed upvariety myself.

Personally, I pick cabins that are between floors with cabins - above and below. If you have that option, I would go that route. I realize it's late in picking cabins and that you're lucky there are verandahs left at all. But if you only have that option, definitely cabins above you.

That's how ours was. Our son slept on that corner couch that made up into a nice bed. It was his first time to not be in a pullman!