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We had similar C_F while on Viva TA (westbound) and stopped in St. Thomas. There were too few CBPs for the # of pax.

Don’t worry. Take whatever you want.

Looks like Key West is now limiting # of ships/passengers.

They need to read the contract (aka small print). All cruise lines do change itineraries, not just NCL. We have had ours changed a few times. 🤷‍♀️ Falmouth has a gated compound area with shops and eateries for cruise ship pax.

When you booked the excursions before the cruise you were charged the excursion price less the $50 credit. On board when an excursion is cancelled the full price is refunded to your OBA, and then the $50 credit is reversed on the OBA.

Great review and photos, love the Random Observations! Suggest you have the pistachio martini as your nightcap rather than the espresso one! Save the latter as your morning joe … to wake you up more! Enjoy the rest of you pond crossing.

Righto!! Our two b2b Gem Panama Canal cruises go to different ports each leg, so basically our cruise is a 18 day long one visiting 10 ports, plus an overnight in Panama City!! Also, Christmas decorations galore on the Gem!

That's exactly what we're doing on the Gem in Dec 2024. Miami to Panama City and back to Miami, b2b.

The Upgrade Advantage is 3rd party - outside NCL’s jurisdiction.

Guest Services …. There’s a Reservations Desk there.

That's good to hear! Mykonos and Santorini have been added - it's good that you're going in May - before the height of tourist (and ships) season! As for Alexandra overnight can you check out the NCL excursions to see if there's one for Cairo overnight. We took one (yes, pricy, but for our own safety) and it was fantastic - they took us to many sights over the two days and put us up in fantastic hotel on the Nile. Funnily enough so many people booked that excursion and it resulted in 9 coaches. But it was fantastic - we even had an armed guard (in suit) with us on the coach. I'm not so sure about the train .... but if it were us we'd take the NCL excursion over going on our own. ENJOY!!

Following .... You sure took a big risk in flying in on the day of cruise, and a long journey to boot. We were on the Epic 3x, once in 2010 (Caribbean), again in 2011 (westbound TA) and again in 2012 (also wb TA). Loved the ship at the time, but stopped once we discovered the Breakaway class ships. Maybe one day we might return to Epic, but don't know. ENJOY!!

There's no 15 drinks a day package on NCL 😄

Expect an itinerary change email from NCL (if not a cancellation one) for your May 7-18, 2025 cruise. This cruise also includes Egypt. The next two cruises (May18-27 and May27-June6) disembarks & embarks in Haifa.

The two cancelled Epic cruises (Nov 1 and Nov 11, 2025) were disembarking and embarking in Haifa Israel. They will be substituted with new itineraries in due course. Ditto with Viva's 4 cruises (two in May 2025 and two in Sept 2025). See post #1.