RocketMan275

Storage? We gave it all to Good Will.

I've heard some use air travel and baggage allowances as a factor. Even when we drove to the port, we never took 'dressy clothing'. We spent years in the military where we had to attend 'dressy' parties. We've had enough of 'dressy'. There was a time when we though dressing up was fun. That time is long gone.

Been on Breakaway twice. Have done both Le Bistro and Ocean Blue. Le Bistro by far. The thermador is well worth the upcharge. The Pear Helene is fantastic. Our next cruise is Encore and wife has already told me to book Le Bistro again.

JMHO, but that's a very good thing.

It's well known that unions oppose some actions to make them more efficient since they see such efficiencies resulting in fewer union jobs.

All reality shows are 'scripted'. Showing the late-returning guests adds drama. My point wasn't that none are left behind. I was pointing out that if all you watched was these reality shows, you would think the cruise lines will wait on you which encourages late arrivals.

Have you ever tried 'advocating' with unionized municipal workers?

CC posters should be aware that anything that happens in the embarkation terminal is managed by the ports. Blaming NCL for long lines, etc., isn't appropriate.

Very good questions. One wonders if they were on a 'tour' or if they were just taking a public bus to where ever they wanted. That would answer many of your questions.

I wasn't saying the cruise line always waits, only that in those shows it always waits. There was one show where the same guests were always late every port often over an hour. Seems like they were VIP, major stockholders, etc. The ship always waited.

NCL doesn't do 'formal nights'. The NCL dress code only requires long pants in IIRC, one of the MDRs and a couple of the specality restaurants, Le Bistro and Ocean Blue.

Lot of handwaving trying to create an excuse. No reason to 'split the difference'. They were an hour late, not 10 or 20 minutes. They were supposed to be back at 5:30, not 6:00, not 6:10 or 6:20.

I doubt any other cruise line or insurance company would treat this any different.

My post was four hours ago.

We rarely get off the ship.