Birdnutty

Good to know! Really helps with the planning process. Just have to decide how much pressure we want to take on by building in too close a schedule. If we book an 8:10 train from Quebec City, and miss it, do you know if it can be exchanged for a later time?

First of all, thank you for your responses! So we can get off earlier than the 6 AM "docking" time? The ship will be there the whole previous day. Or at 6 AM sharp? Would prefer to catch the 8:10 AM train to Montreal, and I am trying to figure out how doable that is. I am concerned that the entire disembarkation process won't start until then, at which point we'd have the rest of the passengers to deal with. I've been in situations where that was a nightmare, and others where it was seamless and easy peasy. I'm not accustomed to a ship that stays overnight in a port with disembarkation the next day, so I have no idea what to expect. We don't have either one. Regular run-of-the-mill folks here. Also have never flown in or out of Canada, so I have so many questions. We can expect that it takes at least an hour to go through Customs/Immigration without these special programs, or should we plan on much more?

We're considering a cruise on the Emerald Princess that begins in Boston, and ends in Quebec City. As much as we'd like to stay and tour in Quebec City a second day (our ship is in port the day before and overnight before disembarkation), our time is very limited. We need to be home ASAP. Flights from Quebec City are few, expensive and LONG.Montreal has more frequent, shorter and cheaper flights Montreal Disembarkation starts at 6AM. We know it's a quick trip to the train station, from where we'd like to take a train to Montreal Airport, hoping to get a non-stop flight back to Boston, from where we will drive home (about 3 hours). Our problem is figuring out the timing. How rough or smooth disembarkation off the Emerald Princess is in Quebec City starts the whole chain. Is it usually smooth, or notoriously disorganised and chaotic? I do know stuff can happen. I'm just looking for an average situation. Is it possible to buy a ticket for an earlier train and then exchange it for a later one if there's availability? Or can we buy the tickets when we get there, thereby avoiding the pre-purchase time debacle? At that hour of the day, there's a 4+ hour difference between the first one we could get and the next, so the first one is infinitely preferable, but I realise how tight that is. Not quite as bad as flying, however. Has anyone done this, and how did it work?

Thank you! I now know what to look for and think I've got it! It appears that I have might have some refundable OBC from my TA that I'm hoping to use on a Cruisenext. Will I be able to do that?

How does refundable vs unrefundable OBC get applied? I have OBC from a variety of sources, and I have no idea which line item is for which credit. There are no codes listed next to the line items on my account where my OBC credits are listed. I got some from my TA, some as an incentive from NCL for booking, and I believe some as a shareholder, but it's impossible to tell which is which, which is refundable, which one gets used first against room charges, etc. I'm no stranger to cruising, being Sapphire on NCL,and high status on other lines, but this has me befuddled.

Guess I'm lucky, then. I haven't sailed NCL since last year and haven't been on the boards, so I'm a bit uninformed. Got lucky and just purchased 2 $250 ones the day before it ended. Whew!

Haven't called them yet, but I will tomorrow. Hope my issue is as easy to fix as versuco's. It's really bizarre to suddenly become a nobody.

I was on the phone with my TA extensively today, booking rooms for this summer. Everything went pretty smoothly. Tonight, I tried to go into my account to check status, and it doesn't recognise anything about me. My email addresses, my username, password, nothing. Has this happened to anyone before? I guess I'm going to have to call tech services, but they close at 6 ET and don't work weekends. Any pearls of wisdom?

Just spoke to an NCL rep, and confirmed this online. The Cruisefirst program is now being offered at $150 for a $300 credit. It was $250 for $500 but that is now changed.

I know - it is kinda trite. But it's one of the things many of us look forward to, and miss when they are gone. Having Chocolate ganache is not quite the same, and it's hard to dip that in coffee... Glad to see they are not gone from everywhere - yet. For those of us not in the solo lounge, or in the Haven or with a butler, it's more challenging to find things sometimes. Will be on a concentrated mission when we climb aboard our cruise soon.

I second this. I have a similar issue, and need ice packs. I just bought a refillable ice bag - the old fashioned kind - and can always go to the Garden Cafe and get ice. Reading reviews on the ice bags reveal that it's a good idea to keep Ziplock bags at hand in case there is sweat or leakage issues.

Now I'll have to figure out a way to sneak into the Studio Lounge to get some.

Maybe it's time for us to turn the tide and start entertaining our room attendants with animals that we make up!

uhhhh - yeah, but this is an NCL discussion. RCL is a whole nuther discussion. RCL always had better buffet desserts anyway, IMHO.

Holy moly! Dem's pretty pricey cookies!