Jim The Lizard

I’ve got friends who booked Vibe (regular passes, $269 each) two months ago for this cruise. Last week another friend went to book it and it only let him buy a cabana. My guess is regular pass is sold out.

I've been on Vibe on Escape, Bliss, Encore, Getaway, and Prima. Love the small Escape Vibe. But I have to go with Prima as my favorite. The aft location really cuts down on the wind, love the circular bar, the accessible buffet and pergola shaded tables are awesome, larger hot tubs and the lack of cabanas give it an open feel with loungers and day beds readily available. I miss the cookies (skewers of grapes now!), I remember the $99 pass days, just paid $269 for my next cruise! Worth if!!!

Booked with Lori for March!

Buffet is included. Republlic garners additional revenue. So I doubt it. Not a bad idea. But these lines are scraping for every additional dollar to get back in the black. And I always enjoy reading your comments!

Great comments and I subscribed to your YouTube Channel. Enjoyed your comments and positivity. Thx for a great report.

us too! Damn it!

I have no doubts. And they will get the new price also!

Guess we’ll never know. As much as I like NCL, I don’t think they’re worried about being fair regarding OBC, Haven guests, folks that “know” the staff or on board crew. I believe cash in hand and a sold out Vibe is their goal. Regardless, I certainly hope that anyone who wants Vibe or thermal spas or dinner reservations gets to have the vacation they want and they are able to obtain passes.

UK Cruiser posted that he was able to buy passes on board for the Joy, warm weather cruise at embarkation. Joy still has the smaller Vibe as it will become the expanded Vibe like Encore after the spring 2024 dry dock. So the ability to purchase Vibe at embarkation is strikingly different than many other reports that Vibe is sold out upon embarkation on many ships. For example, Vibe for a February Escape cruise and Prima March cruises are sold out in Vibe (at least according to the groups I belong to). Many posts on Facebook of cruisers asking if Vibe is available because the app reads “too early to book” which is simply translated to “sold out”. Some passengers cancel because they change plans, or even cancel if they upgrade to Haven. When that happens, NCL releases those passes for sale; I guess that allows others to purchase onboard if there are still passes available. I have purchased passes online three times now, and previously ran for passes five times. Those mad dashes for Vibe usually saw Vibe sold out within an hour of embarkation. UK Cruiser is a great source of info and his information is sound; but I have to believe that the ability to purchase on board as he reported is less the norm these days.

Bartenders are usually gone no later than 7 pm.

So it’s selling around 200 passes like Encore. Makes sense that there might be some for sale at boarding with more than double available passes on other NCL Vibe ships.

i see lots of recent success stories about passes being purchased onboard on the day of embarkation. Wow! You’re the first I’ve seen that mentions passes being held back! Does Joy have the expanded Vibe like Encore? Regardless, congratulations and enjoy.

So true. We are 8 for 8 on passes and it was crazy how we had to run! As for knocking down old ladies, our very first Vibe some guy was angry with my wife accusing her of bumping him. We all were in Vibe all week and he wouldn’t let it go (my wife is a pretty small woman and didn’t touch this guy). One year I got bumped at the top of the staircase on Encore by an old guy and wiped out trying to get to the Social one deck down. I’m a pretty big guy, and this little dude took me out. Ran into Social as the attendant was putting the “Vibe Sold Out” sign right in front of me. Thankfully it all worked out. I love this new book as soon as you can and take that get to the port at O Dark 30 and then mad stampede out of the equation.

Not a lot of success stories out there getting those passes once onboard. I've even read some where a couple was looking for an individual pass to join the only person in the cabin who acquired it. Of course, ship choice matters here: Encore with it's supersized Vibe is going to have a lot more passes than Escape's 75 passes. Some folks are upset because their latitude status doesn't translate to the acquiring of the passes. I love that. Started getting Vibe on our first Breakaway class ship and haven't sailed without it since. Used to be luck and a lot of running, now it's planning!

Hi, bartenders told us 86 passes sold per sailing. Remember, no cabanas on Prima Vibe.