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Just sit in the priority area and tell them you are bunking together. The Birds are Diamond and there was an annoying guy carding people sitting and waiting. That being said, he kicked out a bunch of people. The Diamond and Platinum waiting area board through “side doors” before they open the ropes for general boarding.

Who is running the ship?

What entertainment is on the ship this week. For future cruisers, The Bird notes that this week’s schedule is different than last week’s schedule which was different from the week before.

Day 1 Main Dining Room The Manhattan Room

Tired of lugging around, use the bag drop.

Happy Mother’s Day from the Norwegian Joy

There seemed to be a shortage of check in agents today. Lines were long and slow. Now that you’re all checked in, time to find somewhere to sit. Priority boarding is divided in two.

Once you pass security screening, it is time to find your check in area and line. Deck 5-11 used the check in at the front of the terminal. Haven and Decks 12-15 used the back checkin area.

First stop is document checks. Today, they were using facial recognition at document check based on… check-in photo??? CBP digital photo??? Those who fail the facial recognition are sent to a [long] line for manual processing. If you pass your facial recognition, you proceed on to X-ray and metal detection.

On a cool, drizzly morning, the Joy awaits our arrival at Pier 88. “Fill ‘er up” as the ship bunkers fuel… and don’t forget to wash all of the windows!

Join The Bird, *live*, from the beautiful Norwegian Joy on a Mother’s Day cruise to Bermuda. The Joy started her Bermuda season in April and will continue sailing to Bermuda weekly through mid-October (She takes a break during September to make two fall foliage cruises to Quebec.) The Joy just completed a major dry dock in mid-February. This major update follows a $50M renovation in 2019 when the ship was “Americanized” after leaving Asia. 24 cabins were “re-installed” replacing part of the Observation Lounge. A Thermal Suite was added to the Mandara Spa (something originally not planned for the Asian market) replacing the Galaxy Virtual Reality Pavilion. And the Vibe Beach Club was expanded, using space from the old Laser Tag area. The Plan Sun New York depart 6:00 pm Mon At Sea Tue At Sea Wed Bermuda arrive 8:00 am Thu Bermuda Fri Bermuda depart 3:00 pm Sat At Sea Sun New York arrive 7:00 am

Yup. The most recent public bashing of NCL was after a couple did an independent excursion that was planned to be back just before all aboard. The excursion ran an hour late “because of traffic”’which, miraculously only impacted their excursion and not any of NCL’s. And they got left behind. They immediately went to CNN.

August 2022. We were on the Breakaway which I think served coke just before the Prima maiden voyage (which was credited to be the launch of Coke)

I don’t really know if there is a policy, but soda by the can seems to be available for the P+ guests. I had a server at a mobile bar make a fuss when I asked for a can last month. “You know that I am not supposed to give out cans… blah blah blah”.