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Being loyal Celebrity cruisers, sailing often in AQ, decided to try something new and different. We absolutely enjoyed NCL Haven, food and service was superb. Didn't care for NCl ships or overall atmosphere. After our last X cruise on Equinox this year we will be trying new Princess ship in the Mediterranean and MSC YC in 2024. There are definitely a lot of ships out there to choose from.

Great news!. I can't wait that long😉 Short drive from NSB.

We had wonderful Maine lobsters as many as you want in NCL Haven cruise few months ago for fraction of the Retreat price. It seems that in some itineraries Celebrity is priced themself out from other competitors. Sad.

Lobster is mostly the reason we dine in Murano. If they take it away - will have reconsider booking Murano again.

All things good to know. Thanks for clarification.

How do you know all these details? Maybe we are talking about different instances.

I don't think you will like to pay for the suite with all perks and be downgraded to a regular cabin. Not a comparison to the end of the world.

Hopefully this is just an error on X part. We were considered to try for the first time MSC Yacht Club. Before we booked I found out that in their contract they can change cabin without any notification and even more some people got downgraded from YC to a regular cabin.

This is insane. Why would anybody even book under these rules? Even it doesn't happen often, possibility of it will ruin my vacation.

I was considering our first MSC - YC cruise. We only want balcony suite. Can MSC change our Balcony suite to an inside?

Taste was very good. Alkaline balanced, bottle had BPA free liner. Made in USA.

Thank you so much for all your opinions. Seems that YC is winning over Haven. We have tried Haven for the first time few months ago and really enjoyed it. Although, I want to point out that we enjoyed Haven's food and service, out butler was very accommodating, but we didn't like NCL perks and didn't care for the ship - way too crowded everywhere outside Haven. I do agree, since X raised prices so much for AQ and Retreat, it seems that product is way overpriced. I think we will give YC a try.

Question to all who sailed in YC, Haven and / or Retreat. How do you compare all of them? Cons and Pros? Which one you like better? All information is greatly appreciated.

There were not cans. They are bottles with screw on top. I liked them. Water stays cold longer.

Doesn't look like a good mark. Losing customers is not a good thing.

I believe that if you cancel your NRD booking, you will loose your full deposit, not just $200.

You cannot change from NRD to RD for the same sailing without canceling the cruise and loosing your deposit

We are Loyal X cruisers, former Loyal Princess cruisers ( last one was about 16 years ago), cruising on Equinox coming November and booked 14 days on Sun Princess next May. After reading all Pro and Cons X vs Princess, we hope that maybe sailing on brand new ship experience will be pleasant.

Prices are higher due to demand, inflation and value of the dollar.

Canceling NRD cruise will cost you paid deposit plus repriced under current promo

When we were in Istanbul over 10 years ago, restaurants take CC, small vendors takes everything - Euros, dollars...

We just returned from our first Haven cruise in May. I agree with other posters that Haven experience is very nice ( we will do it again), but exploring the rest of the ship ( Gateway) was not very pleasant - very crowded with smoke smell in some areas. I think X ships are offer a better ambiance overall.

Also, if you cancel your cruise booked with NRD, you will loose your deposit. Keep the same booking #.

😆 I hope they don't upgrage to a different cruse line

I can see next change coming will be MDR at charge like any restaurants and the only free food will be in OV cafe. After 30 cruises on X, we have only 1 booked for this November. We will evaluate our loyalty to X after the cruise.