Natmom

Natmom - make sure that you contact the access desk before your trip. Their email is accessdesk@ncl.com. Have a great trip.

Thank you! I did do that a few weeks after booking.

Thank you for your review.

I was pleased to hear how your food allergies were handled! My daughter and I both have celiac disease and we are sailing the escape in Feb. your comments have put my mind at ease somewhat. This is our first time sailing with NCL.

So glad to hear your son enjoyed the clubs and activities.

Are the flavours water , lemonade, ice tea available all the time or just at meal times? We are try's to decide whether to get our kids the package

Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond . It has really helped with ,y planning.

We just got off the Escape yesterday and LOVED Manhattan! Taste and Savor were fine, but the live entertainment in Manhattan was great! The food was just as delicious as the specialty restaurants too.

 

 

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Great! How were most people dressed in the Manhattan room?

Thank you!

Can you tell me if there are any differences between the different dining rooms. Which ones did you like best. Are the menus really different? Any feedback is appreciated.

After reading this I had to give your statement the test, so I checked-in for my next cruise (in a suite). I hit the "online check-in" button, got a message that stated I was checked-in and was never given an option to select an arrival time. It still says 100% and never dropped down to 80%.

I am checked in 100% and was never given an option to pick a time. I guess we will arrive when we arrive lol. We would like to be onboard in time for lunch if possible.

Just encase you are one of the suite folks they don't have a set time, just show up whenever.

That might be it, we are in a M6 mini suite. I have done the online check in and there wasn't anything about port arrival time

Hello,

I have searched and searched the online vacation summary and I can't find it anywhere. Can someone please direct me to the spot. We sail on feb 4,2017 and I really want to choose my time.

I haven't sailed NCL ( I will in Feb) but I sailed oasis 2 years ago. I am in complete agreement about the bed, it was awful, even with the egg crate.

The beds on Disney were incredible !

We skipped a cruise the last summer and did a land vacation for a week at Margaritville in Hollywood Florida. We did love it, but it's very expensive. My teenage athletic kids wanted to eat every 20 minutes, they're used to cruising and just going to the buffet to get their "snacks". I couldn't keep up and it was a budget breaker. There were no basketball courts (we've stayed post cruise at the Marriott Harbor too) and my son was somewhat miserable the entire week. ;) Everything we did had to be a family decision, on a cruise there are so m an options for each of us that we can separate for a bit and then meet up in a couple hours or so. I suggest that you try the big ships, in ports, do a "resort for a day" for your pool fix. The Colonial Hilton in Nassau has a basketball court....Js.

 

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Thanks for commenting about margaritaville. We are trying to decide if we (DH, myself, and our 16&14 year old) should stay for one night before our cruise in Feb. It is so expensive but since we are coming from Toronto in Feb it would be nice to be beachfront.

Thanks everyone. I thought I could save some money but I'd rather not chance it.

Hello,

How quickly does the price drop after the 90 days mark? Does a drop usually happen immediately or does it take some time?

Thanks for these great pictures. We booked M6 on our Escape/ Getaway cruises feb 2017

On one of the pictures you see someone on a lounger, reading a book or so..... Well that,s me in about 3 months [emoji41][emoji274][emoji483]

 

 

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Me too! See you there !

Friends of ours had booked 1 inside room on the spirit med 14 day cruise. It was 1 inside room for 4 adults. She was upgraded to 2 balcony rooms for free!! She got a call 3 days before they left.

We are sailing in the escape in feb and I think I will take my teens (14&16) to see brat pack. I wouldn't have when they were younger but I'm certain it won't contain anything they haven't already seen or heard.

I have always been the super strict parent about movie/video game ratings, my kids were always the ones who were restricted in what they could watch but I have relaxed in the last year.

Thanks for the tip on the gluten free beer! There is only so much Titos and red wine he can drink (I am laughing) but I should probably ask about GF alcohol, too. Our nutrionist told us all distiller alcohol is Gluten free but I am NOT SURE that I agree.

 

Actually, it never crossed my mind that they would have GF BAKED GOODS available so this has been extremely informative.

You will be able to look and the next day's menu and choose what you would like. If you feel like crab cakes or breaded fish or whatever, ask them , often they will accommodate. Oh Disney we were treated like royalty and they made whatever we wanted and neither my daughter or myself got so much as a tummy ache,

Royal Caribbean was terrible, but I have read so many great things about NCL on my celiac Facebook page.

Well, I was responding to a different aspect, see highlighted part of the quote.

 

 

 

I don't mind getting bashed for following a hyped life style diet but starving because of not getting GF muffins or cake is not much different. For sure it is not a medical requirement ;)

I'm sorry, but when I call different cruise lines prior to booking and am told that they will have gf bread, gf pancakes, dedicated fries, gf burger buns, gf pizza, wraps, gf desserts and then I book and pay the same fee as everyone else only to get onboard and find out that I can have scrambled eggs, plain chicken and lettuce with no dressing for seven days is irritating. Yes, I was very hungry and very let down. The ship needs to plan for how many people will want gluten free So hearing that someone will ask for gf items but not notify the ship ahead of time because they will want to eat gluten sometimes is very disrespectful to the people who need to eat gluten free for medical reasons.

Fuzz Head and Nats Mom are right. My son has celiac disease that caused neurological damage because of lack of nutrition. My father in law almost died with major organs shutting down hours to live before being diagnosed. The only thing that is great are the "lifestylers" as I call them, they have made it extremely easy to navigate the supermarket with all the certified gluten free food out there. MY sons doctor keeps reminding me it is a fad and 10 years from now it will be different for us that have children and relatives with true Celiac Disease and severe allergies.

 

I do believe there are severe allergies to gluten, I am upset at all the people who are doing it as a lifestyle change and "cheat".

 

NCL has been absolutely terrific for my son. Kudos to the Breakaway. They are able to make whatever he wants when he wants, he is not limited to the menu. He never got sick on the two cruises we took and had plenty of food and what a variety of baked goods. We are extremely happy with NCL.

I'm so glad to hear positive reviews re NCL! We are sailing in February for the first time. We have done Disney twice and they were phenomenal and royal once which was a huge disappointment.

Not to try to start an argument, but "cutting back" on gluten does nothing. You either have an autoimmune reaction to gluten or you don't. I'm sick of these fad diet people that think eating less gluten makes them feel better. If you want to self diagnose yourself fine; but if you don't eliminate gluten completely there is no benefit. In fact a gluten free diet is not healthy. I take many vitamins to avoid deficiency. Celiacs and people diagnosed with gluten sensitivity do not ever consume anything with gluten without getting ill. End rant.

Agreed !

That is really nearly impossible to happens as fish, meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds are all gluten free.

I'm well aware that those items are gluten free. I'm talking about the gf breads, muffin, cakes, desserts that the cruise line makes for people who notified them ahead of time. I don't want to eat eggs or plain chicken everyday of a 7 day cruise because people who aren't celiac or who didn't notify the cruise line in advance eat the gf items

Please don't request GF, then eat gluten. This is why celiac disease isn't taken seriously and celiacs end up getting sick. Some self diagnosed GF intolerant person will request a gluten free meal, then ask for a bud light, or a cake (made with wheat flour) for desert. When servers and chefs see this, they figure a little won't hurt the next person who happens to be a celiac; or they just assume its all BS. If you're going to request the servers and chefs go out of their way to prepare you a gluten free meal, its kind of a kick in the balls when they see you eat something with gluten later. If you feel you just need to cut back on gluten, choose meats and vegetables and request no bread.

I agree with you. My daughter and I both have celiac and this is a problem for us.

On the same note, don't request gf foods if you haven't done so before the cruise. On my royal cruise they ran out of a lot of gf food and I was starving. I suspect that people who didn't request gf prior to cruise were asking for gf foods here and there and then people who really need it don't have enough to eat.

That is close to the Canadian thanksgiving so there might be a lot of Canadian children. We don't have restrictions about pulling our kids from school for vacations.

Thank you for your review. We have sailed Disney twice ( we loved Disney) and royal once (we enjoyed but not as much). We are booked for the escape in February so I was thrilled to see your comparison