G-DawgMN

I consider anything under $100 a day per person a good deal. But that would be with the free at sea gratuity also. Taxes kinda depend on the ports.

Everyone's tastes are different, but while I loved Priscilla, I feel it was a bit controversial for some of NCL's demographics. I really was amused when people would get up after a few minutes in a huff and walk out.

Free At Sea won't charge you the ala carte prices. You'll get a receipt showing the "charges" but it will be $0 at the bottom of the receipt. The only extra charges would be if you order something that has a dining supplement, such as lobster, or order more courses than allowed. But your server should point all that out.

Yup.

I checked in at 12:00 Eastern. Also others in our FB group reported that's the earliest they could get. We all know that nobody ever pays attention to them.

Thanks, I thought it was interesting that the earliest check-in time was 10:30. Normally it's 9:30 or even 9:00 at other ports. We still get excited to go on a cruise so I'd rather stand around in the terminal than sit in a hotel waiting.

I'm going to do my best to do a live review but live and margheritas may get in the way. We booked this cruise (Wife and myself) over a year ago, for us it was a steal, inside room (boo), Free at Sea including BOGO airfare. With the military discount it came out to $2100 which I think is a great value. The travel agent also tossed in $50 OBC and paid the DSC. Just like our Epic cruise last year this will be over our anniversary. Now we all worry about our "free" flights that NCL booked but we are two for two on great flights. We did a 2 day deviation going in and we have direct flights through Delta for both. I looked up the flight cost after we got confirmation and they would have cost us $1100.00 per person to book on our own for the same flights. Not bad for the $278.00 that NCL charged us. I also was able to do a low cost upgrade to First Class for the leg out a few weeks ago so we'll be riding in style for at least the flight down. Back to the cruise details, it's the typical Western Caribbean Cruise which includes a stop at Harvest Caye. We've been to all the other ports several times, but it will be our first visit to Harvest Caye. All the ports have nice long days, Costa Maya did get cut short but we'll survive. Since this trip is also to celebrate our anniversary I went a little nicer for some of our excursions. The Beach Day Casitas at Mr. Sanchos are pretty new so I didn't see a lot of information on them yet, but they seem like they'll be a lot quieter than hanging out with the masses on the beach. I really struggled with the $$ for the Luxury Beach Villa on Harvest Caye, especially since no food is included, but that day is our anniversary so I wanted it to be nice. Cozumel 8-5 – Mr. Sanchos Beach Day Casita Roatan 8-5 – Victor Bodden transport, day at Infinity Bay Resort Harvest Caye 8-4:30 – Luxury Beach Villa Costa Maya – 7-3 – Jamie’s at Blue Reef Now down to the travel details, we'll be staying in Bloomington MN tonight so we're close to the airport for our flight tomorrow AM. We live about 90 minutes from the Cities so it's our tradition to go down the night before to enjoy hanging out at the MOA and having a relaxing evening. Plans for Friday are to catch our flight to New Orleans and enjoy a nice lunch at 30,000+ feet. I snagged a great deal using points at the Waldorf Astoria in New Orleans and they were nice enough to arrange a driver to meet us at the airport for a price. I'm looking forward to my wife being surprised when the driver meets us at luggage claim. It looks like a rainy couple of days in New Orleans so we have alternate plans for things to see Friday and Saturday. Sunday we will probably head to the ship early, it's our normal tradition to try and get onboard right away and have a nice quiet lunch in the MDR. I've heard the port at New Orleans can be crowded so we may make an exception and hold off until 1 or so, I would think the crowds would die down by then, but we haven't decided. Onboard the only entertainment able to be reserved was Burn the Floor. Six has it's last show on the cruise that's going on now, it looks like Wheel of Fortune will probably be replacing it (for our convenience). We're trying out an inside room on Deck 8 this cruise. I've only done an inside room on the Dawn with NCL and hated it. I like to be able to chill our on the balcony or on a couch in the morning when my wife gets ready and wind down in the evening. NCL's inside rooms don't allow this, so I'm hoping I can just walk down the hall and find a seat out on deck or in one of the bars that's close by. Food-wise we have our 2 Sapphire dinners and 1 Free at Sea. I also purchased the 2 dining upgrade, so we have a total of 5 specialties this trip. This is what's reserved so far: Day 1 – Ocean Blue Day 2 – Cagney’s Day 5 – Cagney’s (Anniversary Dinner) Day 6 – Le Bistro Day 7 – La Cucina or Moderno That's all I have for now, the rest of the posts won't be as verbose since I'll be on my phone, but we're excited to have another amazing cruise!

It depends when they add it or what type. I have some from my travel agent that showed up about 2 weeks prior, but I don't see all of it yet.

You should receive an email response saying it was applied and an updated Amenity Confirmation email when it applies along with it showing in your account. If you didn't receive other then something went wrong. The last three times I've applied for it, it's been completed within a week.

This cruise is totally on my bucket list. Thanks for posting the info!

Plus maybe a cpl bucks for the person that does the delivery...but that's a personal choice.

I’m sure you’re right but I was actually just told that when I checked on a reservation last week. But, I was on the Epic last year and was 3rd in line. Couldn’t get my 6pm reservation for Moderno.

They only open 20 percent of the reservations prior to the cruise. If you are in a true suite contact the concierge when you board and they can take care of it.

I bet it rises from the dead.

From what I understood from the OP it was $50 more that his current rate when he did a mock booking, not the minimum upgrade price. But yes, if he was looking to upgrade for the minimum bid price that's a totally different thing and wouldn't happen.

I know they've done it in the past but since you're past final payment they are not required to. It's possible they decided to maximize their upgrade revenue. Also you didn't have airfare correct? That's a whole different issue.

But the haven is special. 🙂

Good to know, I've never seen any on the cabin pictures that I've seen...but there's also not pics of every single cabin.

The bed will alternate in location in the rooms next to each other, so if you want both rooms to have the beds by the balcony then you'd want a room in between you.

Isn’t that what the freestyle deck is for? I’ve never actually visited it one the ships that have one. It’s not by bag.

It’s covered but only real life reports can tell us if it’s actually stocked. And it can vary by ship and where they get supplied. But, stocks seem to be improving from what they were a year or so ago.

It's midnight eastern time, so west coast folks don't have to stay up as late.

I’ve heard legends that the Cruise Next staff will act as a concierge but I have never tried it myself.

I’m on the Breakaway in a week and it looks like Six is replaced with Wheel of Fortune. Burn the Floor is still showing as reservable.