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It varies ship to ship and cruise to cruise. We've already booked our shorex for a Christmas cruise on the Gem. It also depends on where you are going.

Theres been discussions in the past about just when we can use two CruiseNext certificates. We just received an Email that NCL has just started DoubleUp again. I dont know how long the promotion will last though.

They have Cholera. The Dawn is quarantined off the coast of Mauritius. They should have been in Port Lewis today.

Have you called NCL ? There was that problem with the cell phones etc for several hours this morning. I had something added to a cruise and instead of receiving the updated info Email, it arrived hours later after my cell phone was working again.

5 hours ago, SoloAlaska said:

Dinner only. I was on a TA from Rome to NY in December and it wasn’t open at lunch for any of the days. It’s a great spot though to play games and was set up with coffee and I think pastries sometimes as well during the day and a stack of board games.

Actually it was

1 hour ago, GrammieCruising said:

Is the ORCHID GARDEN open for lunch daily? Dinner daily? Open every day or just occasionally. THANK YOU.

It was open for lunch for the Med and the TA cruises in Nov/Dec but usually its not open for cruises in the US.

4 hours ago, jannflo said:

Are there any solo cruisers sailing on this April 7th cruise?  I just signed up and trying to

get my feet wet, well you know what I mean.  Have traveled solo on a couple cruises 

but never on the Epic.  Hope to meet a lot of people that ill become Friends.

  James from Louisiana

There should be a big group of solos that will meet in the Cavern Club about 5pm and go to the MDRs together about 6pm. They might meet in the Studio Lounge on Deck 11 the first night but if theres too many for that room they will move. The meeting place/times will be listed in the Daily.

If you have the LAT coupons thats a good opportunity to make a friend to take to dinner with you and they should take you. Double the dinners.

Book online We booked our meals for a Sept cruise weeks ago. You dont have to wait for 120 days etc to book meals or excursions for some cruises. Some have those listed early. Just check your cruise in your account to see if you have access yet.

3 hours ago, ontheweb said:

It should not even be a question about which credit cards the TA accepts. The charge should go straight to the cruise line, and they take all major credit cards. At the point the agent said, American Express would not be accepted, you should have run away from that transaction, unfortunately, an expensive lesson.

I agree with you but I meant if the TA accepted any cc at all. Yes, they should have accepted all, especially a biggy. 

15 hours ago, BIGBANG22 said:

Yes, i zelled him the money FROM my bank because he said his agency did not accept Amercan express. Zelle is pretty much equal to cash,  

Thank you for clearing that up. I was wondering what Zell was. I guess its like a money transfer. Did the Zell have the name of Carnival on it or the name of the TA ? Do you have any receipts etc.?  Your bank should have a record of the purchase of the Zell. I'm sorry this has happened to you. 

I wonder if he ever told you which credit cards he did accept? If any. A reputable company would have accepted AmEx.

6 hours ago, KarenRB said:

Unrelated to this, with my Verizon plan, I have cell service in Mexico for $5/day.  Hope this isn't too Luddite a question.  Do I physically have to be off the ship or is it just necessary to turn roaming off?

Probably not. You may not have service in some areas of the ship. If you have a balcony you should be good to go. An inside, go up on deck or to a quiet area of the Garden Cafe or somewhere your cell phone will work. The usual rule is up to 12 miles out to sea. 

Dont forget if you visit an American port, San Juan, St Thomas, St Croix, you dont need an Intl plan on those days. It's just like being in another state. 

On 1/7/2024 at 6:50 PM, RADGIRL80 said:

 Teppanyaki isn’t possible for the platinum coupon. 

The coupons look the same for all the LATs and are good for any restaurant. Ive always gone to the Teppanyaki at least once for B2B cruises. 

Theres a shuttle bus from the station to the ship It costs 6 Euros. In 2023 the train cost 4.25 Euros one way for seniors. About $5.

On 1/7/2024 at 2:22 PM, JustAllie said:

 On our recent cruise on the NCL Sun, we found out after we had made our reservations that one of the coupons could be used at Cagney's or Le Bistro only, and the other one could NOT be used at either Cagney's or Le Bistro.

We just got off the Gem a month ago. I dont remember which restaurant we were about to go to but when I got a voucher out of the safe where I keep them under lock and key, I noticed it listed 2 actual spots and not the one we were about to eat at. I decided to just give the manager the voucher and see what would happen. The manager accepted the voucher and there was no problem. We had another voucher printed the same and was able to use that one also at another restaurant. I think the ships are just using up the older vouchers.

On 12/29/2023 at 10:09 AM, MS52 said:

You do have a choice of restaurants...if I remember correctly it is Cagney's or Moderno or LeBistro or LaCucina.  You do have to make reservations as you do with any specialty dinner.  

Plus Teppanyaki. 

The last time we took a TA which ended in the Caribbean area instead of NYC we went from Barcelona to New Orleans in November. The crossing was like a mill pond and the weather was great. We had 6 sea days from the Canaries to Grand Turk, but we were used to TAs. We were on our balcony every day.

The price is right for your cruise. Even a balcony wont cost too much.

We were actually tempted to do these 2 cruises on the Joy. Miami to Southhampton on Jan 11 for 11 days and then back on Feb 13. We could have travelled around the UK for those 3 weeks in between.

On 10/24/2023 at 8:59 AM, Ovsa said:

Hello.

 New to NCL, just wondering if they allow the usual 2 bottles of wine per stateroom when initially boarding?  What is thier policy on that?  

Thanks

That's another cruise line, not NCL

On 12/30/2023 at 10:23 PM, Son of a son of a ... said:

No, it does not carry over to your next cruise or stay in your NCL account as OCB.  It disappears at the end of the first cruise. If B2B, then I don’t know.

Depends. We have had nonrefundable OBC roll over to the next cruise when doing B2B You can spend it on tips at the bars or specialty restaurants or for any type of services at the spa. 

We received an Email yesterday with the new expiration date 12/31/2099 for all of our Cruise Next coupons that we purchased weeks ago.

Today, Saturday, November 11th, the Gem leaves Athens for Alexandria, Larnara and Limassol, Cyprus, Alayna, Turkey, Heraklion, Crete, Rhodes, Kusadasi and Istanbul, Turkey 

15 hours ago, carohs said:

 

How far out did you hope to check in? 21 days is better than the 14 days on Carnival at least. 

Is it still 14 days prior and 16 days for Diamonds and Platinums ? it used to be right after the final payment was paid. Those extra 2 days are important for the D/P They get all the early checking times.

In April/May on the Epic we couldnt but since then on another ship we could.

1 hour ago, D_And_K_gocruising said:

  I know we'll fight getting a picture to be accepted lol,

We just did check in last week and we didnt need to do the photo thingy at all. Theres been a recent change to that dumb frustrating part. Yahoo. Just go to the next item (8) after you do everything but the photo.

Usually the cabin steward will hand me his/her card. That way I have his/her full name for a Hero Card.  Other staff have a name tag. its up to the passenger whether or not they want to fill out a hero card or do the survey etc. Theres usually a box at one the end of Guest Services counter for the Hero Cards.

1 hour ago, DCGuy64 said:

That's a bit misleading. *Parts* of Turkey and Egypt are not safe. It's not accurate to imply that the entirety of both nations is unsafe.

Unfortunately the parts that are unsafe are the parts that are POC, Alexandria and Istanbul.