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Not well utilized.

Two drinks at a time from the time you wake up until you pass out. Technically, there is a two drinks every 15 min, but the bar will keep serving you so long as you’re not selling the drinks to others.

Although The Bird has not seen this before on the Escape…. Probably has to do with the fact that staterooms are not promised until 3 pm.

I would like to amend my prior comment.

NCL’s deck plans say balcony. Just curious, why does it matter?

Drag it with you. Please check your luggage with the porters. With once a day housekeeping and each cabin steward having more rooms to clean, rooms may not be available until after 2:00 pm.

The Escape is waiting for us to board.

It’s 10:45 and there are still long lines of people snaking down the gangway and down to Customs. According to the shore staff, CBP is doing a “good screening” of disembarking passengers. (The Bird doesn’t think that our boarding will start on time at 11:00 am). We’ll see a bunch of posts on how NCL’s disembarkation made them miss their flight. When CBP is actually doing their jobs today.

And wait for embarkation to begin.

Then it’s time to take that perfect embarkation photo to start off your cruise!

If you are in “regular” rooms, follow the signs to the right line for check in.

If you are in the Haven, check in with the shore staff outside the terminal door. You will be escorted to a private elevator, Haven security screening, and the haven waiting lounge.

The Arcturus Adventure Inside Cabin Sun Deck

The Pearl of Miami, NCL’s new Terminal B.

Join the Bird for a Western Caribbean holiday, featuring port calls in Honduras, Belize, and Mexico. Last year, The Bird was booked on an Escape voyage that was cancelled after she grounded herself leaving the Dominican Republic. So, a little over a year later, The Birds are completing a springtime escape on the Norwegian Escape. On November 11, 2015, The Bird was on the inaugural voyage of the Escape from Miami after her christening by godfather Pitbull. This will be The Bird’s 5th voyage on the beautiful Norwegian Escape. The Escape has a double occupancy capacity of 4266 passengers in 95 Haven staterooms, 308 Club Balcony staterooms, 1168 Balcony staterooms, 114 Oceanview staterooms, 408 inside staterooms, and 82 studio staterooms. She has approximately 1700 hardworking crew members to ensure that we have a wonderful cruise. She was the first Breakaway Plus class ships followed by the Joy, Bliss and Encore. Come along with The Bird to the Western Caribbean on the stunning Norwegian Escape. Sun May 14 Miami Depart 5:00 pm Mon May 15 At Sea Tue May 16 Roatan 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Wed May 17 Harvest Caye 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Thu May 18 Costa Maya 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Fri May 19 Cozumel 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Sat May 20 At Sea Sun May 21 Miami Arrive 7:00 am

The only cruise line that used to status match was MSC. NCL does not match (other than giving benefits across the NCLH brands).

Anyone with a ShoreEx ticket has “priority” as do Sapphires. “Priority” means you can join the back of the tender line. Only Haven guests actually get escorted to the front of the line.

Just log on to your MyNCL account to see the cost of upgrade to unlimited. The AT&T $10 day pass is NOT valid for a cruise ship. If all you need is voice, AT&T has a $100 voice plan (with a Tony bit of data). If you need any data, consider upgrading your Wi-Fi and doing Wi-Fi calling. You need an international plan if you use your phone while in port, away from the ship. It is very expensive to be “connected”.

So, your travel agent has given you dinners (not the Free at Sea promotion). You have a total of 5 dinners. The four dinners have to be used by the named guests. Not sure about the Le Bistro dinner, you need to read the certificate when you get it. If it looks in restricted, had it to the inside room.

Here’s a bar menu from a few weeks ago.

NCL has no limit. See Q&A below from CBP https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-544?language=en_US#:~:text=You may include five liters,before boarding an outbound plane.

There is a 5% service charge to place a charge on your room account.

The bars on the ship are open. None of the bartenders have to go to the island because the bars are being run by the local owners.

Kelly, you must be special with priority tags for a balcony room. Normally those are reserved for suites.