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I always get massages ashore and have never paid more than about $60 for an hour plus whatever gratuity I want to give.

You leave the ship around 1:00 p.m You have to be out of your cabin by 8:30. Luggage is stored ashore. You can enjoy dining facilities. I suspect that your alcohol package still works but you can’t charge anything or get anything that you have ro pay for.

Tortola - either go to Jost van Dyke, or to The Baths on Virgin Gorda. St. Thomas - Go to St John, or Megan’s Bay. To snorkel take an excursion to see the turtles or go to Coki Beach. San Juan - either go to the rainforest (EL Yanque) or visit the forts.

You don’t meed pesos, but often the street merchants take them on par with the dollar, so in that sense it doesn’t hurt to have them. You best option is to always use a CC without a foreign exchnge fee.

If they don’t charge through the cruise line, find a new TA.

Things changed when they went to the cover charge model. jasmine, used to be free

If sailing is soon and OP missed the 120 day mark, they may have no choice but to make them on board.

There is no ONE best place. Move around on the outside decks for different perspectives.

Very different than Hubbard. I think it is the best glacier viewing available. Better than Glacier Bay. Yes, i have done it.

There is generally no more noise there than in any other cabin long that hall.

generally NCL docks at Punta Lagosta, but that can change. Because of weather we missed Costa Maya last year and our itinerary ended up being Cozumel - Roatan - Cozumel and we docked at different piers both times.

Check at guest services when you board, and they will set it up as you want.

This is really not at all correct. You can come and go as you please just like at a port call.

I would hope that it is 30 minutes prior to sailing to give you time for the 26 Glaciers cruise. There isn’t much else in Whittier, and getting somewhere else is difficult.

Did your travel agent give you any perks like “pre-paid gratuities”? If so, my guess for that part is that they never got to NCL. Look very carefully at the final receipt that you got from NCL. In fact feel free ro hide all the identifying info and post a copy here. Maybe we can explain it for you

I was on Gem in the spring and honestly don’t remember, I know I often like 2 apps (soup and a salad) but only one dessert so it probably never came up.

They will usually have NFL games on somewhere on Sunday and Monday (I do ‘t remember about the other days). They will also have the college playoffs somewhere. (maybe O’Sheehan’s)

Doesn’t matter what you book, just use MAS at the $60 places. They no longer care how you are paying and you can make as many reservations you want.

NCL no longer offers a dining package. You can go to any specialty restaurant and pay the designated cover charge ($40, $50, or $60) plus 20% service charge/gratuity. There is no longer any a la carte pricing, except for a few upcharge things in both the MDRs and specialty restaurants (things like add a lobster tail for $25 or eat of Cagney’s menu in the MDR).

I believe that you looked at a different ship’s deck plan. I checked both ncl.com and cruisedeckplans.com and neither of them shows any cabins across from those four choices. I don’t really think it matters which you pick. I suspect that they are solos because they are a tiny bit smaller than other cabins not on that bump out.

It probably wouldn’t hurt to get on the US site and not one that prices in Euros, since OP seems to be in MA

Whoever told you that is wrong. You are fine with first and last.

1:20 should be OK, even if you use NCL transfers.

No the sticker doesn’t do that at all. You aren’t allowed back to a cabin until the announcement is made. You aren’t even allowed back if you didn’t change cabins.

Did the same B2B last fall and worked exactly as you described. Don’t stay on board on turn around day. Go explore Quebec City. Don’t forget to wear your “I’m Still on Vacation” sticker to avoid all the lines when you come back to the ship.