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Every time you turn around they are changing that perk. If OP is interested they needs to see what it was when they booked.

Why would you think that they would not just leave them when they make up the cabins? Its not like they print them right before they pass them out.

I have had over 10 NCL cruises, all pre pandemic, and never once have we stood near a life boat. Muster drills were always held at the muster station, at least on GEm, dawn, and Getaway. Is going outside something that they have changed or are you just speculating based on what other lines do? Or as the Chief says have you just been on older ships with large promenade decks and that is why you have been outside?

Try deleting your cookies that is likely to fix the issue.

I trust cruise deckplans.com and NCL.com, before cruise mapper

What deck plans, the ones on NCL.com don’t show that, they show blank spaces. The medical Center is on deck 4.

There is no medical Center on deck 13 of the Escape.

If your concern is an NCL booked excursion, they will refund it if you don’t go to your port. You don’t need to do anything.

You received a check in time which is rarely enforced. Go to the port when you want, rush and get there early and wait for boarding to begin, or go a little later and avoid the wait.

You won’t be able to find out why, you can only speculate. T&C is Carnival owned which probably has something to do with it. BTW never book a cruise for specific ports they can change and often do and that is for every line.

Ugh. Talk about germs and unsanitary

If you think other cruise lines are not going to follow suit on the changes you are dreaming.

Usually you can get off right at the stated docking time. All aboard, unless it is a tender port, is usually 30 minutes before sail away.

Curious who you think you could pay extra? The staff works their shift and then they are off, there is no one to pay. My guess is that they are having staffing issues.

Short answer is yes, but they have to have the ingredients.

Yes to all three questions but book as soon as you board so that it doesn’t sell out.

That gratuity amount seems high because the teens can only get the soda package, you need to call NCL and verify what the actual cost will be.

Yes you can. Not at all uncommon for people on B2B sailings.

Paying on the day the payment is due is fine with NCL. If you use a TA they may require an earlier payment date because they don’t want to be late. If you are working on your own the last day is fine.

You can swap out a person, as long as one of the original passengers is still on the sailing.

On rare occasions you can purchase for a day, but usually you have to buy week long access.

What does that have to do with a dive master getting him back to the ship on time. He won’t be driving anywhere.

They are rarely available.

The ship is in a secure zone, you can't just walk around there.

The quoted post is nothing more than one person's opinion. You might want to tip someone but saying that you should tip someone is doing nothing more than trying to impose the posters opinion on others. Tip who you want, when you want and the amount you want. Don't let anyone try to push their OPINION on to you.