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NCL will have a number of buses that go to MCO. They leave as they fill up, they don't all wait until disembarkation is complete.

On the top of the page on NCL.com it says ALL PROTOCOLS LIFTED: No vaccination or testing requirements. Learn More.

Notice that after the first of the year no NCL ships dock at Amber Cove.

Since you are not within final payment you can cancel and rebook without penalty.

As long as the beverage package is included in free at sea it is not $109 PPPD

NCL doesn't award points until a cruise is complete. Using their logic it is impossible to change levels during a cruise.

I have always been able to get restaurant reservations for the popular restaurants any time during the week. Maybe that's only true for parties of two but we have never had an issue getting seated.

the second person in the cabin has to buy the soda package, and if their parents sign the waiver they get beer and wine a la carte.

No they are using a different port for Porta Plata.

Don't rely on that. NCL has Escape docking at Puerto Plata, which is not Amber Cove.

Rely on the information you have from NCL not cruisemapper. NCL is accurate.

Just book the cruise in the name that is on the passport.

I haven't printed anything in 5 years for a cruise. It is all on my iPad and phone.

Or maybe it is that high to limit the number of people,

At least 50% of reservations are held for booking on the ship. You should have no problem booking when you get on board.

No it does not.

I have never known NCL to check the names on excursion tickets. Do with that bit of info what you will.

The service on NCL is like it is on the lines you describe. Best time to use it is between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m.

They certainly cannot use a debit card of any kind (whether a regular debit card or a prepaid one) when actually making purchases on the ship, all charges are applied to your onboard account. In the past you could not use prepaid debit cards to set up your on board account, that may have changed. If you want them each to set up an account it is best to give them cash and let them set up their accounts that way.

you can hot spot off of your phone, but you aren't dealing with a lot of bandwidth and are not likely to have good performance.

Not a problem at all, as long as only one is logged in at a time.

All cruise lines do thing like this. they book the cheapest flights that they can, and don't really care about the passenger. They are in the cruise business not the airline business and book as a courtesy to you not because they get anything out of it. You should never use cruise air on any cruise line.

I tend to agree with you. Why do I think that the TA never paid NCL?

Cabins are larger on CCL. Itineraries are similar. NCL is 100% free style dining whereas CCL has both fixed and anytime dining. The ships on NCL tend to be a bit nicer, but having sailed both numerous times you won't find a lot of difference in the two lines, though I think you get more bang for your buck on NCL.

The problem you are going to have is the time the ship is in port.