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i love salsa too, wouldnt wanna leave. nachos are my 2nd addiction to chips. 

this forum as well as my TA confirmed MSC will not refund even OBC from a TA. so get them to refund via check to ensure you get it.

for suites across cruise lines i can say prices only go up the closer to sailing. one extreme example is i booked the best suite on a royal ship for 1900 PP for 6 nites 18 months out. closer to the cruise the lower suites were going over 3K . so book early is a rule!

on my first upcoming MSC cruise i used my long time TA. he did not complain about them per se but said  they are 'different' . so something must be different vs other lines when he goes to book.

that being said i will get a 500 dollar check from him after the cruise for my YC stay. after reading on this forum i had him confirm that MSC does NOT refund even TA OBC. even if other people have had them refund it, no way will i take that chance. every other cruise line has refunded my TA OBC with zero issues. so he's mailing me a check

all that being said. i use a TA for every cruise.

check out tom moores jungle with write ups on trip advisor. a bit of walking and exploring caves and different paths and looking at pretty water .

their site is suspended. always wanted to play and going in a few weeks

http://www.fungolf.bm/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

can i assume theres a mad dash for the st georges ferry 1st thing? im on msc and tuesday  carnival is with us then next day joy arrives for a stint.  can i assume there's just one ferry per time slot?

i got conflicting results for trying to find ferry capacity. one site said 800 but maybe thats a new planned one? i reallly dont want to bus between hamilton to st geo but with the times getting back it may be required on a tuesday to return to ship later . still unsure what we are doing but perhaps 4 hours in st geo would be enough. still have to look into what we are doing

i have no experience with this guy except to say he was SUPER nice and refunded my money after i got sick and couldnt make the dive

https://www.hartleybermuda.com/wp/

i just read theres a show in eden that is quite crowded. can the butler reserve seats or would that cause a riot?

our ship is in port T/W/R before the weekend sailing event. we are docked at the royal dockyard

will the days we are there have much extra passenger load on the ferries. busses. tourist sites?  didnt know if this was an event like the superbowl with many things the week before or something of a lesser magnitude.

i wish i knew for sure if the ferry to st georges starts may 1 or not. otherwise i may just do the hamilton ferry and bus to st  geo on april 30.  ncl joy arrives may 1 but they have their own st geo ferry so i anticipate no extra issues in that respect even if the bermuda ferry is operating. but i just figured best to get to st geo before they arrived 🙂 .  

also i booked earlier last year and got free grats and have the sheet to hopefully prove it.

https://www.celebritycruises.com/things-to-do-onboard/staterooms/suite-class/edge-villa

butler or concierge will book it all. plus even for regular cabins there are many reservations held back for those who are on board.

3 hours ago, helen haywood said:

Under the bed?!  On Celebrity under the bed is a basket with life jackets, a bag of the emptied fridge contents, two large suitcases, one carryon and often a bag of linens for turnaround day.  

i predict there will be 'bed guards' placed under every bed to prevent employees from hiding at some point in the future . also i wondered how these devices stay powered so long. 

32 minutes ago, Bead Pirate said:

RAVIAD Detector (had to look in the suitcase) 🙂 

do you just hold it up in the middle of the room and it senses or do you have to 'scan every inch' of the walls?

they dont have the schedule out for summer 24. will the ferry go to st georges the last week of april?

also my pdf shows tips included but i dont see tips included today. are the perks when i reserved what i get or when they change things must i give up the perks?

todays info on the villa says variety of restaurants. the screenshot i took last year says specialty restaurants. any idea why the change?  i sense by november it will decrease to something else.

41 minutes ago, George C said:

I know the suite is magnificent but very little perks compared to oasis class , which gives you genie , free specialty restaurants and much more .

i never got a suite on oasis for the 1900 i paid for the royal suite. so i'm ok with that. when i started cruising the CLS on oasis was only 2300 but then it was near 3K last time. i think now. well. it got bad lol! so i dont look any more. but i did miss CK very much on liberty and the suite lounge felt like a doctors office to me.

1 hour ago, BM3260 said:

Did you end up taking this cruise?  I would love to hear your opinion on whether the room was noisy being underneath Chops.  We are considering the RS on Liberty this summer.  Thanks!

i never assembled my detailed notes for a full review but i will fill you in on the noise negatives of the cabin

1. you must keep the bidet room door closed at all times or you will hear every flush from the public toilet upstairs. if you are in the bidet room it sounds like you are literally in the bathroom upstairs and there's lots of weird water noises. we kept it closed always and during the night entered from the other door. that being said, there was virtually no  sleep time noise from that above bathroom for obvious reasons. but during the day it did annoy me if the door was open. and YES when you have this cabin you can spend hours in it. it's that glorious plus you did pay for the privilege

2. somewhere between 4am  and 6am  there is daily, but not frequent, noise from chops. my gf never heard it and yes it's above the bedroom directly. id say it's carts rolling or someone dropping a pan. each day in sum total id say that noise was perhaps a a few minutes sporadically. as it's not constant, this would not prevent me from booking this cabin again. but if you are a light sleeper as long as you can get back to sleep you will be fine. 

3. your larger 'outdoor porch' and that you are next to the elevator means your porch is a great meeting place for others or a place to wait to meet them. also one can yell down the hall to their cabin mate half way down the ship from this great vantage point. even normal talking is heard thru the double doors as people walk by. as is the case in even single cabin doors. Yes i expected sound proof insulated doors (just kiddin).  the concierge had to disconnect all the suites door bells as kids were ringing them. yes they had facial recognition and the parents got a talking to.  one time i happened to be near the door when it rang and while i wasnt 100% sure it was the kid walking down the hall. i was 98.55 percent sure. so i told him some kids are ringing the bell and if he sees anything please report it to me. also that the captain has facial recognition and will find them soon anyway. the bell is nice though if you are out on the balcony and are expecting something. but alas, the first world problems. also some teen girls were hanging out for a long time outside the door and when i opened it, they just said they were admiring my doors. i had no reason to doubt them. after all, teen girls never lie and the 2 doors are impressive. i should have invited them in to see the piano and hot tub but knew that would be improper and just closed the door. i doubt they were the doorbell ringers though. didnt have 'that look'. 🙂

4. noise in the living room/dining room was pretty much non existent ever as you are far from all the noise maker things. 

5. the only reason to NOT book this cabin is the only outlets are on the desk, 10 ft from the bed. and at the ooooother end of the cabin near the dining room table on the floor level. likely for a vacuum. pathetic considering what the cabin normally costs. we always have a charging brick with us but geez um!

6. you can get revenge on noisy people by using the app on your phone to crank up the player piano. joseph will show you which app and how to use it. it's a bit complicated and even the lowest volume is quite loud.  but's it's soooo cool. and everyone around you and in the hall will know it. :) 

nothing but a high price would deter me from booking this again. full review on the cabin someday..i plan to....honest.  from FLL paid 1900 pp for 6 nites. same number of nites was well over 8K from NYC. insanity. rather spend 8K on oasis star class.  I used all the savings to fly first class and stay at a very nice resort the day before. lago mar. it's on the area of the beach where cruise ships pass and we got to see viking leave while we at dinner . very cool!  highly recommend the hotel if you can afford 275 a nite. which is not what most posters on forums what to spend. but tripadvisor has so many negative reviews of the closer/cheaper places that i was scared to stay in them. 

in summary i thought this was the most elegant cabin ive been in. (vs 2 BR haven on getaway, penthouse on bliss. Crown loft on oasis, 1 br Aqua suite on oasis.) it just exudes class and elegance ( except for the rusty hot tub)

5 hours ago, Tura Lura said:

NCL ships aren’t made for winter /cold weather ports anyway.  No indoor pools or hot tubs, most activities are outside.  They really need to design a different ship for cold weather.   

post covid we got a steal on getaway 2 br haven but having no roof in march wasnt fun. but we did get a super low price so it was still worth it. but as with all ncl ships, they forgot to design indoor seating space that is not a restaurant nor bar. even in warm weather you have bad weather days that the outside is closed off.

I'm unsure what insurance would cover this or how the rules work

I'm going on a trip to jamaica that leaves on a wednesday and returns sunday.  I have flight costs and the 4 nites hotel cost of about 2000.

Assume wednesday the flights are canceled out of my home airport and theres no way to get a flight till thursday. but of course no one may know if that flight will be able to take off. do i have to sit at the airport and hope that next flight thursday makes it? or can i just call it quits and get all my money back wednesday. Or do i need to try to get the thursday flight then get one days hotel back from the insurance?  just curious if i decide to not go or the insurance rules dictate that and to what extent i need to keep trying to get on a flight. After thursday it would sorta be pointless to go on the trip is my point.

Thanks

30 minutes ago, michelle.zhang.90 said:

That is correct. I was in the Jacuzzi and also had a talk with the pool boy in the evening, that's how it goes during the busy time. And there is really a line for getting in everyday. However before 9 am or after dinner it's quite empty so the 15 minutes rule does not apply during that time.

how is it monitored/enforced. on all the ships ive been on , clocks really arent ubiquitous

to the OP

was there really a line at the hot tubs? ive never seen that on any cruise , including one christmas cruise. how could one even enjoy their 15 minutes with people just standing there? seems bizarre

for comparison id love to hear a YC christmas experience.