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    Dawn: what are your favorite things?

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    10 of us Leaving on 2/18 on the Dawn for the Western Caribbean - we are soooo looking forward to warmer weather ! First time on the Dawn . . . I appreciate all of the comments - definitely need to visit Los Lobos - is that reservation only? Can anyone tell us what kind of beer they have on board ??? Dos Equix?

     

    My review on the Dawn last March to Caribbean

     

    https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2474234

     

    Los Lobos is reservation BUT you can go in and sit at bar and get the fresh guacamole at the bar if you don't want to eat a meal.

     

    We had a wonderful time!!!

    Cabana question

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    I booked a eight person cabana. How do I get the 3 other couples sharing the cabana listed as Cabana participants to get priority tenders and access to the Cabana.

     

    Are you taking about at Harvest Caye? I do not think you tender there?

     

    When we had one last March in HC we added the names to the list at HC when you pick up your wrist band at check-in they had a list per cabana and you could add the others names if they weren't with you at check-in. They could pick up their wrist band at any point if they were on your list? We did not tender at HC?

    Tracy Arm excursion - Should you also do a whale watch in Juneau?

    in Alaska

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    If you ask me, ABSOLUTELY YES. Both times we've done TA small-boat, we've done a whale watch afterward, and the whale sightings were far better on the whale watch than on TA.

     

    I'd also suggest to not schedule yourself too tight. Expect the TA tour to run long, and generally you MUST reboard the ship (on the "water" side) before crossing over to the docked side and leaving the ship into port. This becomes a bottleneck. First time, my wife was one of the first off the boat, and had time to "run" up to the cabin and get pictures of the boat casting off. Meanwhile, it took me almost 25 minutes to get off the boat from the back of the line, at which point the elevators were mobbed and I had to go up six flights with a ton of photography gear. We had 75 minutes "between tours", and were somewhat rushed heading up to the buffet to get a late lunch before heading out to our whale watch.

     

    Second time, there were actually two tour boats, and the shore excursion staff was asking everyone if they had an excursion before 1:30 (ours listed 1:35, so we said no. That was our first mistake). The other tour boat made it back to the Ruby Princess around 1:30, and we got to the Ruby about 1:45. There was a line to get off, and the boat's staff asked folks to be kind to those with tight connections. Nonetheless, just as the line started to move, I heard the folks in front of us say they had a 2:45 tour, and I then regretted not asking everyone in line to sort themselves by tour time. We ended up getting off the ship about 1:50 and our whale watch bus had left, but it didn't take much of a stink to get them to come back for us. Here's the rub: our TA tour was published to end at 12:30, so we were way off schedule somehow. Thankfully the small boat has lunch for sale and we went that route the second time around.

     

    We are in Juneau for morning at 7am-1:30pm , our Tracy Arm is listed for 1:30. That should eliminate the TA late issue as we are pulling up along side ship way after it leaves Juneau from what I understand we catch up later and board ship back somewhere in the ships TA journey. ???

     

    So we were thinking whale watch excursion in morning in Juneau and back to hit the TA at 1:30.

    What to do in Roatan?

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    We loved Victor Boden tours and did a private driver for the day so we weren't on anyone else's time table. Our driver, Tex, was fantastic. He customized the day for us and we fit in so much. We did shopping(RX, rum, cigars, trinkets, rum cakes), monkeys, zipline, local lunch spot, West End white sand beach/snorkel (had a kayak pull us out to reef edge for the best snorkeling out of all 4 ports we did), and Tex was awesome in getting us all over the island and finding us the best locals price on the shopping we wanted to do. We LOVED Roatan!

    Quick question for those who have been to Harvest Caye

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    So if you have the UBP they will fill up your travel mugs with drinks like wine to take off the ship or elsewhere??? I would have thought they wouldn't do that. But awesome if they do.

     

    They won't fill your actual mug but they would hand to us, we would pour in our mug and then stop at the next closest bar on way off and grab another one to pour in mug. Some of the bar tenders would give you 2 drinks at a time and others would make you "wait" a few minutes before getting another one. We actually did that most of the time while even on the ship to avoid having to go back to bar all the time. It was handy to fill the mug and sip on that for a while. :) Several people carrying around "Yeti" type mugs doing that. I took a full "morning" Mudslide off the ship at each port in my Yeti with no questions ask. Went back twice during our Harvest Caye day and refilled. Worked out great.

    Quick question for those who have been to Harvest Caye

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    I'm reading that the walk from the dock is a full half-mile (although I see that it's covered). I like getting in my walking on a cruise to help burn off the calories, but I consider the pier shuffle to be wasted mileage on my feet--not too much to see, would rather do the walking in town/port, or wandering around the ship at night and people-watching.

     

    I've read the less than stellar reviews of Harvest Caye and I don't see myself spending a lot of time there, but it might be nice to get off the ship and into a larger free pool.

     

    The questions:

     

    Can I bring my own water bottle since there are no complimentary food/bev options?

     

    Is there any kind of shuttle or pedicabs for the pier?

     

    Thanks!

     

    The golf cart tram ran continuously back and forth when we were there last month. We filled our big thermals up with UBP on ship and took off no problem at each port. They do NOT care what you take off at ports just can't bring anything back on! You can even take cart tram back and forth easily to refill drink on ship or eat easily. We saw several people carrying Yeti thermal type cups like ours and doing just that.

    We enjoyed Harvest Caye. It was clean and plenty of beach chairs and huge pool.

    Dawn dock or tender?

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    On the Dawn last month, we docked and did not tender anywhere. However, the week before the Dawn tendered in Roatan. NCL alternates Roatan tender with Dawn and Jade I believe. That is the only time I think it tenders. You should be able to check the Coxen Hole Roatan online and it will tell you if more than one NCL is in that day. We happen to be the only NCL in Coxen Hole so we docked and did not have to tender.

     

    Here is the link:

     

    http://www.cruiseportinsider.com/roatanschedule2017.html

     

     

    I think it only tenders if Royal Carribean is there. They have priority porting from what I understand. If no RC, then NCL docks at Coxen Hole.

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