Middleager

23 hours ago, dhanakorn said:

You definitely won’t be staved on the Sky but probably won’t gain 10lbs after cruise either. 

I certainly hope we won't gain 10lbs from taking any cruise.

Too bad NCL won't cruise the Napali coast.  It's a beautiful part of the cruise.

Napali Coast has the mystic feeling about it.  We've done helicopter and small plane rides to see it before, and a POA cruise in 2019.  So fortunately for us we've done all that.  For friends going on the POA, they'll need to fork out more money to see this beautiful scenery.

9 minutes ago, Need2Chill said:

With the NCL logo?

If you want NCL lanyards with NCL logo, probably need to buy from NCL.  That'll cost.

Or you can add some NCL logo or identifiers yourself to the lanyards you buy, depending on how fancy you like.

I guess because we've take cruises on NCL, Carnival, and others, I'm not big on carrying/wearing advertising for those companies.

18 minutes ago, Need2Chill said:

I have many of those from conferences too but these are a gift. I wanted to specifically purchase NCL lanyards for our group. 

Ok.  They cost >US$10 on the ship, rip off price.

You can certainly order them on Amazon, Staples, Walmart, etc.

I just re-used conference name tag holder (having attended many conferences). The ones with zip is best, so the card won't fall out.   Actually the ones without zip, my card hasn't fallen out, it seems sticky enough.

Ok, I was wrong, NCL did charter trains.

When we disembarked in Seward, we took an excursion that returned in time for the 6pm train to Anchorage.  The timing worked out quite well for us.

Doubt NCL will chart a train.  If anything, NCL buys seats on some cars of train to sell to you (and adds their own cut in the price).

People can buy tickets for those trains themselves (we did). 

1 minute ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

How is that better value than a double up CruiseNext?

Not talking about double up.

If there is double up of CN that's good, but that doesn't happen all the time.  Sometimes when there's double up, it applies to both CN and CF, or mix of both.

The CruiseFirst certs at $250 get $500 are the best values, better than the CruiseNext certs you can only buy on ship.  Those are the ones to buy when available, especially if no more expiration date.

37 minutes ago, julig22 said:

Or it could be a legal issue, akin to state regulations with respect to expiration dates on gift cards.

Word from NCL is that it isn't a glitch.

Ok, if that's true it's a welcoming change.

In Ontario, the government also mandated that GCs cannot expire.  But many companies get around this by calling them cash cards, point cards (points equal to some cash value), store voucher,  with expiration dates, and those do expire.

If NCL had lawsuits to force them to change, to no expiration dates for those existing CN or CF certs, that'd allow us to keep them longer.

What happens with already expired certs can be tricky, because how much liabilities would that bring to NCL, or other cruiselines.

2 minutes ago, julig22 said:

And there have been numerous posts verifying that various NCL reps have said there are no expiration dates, for now anyway. And posts from people with expired ones that suddenly reappeared. Not a display issue. So you can believe that or not.

NCL can have temporary system issue, with messed expiration dates messed up, it doesn't mean it won't get fixed. 

It should be an important issue for NCL because expiration dates do force people wanting to use them, and book cruises.

I wouldn't believe that my certs all of a sudden have no or 2099 expiration dates, without fixes in the future.  NCL system, no matter how bad it may be, has the original expiration dates.  They have many backups. 

I had worked in IT, and yes we do at times have to recover from backups. 

4 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

That's not what several folks have recently posted.

You can believe what you want.

For me, I don't want to believe that my certs had expiration dates extended because NCL has display issues, then find out later on I cannot use the certs because they expired.

24 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Why the quotes?  Do you want expiration dates on your CNs?

Do I want expirations dates?  NCL has the expiration dates on the certs whether I want it or not. 

NCL should show the expiration dates, which they used to before.  I do like to see the expiration dates on my account.

I have certs that originally showed expiration dates.  But recently they've all shown blank dates.

Another "enhancement" by NCL.

How much does the open air safari bus costs from cruise pier to Coki Beach, per person?  I've been there before and think it was about 20-minutes, is that right?

Thanks.

Wow this thread is still going.

The universe is probably going to self destruct in 7 billion years.  Some people should be concerned.

Before the pandemic, we stayed at a PP resort (not cruise stop).  We went boat diving with prodive a couple of times.  They were ok.  The diving was so so, for Caribbean.  But it was warm water.

My wife stayed at the beach.  After the dives, we bought coconuts to drink.  They were about US$2/each, not bad.

On 9/25/2023 at 10:42 PM, Theo1429 said:

Anyone take this tour looking for review's

I'm interested in horseback rides there.  Did you get any more info, tour op name/link?

Agree the aeroplan redemption has really devalued in the last couple of years.  It's so bad for many AC flights we usually purchase tickets (from AC or others) rather than redeem.

The best aeroplan redemption values are with partner airlines that are still on fixed points, especially in Europe, Middle East, and Asia.  In Asia, Eva airlines is the best.

I just booked this 2023.11.26 Encore cruise, for inside sail away room.  So early this morning it was guaranty room. 

Later in the day while getting FCCs applied, NCL sent an update, and I got a room assignment.

I was trying to book on Monday, 2 days ago.  It kept giving a message that my selection is no longer available.  But after refreshes and checking this sailing, it kept showing rooms available for insides, and one room in Haven.  Anyway, it looks like upgrade bids were being processed, and eventually an inside room was bookable by me.  Now there's no Haven room available.  This ship is getting full.

Come and join the rollcall for this cruise, and the Meet & Greet.

If ship doesn't get delayed too much for disembarkation, no problem.

FLL airport is 15min from FLL port.

Sure, cancel if there's concern.

What about going to train/bus station, airport, sports venues, concerts, stores, schools, work, restaurants. 

Are there people near where he lives?

At port no problem.  At sea as you get a bit away from shore, you'll lose coverage.

Years ago when the phone companies were charging long distance even within Canada (yes that was that time), a friend and her daughter were with us on cruise.  While at port, the daughter spends a few chatting with a friend back in Toronto.  The girl didn't know there is long distance charge when in east coast.  It racked up >$3000 of long distance charges.

I just bid.

I bought 2 lottery tickets this evening.  I know they are winning tickets.  They got to be.

1 hour ago, omahabob said:

They switched from peanuts to almonds, so everybody had to get new confirmations. Probably just a system thing.

Almonds are more expensive.  They have to cut cost again, so it's back to peanuts.

Wait for your confirmation email.  (Then they'll change it to a piece of cracker)