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That would be great - thank you!

100% this. The only time we've taken a private excursion was in St. Thomas. I stressed the entire time about getting back. Now no matter what, we book excursions with the ship.The $50 off per cabin, per excursion helps. The excursion we're looking at in Rome will be a pretty penny, but this will *probably* be our last cruise to the Med, so might as well do it up right!

Yes, I've been looking at the excursions on the main page which includes pricing. Agreed that prices will only go up, lol

I noticed that a few of the ports in the Western Med are an hour or so train rides from the 'main' city or attraction. We're looking at the 'Florence & Pisa on Your Own' for the Livorno port. We have an overnight at that port, so still trying to decide on an excursion each day, or the F&P and then explore Livorno on one of the days..

100% agree - we only book excursions through NCL. I know it's usually more expensive, but peace of mind (for me) is worth it.

Hello all! We're sailing the Western Med in 2025, and just wondering if anyone might know when NCL generally posts excursions. There's nothing on our specific sailing yet, only the 'general' excursions on the NCL website under the 'explore' tab. PS: I know it's early, but given the price I've seen on some (close to $500 CAD for Rome and the Vatican), I'd like to start figuring out budget. Thanks!

We're got an upcoming cruise through the Panama Canal on the Bliss. We're booked in a club balcony and get 1 bag of laundry included in the fare.

We sail on the Bliss for 15 days (Panama Canal), it sure would be nice to have it by then. Doubtful, but I'll keep my fingers crossed! Thanks for the head's up!

Many of the ‘must’ items we pack are already listed here, with the exception of two things. One is a magnetic light with a motion sensor - can put it anywhere on the walls and aim it where you need it. Perfect for middle of the night bathroom visits: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07GH5YRYL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 And the other is a two pack of valet trays. I saw a review of them, but haven’t tried them out yet. I think they’ll be great for small things you don’t want to leave on the counter top to get lost/fall off, like pens, jewelry, hair elastics, etc: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09M3Q568G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

We're sailing the Panama Canal in February, 15 nights, and the FAS specialty dining is 3 dinners. We did have an upgrade offer for 2 more dinners for $70 (I think), and we purchased that as well.

Our port day for Costa Rica has been cancelled.

I hope they keep the port for you guys! We had booked the excursion to the sloth sanctuary, and I’m so bummed that we’re going to miss it.

On our 2/25/23 Panama Canal cruise they’ve substituted Acapulco. That’s now three ports in Mexico for our cruise.

If you click on the Sail Safe banner on the NCL website, select Cruise Requirements by Country, scroll down to Costa Rica, you’ll see it says unvaccinated passengers are unable to go ashore.

We sail the Panama Canal cruise on the Bliss from Miami on Feb. 25. We were advised that Nicaragua was taken off the itinerary about a month or so ago, and this morning we were advised that Costa Rica is gone now, and Acapulco has been added to the schedule. It's not a safety issue - if it was, we wouldn't be going to Acapulco when the governments of Canada, US and UK all advise against travel to the Guerrero (where Acapulco is) region of Mexico. So, if there's several government advisories against going there, why are we? Is NCL going to take responsibility/liability if something happens there and our travel insurance is null and void? This boils down to NCL not wanting to have to deal with unvaccinated travellers. Costa Rica will not allow unvaccinated travellers to leave the ship, and NCL doesn't want to be put in the position of having to verify vaccination status of their passengers - so screw safety.