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The crew!

We had wonderful bartenders and wait staff at our main hangout spot on Pride of America. The Waikiki Bar (deck 13, aft) is the only smoking area on the ship so we were there most of the time if we weren't on land. I can't tell you how much better they made our experience. We were a small percentage of young married couples with no kids on the ship and that bar is the most chill area onboard. The front of the ship constantly had stuff going on...activities, music, loud noises etc, but the Waikiki Bar was so laid back and the coolest guests/employees seem to all hang/work there. I was a little annoyed at first that they only allowed smoking in one designated area but now I realize I wouldn't have met so many amazing people if that wasn't the case so...you lose some, you win some!

We had an inside, windowless stateroom on NCL'S Pride of America and received an invitation to upgrade to a balcony or ocean view room. I bid $150 per person for the balcony (the meter listed it as a "fair" offer) and $75 per person for the ocean view (also listed as a "fair" offer, albeit closer to "good" than "poor").

We ended up getting the ocean view. I really wanted the balcony but was fine with the top to bottom window and larger space. Our original room was 132 sq ft with a queen, the one we upgraded to was a 144 sq ft with a king and couch that had a rollout bed. You only pay the upgrade for the first two guests which was nice since we had 3 of us staying in one room.

All in all Id say it was worth it!

Unfortunately, you cannot unless you are on the Epic.

 

Tried to get a reprint of a photo that we purchased and left on the plane ride home. Out of luck :(.

I know this is an older post but unfortunately this is still correct. I wasn't aware you had to purchase them as you were on the ship :loudcry:. I emailed Guest Relations to see if anything could be done but from what Im hearing, Im s**t out of luck. :(