JamesIowa

Some of the haven aft suites connect to a balcony. Did a quick look and the numbers don’t seem tooo far apart.

I checked my invoice twice, $379 is what I paid for a 15 day sailing in Dec.

Were you able to snag a pass for your Dec cruise? Would love to have another iowegian around.

From what I was told by my TA, that is technically true they do not hold back passes for onboard purchase….but just because it shows sold-out online prior to cruise there may be more passes released at a later date for online sales.

Only if they don’t have the package. Imo the vowel pack is worth it for cruises 7 days or more.

I find a spot at/near the end of the slide and just set my stuff there; sunglasses, keycard, towel, shoes. It’ll be fine.

Booked 2 bedroom haven on encore 7 day from Miami in Dec 24 for $8008. I remember the price as when I was in school it was like the 3rd funniest thing you could type on a calculator.

Port of New Orleans for NCL can be a mess, especially with traffic snarls given how the cars are funneled through the area. Little bit of rain can make this much worse, or a big convention in the area, or no reason at all I have watched real-time as my Uber tried to enter the port area, went wrong direction, u-turns, traveling 1mph, couldn’t imagine doing that with a tight departing flight. Then the airport at NO, I thought, was deceptively large. Lines for tsa can be very long even for pre. It’s your bbq, but imo there’s too many things that could/probably will go wrong. Good luck.

Is there a consensus on service requests accompanied with voluntary renumeration? Does a little cash seem to help with “oh and I would love to have my cabin cleaned by noon if possible” or are those days gone?

I’m not a water snob by any means and have the unrefined palate of a peasant with a head cold. I can’t stand flow. There’s a sweet alkaline-ish taste that really makes one ponder how they can f something up so badly.

They don’t want to give you too much time to research what a bad deal it is. Hurry! Ends soon!

Hey Will be taking a tour from Panama City to colon via pc railway then a tour of agua Clara visitor center / viewing platform. Traveling with my mom who has mobility issues and uses a scooter (foldable/portable). Does anybody have any experience with or knowledge of wheelchair accessibility at the ac visitors center? Any issues with pc rail storing the scooter while we’re traveling? A walker is available, but with the heat, etc scooter is preferable. Thanks!

Added a vibe cabana for an upcoming cruise. Information listed explains this comes with 2 passes included (and is non-transferable). Traveling with 1 other but we’re each in a separate cabin, separate reservation. Was told by NCL that as solo the cabana would now only include 1 pass (for myself) and another would need to be purchased for my mom. NBD, we added it, but is this really how it is? So I essentially paid for a cabana and 3 access passes just to cover 2 people? plan to mention it to g/s onboard and see if there’s anything that can be done, anybody have any similar experiences with this? Tia.

$10 US p/d from what I’ve seen

That is not accurate. I just made fp on the 15 day cruise, fas + w/streaming was 780 ($52p/d). without streaming internet it’s $630 ($42 p/d) 7 day cruise: fas+ $59 p/d 15 day cruise: fas+ $52 p/d

Perception vs reality. the reality is on a 15 day cruise I was going to pay $379 for internet and $82 for 2sdp. That’s $461. with fas+ I essentially get p+ for $319 vs $522. $319<$522 not sure how that’s a poor value given the assumptions from op and above.

If my math isn’t crazy, the value in fas+ can be optimized by longer cruises perhaps vs fas + discounts: note: for comparison I did not consider the fas+ shorex discount. Also assuming you were already planning to make these upgrades (streaming, p+). 7 day cruise cost to individually upgrade to unlimited Wi-Fi w/streaming: $179.93 p+: $243.60 2sdp: $82.80 total: $509.43 ($72p/d) For FAS+ it’s $343 + $70 (for streaming Wi-Fi)= $413.70 ($59p/d) 15 day cost to individually upgrade to: unlimited Wi-Fi w/streaming: $379.85 p+: $522 2sdp: $82.80 total: $984.65 ($65 p/d) FAS+ is $630 + $150 (streaming) = $780.52 ($52 p/d) Saving $7 p/d on a 15 day cruise = $105 (and $204 less than what I was going to pay to upgrade separately).

Was on breakaway in Dec 22, this test was run in the theatre on a sea day:

I’m on a 15 day and it was an extra $150 for fas+ with streaming. people complain a lot about the quality, but I’ve been getting the streaming option for at least the last 8 years and never had a problem streaming nfl games, Hulu+ live, etc.

I have not found this to be the case at all. I have 2 cruises (Dec 23, Dec 24) that are, what I think, very good deals, the upcoming cruise (Dec 23 Mia-la pc 15 days) is so low I didn’t even call for the get the latest price drop (single occupancy balcony). I’m almost embarrassed to mention what I actually paid (for 15 days!). It was under 2K. You can even get 15 days in the haven for about what a 7 day would cost (<9k w/MAP). The Dec ‘24 7 day cruise on encore is ~1800 for single occupancy balcony. I have reserved haven 2 bedroom for 8k. Not a purple-hamburger-pooping-unicorn of a deal, but solid imo. point is, there are good prices out there. Haven included.

Read the t and c’s, for the first time apparently. Any idea what this means (from https://www.ncl.com/latitudes-rewards-program Coupons can’t be used for the same venue twice.

I take 1 cruise a year. That cruise is meticulously planned and very much looked forward to. I find that many times the things I think may be obstacles to a good cruise (Noro, Covid protocols, NCL policy changes, whatever) turn out to be no big deal and I have a good time despite all of the pre-cruise worry. Many times after vacation I think “that was a lot of worrying for nothing” that being said, no way I’d take a partial-charter goth themed cruise.

That’s a great piece of advice!

Thanks for the info!

Champagne aside, does grey goose generally seem available at spice h20 and vibe?