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What time were you asked to leave the District? During the day or later in the evening? If the latter, the upcoming entertainment may have been adult only, this would be indicated in the daily schedule. If not, then I really can't understand why - my husband says he's seen younger people present there.
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6 hours ago, NYMama said:
While I think it was very calculated on NCLs part to change the itineraries for both the February and March cruises after final payments were due, I plan to make the best of it.
Indeed, I received the change notice less than 24 hours after final payment for our March cruise. I know port changes happen but I can't help but feel we paid more than this cruise is now worth. It's an 8 day and I don't particularly want that extra day now either.I intend to "make the best of it" by spending as little money as possible on the ship, and not booking any NCL shore excursions. -
On 2/20/2022 at 4:07 PM, jbiker said:
We are looking at this tour also. How long were you on the catamaran and do you remember the name of the catamaran?
This wasn't a catamaran tour, we were driven to the beach and just stayed at the beach until we were picked up.
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9 hours ago, CL1978 said:
Would someone please provide more info on which excursions they took in Puerto Plato? We are considering the Party at Sea boat. Is it worth it? Starting to consider cancelling the entire cruise if we can't figure out what to do in the ports and things don't settle down. Don't want to take the cruise to nowhere. Spent an entire week in Aruba and there is tons to do, yet the Getaway had Zero excursions???
I did the beach break, my cruise was Dec. 12-19, and Puerto Plata was the last port that week, so after two fairly active days at St. Thomas and Tortola, I was ready for a beach day.
My beach day tour in detail: Some disorganization at the port in getting everyone onto the buses, but it was their first time, so hopefully they've worked it out. The drive to the beach was a good one hour drive each way, over dirt roads and crossing rushing streams. More newbie issues, our guide didn't have a mic, and since I was at the very front of the open air vehicle, and he stood behind me facing the back, our row couldn't hear him over the engine. I missed the info that I was supposed to get back on the same bus for the return trip. The beach itself was nice, water very wavy and I enjoyed jumping in the waves, but maybe wouldn't have been suitable for small kids. I had the all inclusive option so lunch was provided, at a set time, so everyone ate at once. Alcoholic drinks were included, but it was a small list of provided drinks, rum punch and a few others.
For the return drive, there was a bit of a fuss because I had "missed" my bus, not knowing everyone was going back with the same guide, whose name I never got nor did I get a good look at him. I pointed out that all vehicles were going back to the Encore, so surely it didn't matter? After checking with a supervisor, it was agreed I could take any of the vehicles. Overall I enjoyed the day, but given the driving time, I'm not sure I would do it again, especially if I had Great Stirrup Key as a final port day.
Other tours: One person in my group did the crazy trucks, and they ended that tour at my beach, where I ran into him. So both of those tours have a 1 hr drive back to port.Horseback riding and kayaking: the person who did this was very unhappy with the tour, they had a 2 hour drive each way which did not leave enough time for the activities. She said the horses were not very well trained either, so she did not recommend this tour at all.Shark encounter: the guy who did this enjoyed it, he got back to the ship much later than the other tours, sorry but I don't know if that was due to a long drive or it was just an intensive tour. -
I was on the Encore that docked there Dec. 17. We were either the first or second ship ever at the port, and it showed a bit in the organization and execution of the shore excursions. It's a nice port, not completely finished and some shops were not yet open, but there was plenty of shopping, a bar with some swing chairs, a very small "beach" area by the water and a nice swimming pool.
White Nights on Epic
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Glow party was night 6 on the Epic two weeks ago. It was quite different from my previous 4 cruises (2 NCL, 2 MSC) where a majority of passengers of all ages wore white and at least dropped by the deck party even if they didn't dance or stay long. The attitude was it was the biggest party of the week. Wearing white wasn't mandatory, but it did look cool under the lights.
On my January Epic cruise, only about 20% of passengers dressed in white, and I got some blank looks on the elevator when I asked who was excited about going. The glow now seems to mean you are given glow sticks to wave around, similar to Carnival's Rock n Glow party. The crowd was pretty young and seemed to be having a good time but we didn't stick around.