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Can this be booked in the app prior to boarding? My other half loves doing high tea and we don’t want to miss out. 

On 1/16/2022 at 8:53 AM, janroatan said:

Have you noticed how early/late NCL shuttles to the airport are?

Our return flight for upcoming cruise is 6:25pm.Don,t really want to arrive at airport super early

Sorry. We took Uber. It was cheaper than NCL’s transfers. 

Buy a cheap universal tv remote and bring it with you to get the ability to switch inputs. That’s what we did with the Samsung TV sets on the Epuc

16 hours ago, Patsfans said:

Did they stop allowing smoking in the casino ? I so hope so 

Freestyle Daily says in fine print casino is non-smoking. No one was smoking there during our cruise. 

22 hours ago, DevonfromAcme said:

 

Did you get into St Kitts today?  We are scheduled to be there tomorrow on Enchantment. 

Yes. We were there. 

Here’s the handout the Latitudes / CruiseNext desk is giving out on the Epic as of today (Jan 14). Not showing boarding privileges. 
 

NCL New Latitudes Benefits Handout.pdf

St. Lucia today with similar Covid guidelines to Grenada, but maybe a bit looser. I’ve posted the guidelines we received in the Freestyle Daily below. 
 

We did the Let’s Take a Selfie tour. Ten people in a nice van, with a tour guide, an assistant, and a driver. Not as in depth as yesterday’s Land Rover tour of Grenada, but definitely more comfortable.   It was two hours of various scenic stops with two more hours of beach time at the end. We used the beach time to eat lunch at a restaurant on the beach since it was a 9am start, so no time for breakfast. 
 

Tomorrow is St.Kitts, with no special restrictions, other than always wearing a mask while in port. 
 

Freestyle Dailies for Days 5-7 are below. 

NCL Epic Jan 9 Freestyle Daillies - Days 5-7.pdf

Grenada today with a late start, around 12:30pm. Lines were longer getting off the ship. People were crowding in elevators, even though we told people trying to get on we were full. Very rude. 
 

Grenada is only letting you leave the ship if you’re on an NCL tour, another official local tour, or want to take a taxi to the beach. People trying to leave on their own are turned back to the ship (including some of the rude elevator stuffers earlier…karma, I guess). On tour, masks are on the entire time and your hands are sanitized at each stop. We did the Range Rover tour, which was very thorough across the entire island. It’s like sitting on benches in the back of a pickup truck, just so you know what to expect. 

Double check your account to make sure you’re getting any Lattitude discounts you’re supposed to get on shore excursions. The in-room ordering system doesn’t automatically apply the Lattitudes discount. The $50 shire excursion credit on gets applied AFTER you return from an excursion too. 
 

Dinner at La Cucina was good. I don’t eat veal, so they converted the veal Marsala into chicken Marsala for me. I also don’t care for tarragon, so they substituted the tarragon lobster sauce with a nice marinara sauce on the shrimp ravioli. 
 

We decided to take dessert back to the room, so they had the butler bring it up. This is great when you want a little breathing room after a full meal before tackling a delicious dessert. 
 

We were really only interested in seeing Priscilla, so our after dinner times are spent on in room dessert and streaming movies. We upgraded to the full streaming internet package and connected my laptop to the TV in the living area. If you’re going to do this, bring an HDMI cord and a cheap universal remote from Amazon (about $5). You’ll need the universal remote to change the inputs on the TV to your selected HDMI port..the in room remote won’t do this. TVs are Samsung if that helps. 
 

I’ll post more Freestyle Dallies tomorrow night. 

4 hours ago, luckyinpa said:

id love to hear from someone who got those super cheap haven cabins. the 2 brs were going for insane pricing. hope you enjoy!

The Owners Suite is awesome. We got 17007, so we’re looking forward to the ocean instead of back to the deck. 
 

Haven service is top notch as always and worth it. 

14 hours ago, janroatan said:

Aruba > have you been informed if passengers can get off ship, shop port area?

Yes, you could get off and port shop in Aruba. 

On Epic now. Ship seems to be only half full. No waits for dinners or disembarking for shore excursions. 
 

Burn the Floor is going on at night, but no Priscilla (cast members ill with you know what). 
 

Check in took about 90 minutes from when we arrived at noon. Luggage drop off at pier (make sure taxi/Uber drops you at Epic. Our Uber driver insisted on dropping us at RCL saying there was one drop check in place for both ships. He was wrong), then bus to Sheraton for Covid-19 test, then bus back to pier for security screen and check in. No lines except for initial luggage drop. You can speed things up a lot by making sure your NCL luggage tags are already applied. 
 

No skipped ports so far (Aruba and Curiçao), but Grenada is limiting us to pre-booked NCL or “official” tour excursions. They are also allowing limited taxi service to the beach, but that’s it. 
 

Everyone seems to be masking except while eating, drinking, or in the pool/hot tubs). There’s one large group onboard who’s been warned a few times about masking and not overfilling the elevators though. 
 

Looks like there were a lot of upgrades to the Haven (our area).  At sea day had a very full courtyard area, but still distanced enough. 
 

I’ve uploaded the first four Freestyle Dailies below. 
 

Here’s hoping for an relaxing and uneventful rest of the voyage. 

NCL Epic Jan 9 2022 Freestyle Dailies Days 1-4.pdf