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There is no such thing as "free"! Someone has to pay somewhere along the line. Over here Paxlovid is actually around $800 if you were to buy it off the shelf (which you cannot do AFAIK), but covered by medical insurance if given a prescription. So "free" (or low cost) for the patient, but definitely not "free".

If I, as a foreign tourist, would step into a medical facility in USA I doubt I would have been charged much less. Except maybe the Tylenol... Having said that, I'm really sorry to hear of your horrible experience. Sounds like NCL could have handled that better and with a lot more empathy.

Lots of people have both the alcohol package and Starbucks package, so there shouldnt be a limit of one package. But the app probably just can't handle two packages at the same time. I would check out with one of the packages and then go back and see if I can't add the other. If that doesn't work, try the online chat!

Wow! You sure read something into my post that was not intended! CC isn't just for non-EU/EEA people, and without further information unless trying to interpret the video you declare "do not travel via Oslo". I just wanted to share that it's not all bad. I DID ask about further information which you just could have provided (I'm sure I'm not the only one not fond of having to click at a video for information) without being, in my opinion, nasty (maybe unintended, same way my "disrespect" was). No disrespect at all intended. No flaunting intended. That's just not my style!

Are you supposed to embark in Seattle and disembark in Miami? In that case, at least the cruises before and after this one are on the site. A good sign I suppose!

LOL! Oslo is my airport of choice! (I live pretty much in the middle between ARN (Stockholm) and Oslo. Don't like ARN much but sometimes I have not choice.) Was that passport control coming off a US/International flight or getting on one?

I am actually taking that cruise. I am from Sweden and I did ask my PCC for a quote for flights. It turned out the flight from New York was good for me. (Good as in well priced.) The flight to Rome was a lot more expensive than the one I had found myself. It was no problem at all just getting the return flight from New York through NCL (I'm flying into Rome early the day before the cruise and have booked accommodation in Civitavecchia. My daughter cruised out of Civitavecchia earlier this year and she arrived in Rome late at night but getting to Civitavecchia in the morning was very easy according to her.)

Wow! I'm trying to get my head around this one! I don't have small kids anymore and I do get that parenting is different now than back in the '80s with parents being more "me" oriented now. I don't think that is a bad thing. but leaving your kids on a ship with (relative) strangers for more than maybe an hour or two... Wow! What if when you get on board it turns out that the kids don't actually like Splash Academy? Or even if they do, on that particular day one of them might not be "cooperative" (3- an 5-years old don't always "cooperate"...)

So... There will be at least 11 people on that ship that HASN'T watched the video... 😄 Joking aside, for my cruise i July I only a couple of reminders. For the cruise before that... oh my!... they just kept coming!

Why would you break up with her/them??? (Disn't see that part at first soínce I only skimmed your rant) Go solo on your cruise. Shouldn't be a big deal in a new realtionship.

Did I read the exact same story from you yesterday? The general opinion in that post (that I can't find now) seemed to be that there is no reason for you to cancel your cruise. I agree.

This! (Not that I use those wipes, and if I did I certainly wouldn't flush them.) And about toilet paper: I have very old sewage drains where I live so it's hugely important that the TP dissolves easily. So I tested different brands/types some years ago (my friends were very amused when I asked for samples of their TP) and it turned out that the ones that dissolved the best (of those I tested) were soft 2/3-ply. (You's actually had to be careful when using it...) The worst was the cheap "harsh" 1/2-ply. This was i Sweden so brand names makes no sense and I have no idea what kind that "Northern" is.

I'm not the one that posted it, but my guess would be Mediterranian, Epic out of Provence in October. Selling out the last rooms, so not really people leaving in their droves. The cruise I'm on in October (UK/Ireland) has gone up slightly from when I booked it in May.

I'm i Europe so my experiences may be completely irrelevant for a US cruiser, but FWIW: I have done two cabin upgrades this year after final pay when I saw prices dropped. Both times I reached out to my PCC and asked him what he could offer me. Neither upgrade was free, but one of them not far from (and the other very well priced too). My "policy": It doesn't hurt to ask!

Most of us buy at least two. Two certs give 250 back making price 125. As for what is the norm I don't know but I have successfully applied most of my certs to already booked cruises.

They do the same thing for us Europeans. Prices ARE in Euro but on several places it says "all prices are in USD". Easier for us to spot though with the Euro-sign as a tell

NCL is doing a bit too much copy/paste making promo T&C not always correct. Doing a bit of copy/pate myself here, giving the beginning of the promo T&C. After this the NCLcopy/pate muddles up things... CRUISENEXT DOUBLE! OFFER Booking Window: August 1st - August 31st, 2023 11:59pm ESTOffer Details: Book a any stateroom on any sailing and apply TWO CruiseNext, CruiseNext Haven or CruiseNext Lite depositsOffer valid for sailings beginning in 2023 and forward:

I have applied a second CruiseNext to each of my two upcoming cruises during this promo. I'm not sure my link works for USA/Canada, but enclose it anyway. Takes som scrolling to get to the CruiseNext part. https://www.ncl.com/fr/en/about/terms-and-conditions/promotions-ceuk Edit: Both my bookings were inside cabins. One cruise this October, one in April 2024

Except Starbucks "coffee" really isn't that great. How many actually drink their coffee black as opposed to their coffee flavoured milk drinks? Having said that, I would not bring a coffee maker or even ask for one to my room. Buffet coffee may not be great, (a little too weak IMHO) but decent enough for a week or two for me. Totally understand those that think differently though. Long live differnce of opinions! 😄

You can come and live in a EU country if you're a EU citizen. Once you actually LIVE in that country, ie have a permanent address (and pay taxes and actually contribute and not just take advantage of the system...) you're entitled to healthcare benefits. As already has been said, emergency care is available for everyone, even tourists, but "only" what's needed for survival and maybe a little more. As for the senator I honestly can't imagine he didn't have any kind of insurance going to Spain. Of course his US health insurance had nothing to do with this, but he most likely had some sort of travel insurance. And FWIW, if he's a politician with an agenda I would take his words with a grain of salt.

Yep! Once again @LauraAnneC beats me! 😄 Emergency care will be given if needed, but rest assured they'll go looking for payment afterwards! In case of a road accident where a EU motor vehicle is considered to have caused the accident it will come from the compulsory vehicle insurance. In other cases with no other insurance it may come to you as HUGE bill! Maybe that senator's accident had to do with that vehicle insurance I mentioned or they had some sort of insurance of their own that maybe they didn't realize actually included accident protection.

EU health care benefits are not about citizenship but rather residency as @LauraAnneC says. We have to be covered by healthcare in our EU home country to be eligble for benefits in another country. And to be covered by healthcare we need to live and be registered to pay tax in that country. If that senator was treated free of charge he was lucky or covered by something else than this.

Yes. Any passport with the new international biometrics standards require this. US or elsewhere. It includes, among other things iris recognition for face ID. Even if that CAN be done with glasses, the easier, more secure way is to not allow glasses. Exceptions can be made though. But they are just that: Exceptions

And once you sell them, however you do it, they transfer usually takes a couple of days or less. To use them they have to be in the correct currency (same as booking). Converting is done by sending an email and then wait for a couple of days (or less).

I seem to recall having seen something about this. Possibly in the app during cruise. I think it was around $25 for a day uf unlimited. Not 100% sure though, so need confirmation from someone else! It was announced as "news" if I recall correctly. And FWIW, it made no difference that I had used some of my minutes a few days into the cruise. It was still credited as $200 (300 minutes, 12-day cruise) Edit: This was on Star, in case it differs between ships. It shouldn't, but hey...