bomabound

Thanks for posting. I’m following the ship right now because I get on in Seattle on the 29th and can hardly wait! I’ve been checking the web cam and it looks like you are having a beautiful sunny day in Juneau. Enjoy the rest of the cruise!

After increasing my bids yesterday when live bidding opened I changed my mind this morning and decided to lower them. Well, once live bidding has started they do not make this easy! The system will only let you enter amounts that are higher than your current bid. After trying to enter the system a couple different ways, the only way I was able to lower my bids was to completely cancel my offers and start over, entering credit card info, etc. This doesn’t seem reasonable to me.

I had the same thing happen today, and did what you did. I increased my bids a bit, despite that I had already bid what I wanted my max bid to be, and was immediately informed again that I needed to bid more. That was enough of that for me! This actually has me feeling like cancelling my bids entirely. It feels manipulative.

Are you referring to when they offer extra latitudes points per night? If so then yes, you can still get an upgrade. I recently did back to back Alaska cruises that offered 3 extra points per night (so 56 points for the 14 nights) and won upgrades on both cruises. We were booked in a balcony and were upgraded to the Owners Suite for 7 days and then to a Penthouse Suite for the other 7.

I’m curious about this too. I’m also on this cruise and it has disappeared and come back repeatedly over the last month. This time it has been missing for a few days. The last time I checked the only sold out categories were ocean view and club balcony (and half the Haven categories). It’s so hard to believe they all of a sudden sold them all but it’s also hard to imagine they’d want the cruise to be invisible if it isn’t sold out. I seem to recall someone speculating that capacity may have been capped due to reduced staffing. It sure would be nice to know what’s going on. Regardless, we are sure excited about this trip!

I think you should kiss him first and follow it with “there’s more where that came from if you’ll switch seats with me”.

The daily service charge in a club balcony is actually the same as for a balcony and below. They are all $20. Only haven is more at $25. Prior to the price hike, club balcony was $2 more than balcony and below, but not any more.

I believe you get treats to the room twice per week as well as a free bag of laundry. I book a club balcony for the bathroom. I like the wider sink area and double size shower, as it just makes getting ready in the morning nicer.

Interesting details. It never would have occurred to me that there was a MIN weight requirement on Ocean Loops. The min of 130 lbs will eliminate a lot of young people and I’m far from meeting that. That’s totally fine, it just hadn’t occurred to me. I’m looking forward to trying the cars though.

I also got an email this morning, with a port added to the October Panama cruise on the Encore. A stop in Manzanillo was added to replace a sea day. I’m happy to have the extra port, but like you I’m feeling a bit suspicious that this is coming in advance of a cancellation. I hope not.

Wow, it is too! Thanks!

That’s how it is for me too. I have to find the email and use the link. I’m nervous about deleting my upgrade emails and then not being able to get back in. I sure wish it was available through my reservation.

I wonder if using a travel agent is the cause for international guests. We booked directly through NCL. I know the luggage tags and letter are completely unnecessary, and I have purchased the plastic luggage tags for holding cruise tags, but receiving them in the mail does add to the excitement for me. Sort of like receiving the personalized welcome package from Disney World before a vacation….it just feels special.

I’m in Canada and upgraded to a suite on my last cruise, and they did actually mail out the typical welcome letter and luggage tags. I’m surprised they don’t for Europeans.

On my last cruise I ordered art for the first time on a cruise ship. When we went through customs I declared it as goods purchased that were shipping later. The customs officer filled out a form to show that we qualify for an $800 personal exemption and said to show the form to the FedEx guy upon delivery to have the taxes adjusted. The art was delivered today and I tried this but the FedEx guy said they don’t do that at the door. I have called FedEx to start a case to try to get reimbursed for taxes on $800 and hope that will eventually get processed but I’m wondering if there is some other way to have FedEx notified in advance so that taxes are calculated properly. Has anyone here ordered from Parks West and found a better way to do this? Thanks.