Isabella Benjamin

If it was me, I'd probably check in around noon.

We took our luggage off the ship ourselves as soon as they let people off the ship. We were in our car driving home before most people had probably finished their breakfast.

We usually tip $20 on the first day when we give him a list of items we need right away, then we tip another $20 on the last day.

We're going on our first non-NCL cruise in March. It's a Disney cruise. During Spring break. Wish me luck.

Ship - Prima Deck - 10 Stateroom # - 10148 Stateroom Category – BB Starboard or Port Side - Starboard Quiet Stateroom? (With comments on problems) – Very quiet. Was stateroom a connecting stateroom? - No. Balcony View - Give comments on view, noting if location of any obstructions was an issue. – No obstructions. Balcony Size? Normal or oversized for class? - Normal. Was wind a problem? - No. If an aft cabin, was soot a problem? - Any specific problems with this cabin? - Any other comments? - Great location.

Here's a review from January of this year from someone who had problems with the noise from the theater in 9500: Link. "Speaking of noise, one big drawback of this suite is that it is right above the theater below. That means, almost every day around noon, you will hear them rehearsing for the shows. Then, at night, you get to enjoy two shows almost like you are in the theater. I mean it is LOUD. We often went to early dinner and then the late show as we had no chance of sleeping early if we wanted to."

We were in the Haven in May for a 4 day cruise. A two bedroom ran us $1706/per person after we applied our credit card points.

I'm like 4'11. I barely come up to the bar. Not hyperbole. I should still be able to get a drink though.

I expect to at least get what I'm paying for on my cruise. When I pay for a drink package I expect a bartender to serve me a drink, but they all act like I'm invisible. I've already paid for the drink, yet it isn't available to me unless I'm sitting at a dining table. I'm not bitter, lol.

My daughter had her straightener taken out of her luggage on the Encore last month.

NCL had emailed me right before I went on my last cruise which was at the beginning of May. They asked if I wanted to be part of a study group to give feedback on some new shows they were considering. I signed up for it, but I never heard back from them once I was on the ship. I would have loved to know what shows they were considering.

I always use Chrome when I'm on the NCL site. It's hit or miss on the browser I usually use.

If I went to my cabin after boarding and found it dirty with the previous guests trash still in it, I would assume that the sheets were from the previous guest as well. I mean, how would you know for sure? I would probably want to passive aggressively ask for a fresh set of sheets and my husband would stop me and he would very politely ask for assistance from a crew member. He always saves me from my worst inclinations. In our most recent cruise on the Encore I thought it was weird that a couple of hours after we had been given access to our cabin, our steward came in and changed the sheets on the bed that we had assumed were clean. Maybe it makes me picky, but I really don't want to sleep on someone else's sheets.

It was fabulous except for my complete inability to get a single bartender to see me standing waiting to order a drink.

If it makes you feel any better I was on the Encore this month and the water tasted exactly like the water out of my bathroom faucet.