Markj

With regards to disembarking - What time did you get off the ship? How did you get to the train station? What time was your train to London? Thank you

Well I go 12-15 times a year and in my experience with the moving of UK citizens from the EU immigration channel to the "Rest of the world" channel immigration on most occasions takes considerably longer. When we were in the EU we were able to use the automatic passport gates. Now we cannot. With more if these automated gates coming into use it galls me to see EU citizens have a much easier route into EU countries whilst we have to queue up with everyone else. ETIAS will increase the level of administration! Happy that it's all been good for you but that's not been my experience And the cause Those who voted for Brexit. Well done everybody, look at how much better everything is now! Yeah right! 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

Sorry but I agree with Cassie. For UK citizens it is definitely not Quid Pro Quo. The UK does not require European citizens to complete any kind of ETIAS or ESTA type process yet we are being asked to complete it to travel to Europe. For US citizens the EU is getting everyone to do what the US has been asking overseas travellers to do for many years If ESTIA speeds up the immigration process for us Brits then I'm more than happy as the idiots who voted for Brexit made travelling to Europe a pain in the backside!!!!

The observation lounge on Bliss is amazing if it's something that's important to you

For anyone sailing on an upcoming Prima Iceland/Norway cruise below is the revised schedule we have just received: As can be seen the Isafjordur stop has been removed and its also slightly later docking in Zeebrugge.

These days top Michelin star restaurants are going to be around this sort of money. Youre paying for the uniqueness of the food and the service. It's a bit like the debate you often see about Business Class on airlines. We all end up in the same place but for some it's the extra service and room you get - not dissimilar to those of us who book Haven and those who don't. Same ship ports route etc - different service!!!

Sailing on 6th September this year. Have made my dining reservations and was expecting the shows to be available too. We are in Haven so not too worried about reservations however it would be useful to know the dates and times to plan the meals around them. NCL website help section says 120 days https://www.ncl.com/uk/en/cruise-faq/when-can-i-book-dining-entertainment but the NCL chat assistant says it's 26 days. First time I've ever hear this and cannot find mention of this 26 days anywhere else. Is this usual as it doesn't make for good planning when you make all your dinner reservations then have to adjust them to fit around the shows - and at 26 days the times we will then require will likely not be available????

Agree with you This is very silly especially if anything new is added to the options after you have booked!!!

Wow Tough room!!!!! 🤣

I did a search and could not find anything about this. In September we are on Prima going from Iceland down through Norway, Netherlands, Belgium and returning to Southampton. Having cruised a number of times we know the onboard currency is US$ and we can use our onboard account for most things and pay on our CC at the end. However, we will be tipping staff in the Haven so is it OK to use GB£ for this to save me having to bring US$ along? Thanks in advance

What an excellent review. Thank you. We are on Prima in September doing the Iceland/Norway cruise so will be interesting to see how the weather affects the interior and how busy it gets. Haven too for us. Food looks good all round so better get on the diet now! Hahahaha I replied to this post because I would always expect a sea bass (or other fish) where the skin is crispy to be served skin side up. Otherwise the skin goes soft!! I realise that not everyone likes the skin but often when its crisped nicely it can be yummy!!!

CC is always great for info and advice so I thought I would see what views there are on this? We have sailed with NCL 6 times. We are on a 10 night Prima Iceland/Norway/Lowlands cruise in September this year. Our booking includes the package of 2 Speciality Restaurants.Weve had this package on previous sailings. I've read the t's and c's and see that this includes an appetiser, soup or salad main and dessert. We rarely eat all of that and on most occasions only have an appetiser and Main. Maybe the occasional dessert but there is so much food onboard its not a regular thing. So looking at the online menus we would probably spend $120-$150 dollars on dinner. We are planning to eat in 6 of the Speciality Restaurants on Prima and maybe a couple of them twice. With this in mind I have the following questions: As we only usually have appetiser and main is it worth buying additional Speciality Restaurant packages? Or is it better and more cost effective to just pay as we go from the a la carte menu? Does anyone know if sides are included in the package? The t's and c's don't make it clear and at $9 each if you have 3 or 4 the price soon adds up? Do others use their Speciality Restaurant package at the most expensive restaurants and then just pay as they go in the others? Happy for any comments tips or info from the board.

I think I went to Customer Services the next day, however there were only 2 days of the cruise left so don't know if what you say applies as it didn't affect me.

Quick tip as this happened to us last year with a cancelled helicopter trip. The refund put our account into credit and they only pat credit back in cash - which in this day and age is crazy, however - our concierge suggested getting the cash asap as the guest services would be very busy on departure day and then if we spent anything more whilst on board it would just be deducted using our assigned credit card and then no need to stand in line at guest services!! And that's what we did!"!!

They give you cash. I advise you get it asap too as the line in the last day is ridiculous as people try to sort their accounts. I was on an Alaskan cruise and the cash was in US dollars, which I expected. Interestingly I wonder what currency they refund you if you're in Europe? Also, in the age of electronic transfer we live in it seems totally archaic that they give you cash Ns don't just do it electronically back to your credit card

Same with us. I've been on Pearl and we got up really close to Dawes and saw calving. Queried this onboard and was told it's because the ship is bigger. hmmmmmmm ,,🤔🤔🤔

Yes definitely. We did this tour and really enjoyed seeing both bears and raptors up close.

Six was absolutely brilliant. Interestingly this is a really good read for me too as we were in the Haven. However we did a stroll around the buffet and thought it was one of the best we've seen on a cruise and whole observation/bars/food was first rate

On the Bliss 16th-23rs August and the standard WiFi was fine for picture uploads and video too ,😀

Did this exact same cruise on Bliss back in July and it was absolutely amazing. It was our third Alaskan cruise and we still didnt repeat anything. Other than eating and drinking too much of course. Have a great time!!!

She looks amazing. Credit to whoever gets up that early in the morning to go and shoot drone footage too!!! The posts it that very morning! We've booked the Iceland/Norway cruise next September so hopefully by then all the teething issues will be sorted 😃🤣. Really looking forward to seeing how it compares to the Bliss. Have to say Its been interesting reading through this thread too it will be a good history of the Prima in the fullness of time. One thought. Do we think Norwegian designs ships for specific cruise areas? For example the Bliss and Encore have such big Observation decks are they more for Alaska/Scenic cruising and is the Prima set for cruises that are not for hot places seeing as the pool area is small?

You can but its not boiling. Two options If you're neat the lounge get hot water from the machine there as its near boiling or ask for a kettle We also ask for fresh milk for our fridge as we like breakfast tea with milk

We only booked for one person upgrade on advance

Having just been on Bliss in 18700 it has a master bedroom, 2nd bedroom and a sofa in the lounge that converts to a bed. So cabin could sleep 6. However. If 1 or 2 people were on the sofa bed they would not have their own bathroom or wardrobe space and any one in the other two bedrooms needed something from the lounge or wanted to go on the balcony they would disturb them And as for the butler bringing breakfast while we slept - he would also disturb the people in the sofa bed as its where the table is. (not that ever have room service as we prefer to walk the 50 yards to the Haven Restaurant and have the hot food we fancy at that moment. On the MegaCruise on Pearl in 2019 I had a balcony cabin on 11 near the elevators and a Haven key card to go to meet my friends in the band I was looking after. Room to Haven -1 minute. The balcony cabin is an excellent offer in my opinion

Did this all last week and it's in my post about Bliss Haven boarding 16th July I showed the certificate the testing company sent as a pdf using my phone Also showed proof of vaccinations which I had printed and took with me