Squidward Q Tentacles

After a lot of thinking, considering 3 Axis gimbal for my GoPro or a Osmo I went with the Osmo. So far it seems okay, can't wait to take it out for a walk! I also bought a external mic for it, a Purple Panda lav for $20!

During online checkin I found out my passport would expire in the middle of my cruise.

75.00 may not cut it. If you want the balcony, try 115.00. That way you beat the 100,110 bids. Worth the few extra bucks.

 

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I happy with my inside, but a balcony would be nice. But I am cheap, so I figure if I get it for $75 great, if not, I will have a little more to spend on-board. But I understand your thought. Thanks.

I's LOVE to see the evidence to support that feeling.

 

 

Just for one sailing even. How many balconies were available for bid? How many people bid? What was the minimum and maximum amount bid? What were the minimum and maximum successful bids?

 

Does all of the supposition and guessing benefit the guest or does it benefit NCL? :rolleyes:

Why would someone bid more for a cabin than they could get it for with just a phone call? Hopefully the guest, if everyone bid low it would.

"Plenty" now doesn't do you any good if you're on the short end when it comes to how many are unsold when the bids are actually awarded.

 

Posting a bid in a secret auction makes about as much sense as showing your cards in poker while bets are still being placed. All it does is make everyone else did MORE. NCL must be loving this...

I have gotten the feeling that many of the people that bid on balconies get them for right at the minimum bids. It seems like the suites get expensive when bid on.

Sure...as long as someone else on your cruise doesn't see your post and outbid you by bidding $80.

Not a problem, looks like they have plenty of unsold balcony cabin now.

I have a chance to bid on a balcony for our upcoming cruise, the opening bid is $75 and the max bid is $450. Funny thing is that I called NCL and asked how much would it cost to change to a balcony and I was told I could upgrade for $800 total. I am happy with my Inside cabin, but what the heck, worth it to bid $75 I guess.

Go MSC and never look back.

I agree, I sailed on the Divina and will never look back there again.

Thanks. I thought it was pretty special on the Pearl.

I know on the Pearl on the last sea day the ship has a Cruise Critic get together to see how the cruise went.

Does anyone know if they do this on the Sun?

Thanks

They gave us our room keys in the suite waiting area, you do not go through the regular check in.

We had a forward suite on the Sun, we love the aft but decided to try the forward just for a change, the forward balcony was huge, it felt like we were on our own private yacht, you will love it.

Hello Rob & Grace!

When is time to board everyone in the suite reception area will be escorted to the second floor to the ship boarding area. There is an elevator use can use on the way to the boarding area.

Pretty much just as you go through security you will see the door to the suite reception area to your left .

I will be sailing on the Sun in about three months. It has been awhile since I have been on the Sun, looking so much forward to a great cruise on a great ship. Does anyone know who are the officers that might be there in November?

I have lots of videos of the Pearl on my youtube channel, but before and after the last dry dock.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ncl+pearl+goofygard+after

I booked a cruise on the Sun for November 28, 2017 with the Distinctive Voyages package. It was a deal, 10 cruise for $529! The package gives us $50 per port for excursions, plenty of internet time and even phone time to call back home.

It made a great price for a cruise even sweeter!

I saw a show on the history of people eating lobsters, it was pretty amazing. Here is a quote from Wikipedia:

In North America, the American lobster did not achieve popularity until the mid-19th century, when New Yorkers and Bostonians developed a taste for it, and commercial lobster fisheries only flourished after the development of the lobster smack,[28] a custom-made boat with open holding wells on the deck to keep the lobsters alive during transport.[29] Prior to this time, lobster was considered a mark of poverty or as a food for indentured servants or lower members of society in Maine, Massachusetts, and the Canadian Maritimes, and servants specified in employment agreements that they would not eat lobster more than twice per week.[30] Lobster was also commonly served in prisons, much to the displeasure of inmates.[31] American lobster was initially deemed worthy only of being used as fertilizer or fish bait, and until well into the 20th century, it was not viewed as more than a low-priced canned staple food.[32]

And that was the cold water lobsters! I do like them, warm or cold water varieties. I also love crawfish which I always thought of as small lobsters.

Back in April, 2014 on the Pearl I filmed this video.

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I was going through the Panama Canal and was holding my prescription sunglasses in my mouth while thanking a picture. Wind came and blew them out of my mouth crushing them between the lock wall and the ship. :loudcry:

 

 

Don

Ouch!

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Do you know if they updated the suite menus for breakfast and lunch? I believe the new lunch menus have eliminated the shrimp cocktail and the swordfish burger is replaced with a Mahi-Mahi burger as just a couple references in case you aren't sure. Thanks in advance for your reply. :D

As far as I know the menus were the same. I ate the same food there as I did on my last cruise on the Pearl. I did not try the swordfish burger, saw it on the menu, but I did enjoy the shrimp cocktails.

It can a really good thing. If two adults are traveling with two kids book two rooms with one adult and one child. Then in one cabin the adult can get the drink package and the soda package for one kid. That way both adults won't need to buy the UBP if they both don't drink alcohol. Of course you would need two soda packages if both kids wanted to drink soda.

Awesome. Isn't that where the bowling is? Did that effect it at all?

Bowling and Karaoke are both in the Bliss Lounge. Not a problem for either groups. There are also some casino machines there.

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i know this is a longshot, but by any chance do you remember the menu at osheehans. Curious if its changed with the refurb;

1) is there choices for wing sauce (thai chili, jamaican jerk, etc) or is it still just hot/mild.

2) were there fajitas on the menu?

 

Also who was the cruise director and did they have the "O what a night" show?

JC Sanchez was the cruise director

On day 2 O what a night performed.

I had the Jamaican jerk wings and they were great, that with a bottle of Guinness Extra Stout!