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The band playing on the deck is called '876 Konnect Band'...There were others performing throughout the ship, Manhattan Band, etc. Plenty of music venues to listen too. You can walk off with your bags as soon as the ship clears customs. Usually 7 to 8 am.

Absolutely! As far as OBC, we had $100 from a promo at booking, $300 from the AMEX Cruise Privileges Program and the $100 from being a shareholder. As for ships, we like the Jewel Class most.

Thank you! It's been a pleasure to share and have everyone tag along. I enjoy Rolex watches if anyone wants to thank me even more! Just kidding! 🤣🤣🤣

Doors opened right after we sat down. Stage and set list for tonight.

Back at Syd Norman's for Prom! Thank you again to Omar for getting us in early ahead of the lines!

Enjoy!

Wine - Thanks to @rjm11 for the recommendation...It was very good. The wine steward was fantastic and earned a larger tip than I usually give!

DW reports: Tried this for the 1st time on NCL - They were just okay...She would not get these again.

Desserts! The dinner was covered with our Latitudes status, but had a surcharge for the Surf 'n Turf - And a 20% service charge...For our convenience of course. 😆😆

Dinner tonight was at Cagney's - 😋

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!

Thanks for the suggestion...It is pretty good!

Stockholder here too...We've gotten several shareholders credits from holding the stock, so if it crashed, I wouldn't be too concerned. I'm expecting possibly a takeover/buy out from another cruise line in the next 12 - 18 months. NCL needs to bring up their cash reserves- Critically low at the moment.

Funny...The belt feels looser so it's hard to tell. My feet and legs have NOT swollen up at all like they usually do... We'll know Monday morning when I get on the scale at home! I will report back for sure!

Stopped and snapped pics on the way to dinner...Hope you can see pricing...

Agreed. I hoped to hear from the F&B manager, but no call back. 😕

We haven't yet. We are partial to red blends...Another consideration for tonight.

Not really. We were thinking about trying the Mondavi's M tonight at Cagney's. But I was really looking forward to a bottle of Opus. We'll find out in a few hours! 😆

Alright- Here is our experience with the Premium Plus bottles of wine... Short version - They changed things and it sucks. Long version - On previous sailings there has been a menu which showed the included bottles you could get from the P+ package. This is now no more. Here is what they have at all the restaurants now. There is no longer any clarity on what's included (spelled out as included). When we asked a few different servers, it is clear there is a lot of confusion on what the right answer is. I wasn't able to get in touch with the F&B Manager, but a few different Maitre-d's we discussed this with had similar answers. On the 'Wine by the Glass' side of the menu, anything over $15 a glass, you can get the bottle for 40% off. If it is listed under $15 a glass, the bottle is free. In general, this makes some sense, but... When we were in Ocean Blue for dinner the first night, I saw on the OB menu (below) that bottles of Pommery Brut Rose and Veuve Clicquot are included in the Premium Plus package. These are $25 and $29 a glass respectively. At Ocean Blue we enjoyed the Pommery Brut Rose with dinner at no charge. When we went to Le Bistro a few days later, we had no other wine menu from there that indicated the Veuve Clicquot was included in the P+ package, but we ordered it anyway and weren't charged for it - So it must be included on some secret menu outside of Ocean Blue. Based on discussion with several Maitre-d's, these bottles should be charged for outside the OB restaurant. So...Confusion Abound. The thing that burns my butt more are the huge price increases of some of their premium bottle offerings. On our last cruise in July '22, we enjoyed an Opus One at Cagney's - Back then it was $375 a bottle, which we received 40% off...Now, they are asking for $999 a bottle!!! 🤯 I hope this helps clarify a few things. Honestly, at this point we might start bringing on some of our better wine preferences for future cruises. 😁

I'll stop by and see what I can find out in a little bit.

Well that was fun. We made our contribution to the casino. Went about as expected. 🤣🤣🤣

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