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From our personal experiences (more than 20 NCL cruises), we would not select deck 9, nor deck 14 forward because of potential noise issues from the decks above or below. (Or, I'd just be sure to wear earplugs, because I am a light sleeper and easily awakened by noise.) Starboard is our choice (If no Aft are available) since, generally, we get the views we desire most often on the Starboard side. If you want shortest distance to decks 6/7/8 activities and/or meals and bars Deck 9 or 10 are great. If you feel that you would spend more time going to the pool deck, observation lounge, slides, SPA, or Garden Cafe, and Race Track, H2O, then select higher deck. Good luck with your choice.

Note: Club Balcony Suites do NOT get the same perks as other SUITES/HHAVEN rooms. Currently being offered in a CBS: there "should be" a couple of days when some treats are delivered to the room, a bag of laundry done for FREE should be available, and you have the opportunity to book restaurants for your sailing at 125 days prior (rather than the standard 120 days).

You can arrange to arrive a day or so early. However, NCL does not offer the shuttle services the way you are asking about. If you want to take the NCL shuttle (BUS), you'd need to go back to the airport the morning of embarkation. Probably easier to UBER/Taxi instead. They do give you a deviation discount for not using the shuttle if you arrive early and stay overnight pre-cruise.

OOPS... Thank you for correcting me! I was thinking about our Latitudes perk.

Club Balcony Suites do NOT get the same perks as other SUITES/Haven rooms. Currently being offered in a CBS: there "should be" a couple of days when some treats are delivered to the room, a bag of laundry done for FREE should be available, and you have the opportunity to "Check-In" for your sailing at 125 days prior (rather than the standard 120 days).

Just to verify, the person whose name is first on the reservation gets the credit (without the FAS upgrade). We had purchased our discounts prior to FAS bundle being announced. Therefore, we received our refund 8 days after retroactively adding the FAS bundle. Also note, anyone with a Platinum (or above) discount would get back less than $50 per excursion retroactively, because their Latitudes discount would have been applied at the time of purchase. I had 4 excursions booked, and received $170 refund (due to 15% Latitudes discount).

Short of being in the few largest suites ( $$$ such as Owner's Suite), water has not been a part of the drink package without purchasing the Premium Plus Beverage Package. Even if you have the PPBP, it probably would be best to ask the room steward/butler to restock those if it's important to you. With the PPBP, we have often stopped at a bar in order to get some to carry to our room.

This should help (be sure to read the notes at the bottom for more information per category)! It works well if you know, and follow, the rules. https://www.ncl.com/latitudes-rewards-program#tier_benefits

Therefore, you might want to check-out this ROLL CALL...

NCL has a $29.00 fill-the-bag (around mid-week) laundry "special". Otherwise, the list price per piece is rather crazy. And there is NO self-laundry available.

The frustrating part of cruising is how easily things can change without prior notice. However, if you did not take any NCL sponsored Shore Excursions, they would only owe you any funds for excursions that you had pre-purchase, but had ended-up being cancelled. Just like Non-Refundable OBC would not entitle you to any refunds!

They are both correct in what they stated. You just need to use your perks in the best way possible. The main thing is that, recently, the "Platinum certificates" rules changed. Therefore there are fewer restrictions! They can help you at the Host/Hostess desk(s) if you are still uncertain about the order you need to use your perks! If you were not billed anything when you booked your restaurants, you should not have a problem, unless you order outside of the "one Starter, one Main, and a dessert" rules that some wait staff use. (Even then, there have been people who have stated that they were not charged any extra.)

NCL policy is to charge you more IF the price of the rooms have changed since you booked and IF, your booking type has changed. By "booking type" I mean that NCL has been running very similar "sales", but with variations in their coding. It MIGHT be possible to get the change made sometime in the future, without any additional costs, but I wouldn't bet on it.

This should not present a problem to you onboard, since you can use either FAS or Latitudes in almost every restaurant now (since the rules changed recently)!

Yes, REFUNDABLE OBC can be cashed-out. Be sure to get that done before end-of-day on last day at sea ... NOT end of cruise!

Perhaps availability of excursions are limited on your cruise due to timing. If you are close to cruise date, things could be sold-out. If your cruise is more than 6 months in the future, excursions might not be added yet. I am able to see excursions from Harvest Caye available for a January 2023 cruise. However, I did NOT find any listing for a ferry. They possibly have already sold-out, or, are not offered online. I can't honesty say, since we have never tried to leave HC for any excursions.

You "should be able" to find these links in your reservation on My NCL. PremiumBevPkg 9-22.pdf PremPlusBevPackage 9-22.pdf

I'm not sure if this exists for everyone, but, on our Confirmations, listed below TOTAL PAYMENTS APPLIED (and before Cancelation Fee Schedule and *** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ***) there is a list of our included perks, which are spelled-out (not just codes). They are under a heading bar "Add-ons".

You should be able to get cartons of "FLOW" water, or bottles of sparking/still waters at most bars, as well as, at restaurants.

Good Luck!

I feel exactly the same way!

Not if it happens to be your State Driver's License.

More of my own "personal space" in our room.

We have found that to be disappointing.