StarSong2001

Looking forward to reading your review. I just started considering taking this cruise in November for my birthday. I've only been to Kona (twice) so was thinking this would be a nice 'sampler' of the other islands. But I know nothing about NCL or the quality of this ship (accommodations, food, entertainment) so would appreciate your overall review.

Can anyone update if the choices of cider have changed? We'll be on the Enchantment for NYE.

They offered Angry Orchard and Strongbow on Allure this past December. That's where I discovered I reallllly liked Angry Orchard.

Just be grateful they didn't put the Bananas in a bowl by the ketchup and mayo. What a disaster!

:D

For a 7 day cruise, the Select package is $281.75 or 140 LP's making the LP's worth roughly $2.01 each.

 

The Ultimate package at 225 LP's/$442.75 breaks down to roughly $1.97 per LP.

 

I decided to go with the Select and pay the additional $112.70 to upgrade as the additional 85 LP's carry more value towards another Select package than as an upgrade to the Ultimate ($2.01 per LP vs the $1.33 per LP as an upgrade).

 

Oh, and I don't drink coffee. :)

When you say pay additional to upgrade, do you mean to the Premium?

I see what you mean though. I don't think I'd get enough coffee & juice to justify the extra cost, so this coming trip I have Premium. I didn't know I could redeem a lesser one then pay to upgrade it. That would be a better choice for me too.

Enjoy your Valentine's Day cruise :-)

Sharing a successful redemption!

 

Just booked Vision of the Seas, February 14, 2015, with a military rate, and redeemed Select beverage package!

 

There was some confusion whether the MyVegas reward was combinable with OBC as it knocked our OBC off at first. Resolutions was able to re-add it though!

Congrats! I'm still working on having enough for the Ultimate. Wish they'd offer Premium too.

Kind of interesting doing the math on some of these. $300 OBC cost 300,000LP, but the Ultimate cost 225,000LP, making it a $225 value. Yet they charge you $450 for it. Hmmm

It's possible, subject to the approval of the ship's management.

Are we supposed to get this approved ahead of time? Someone said earlier we could just ask the steward to have the dividers opened once we get there.

... you're limited to earning 20,000 chips a day (after that you'll see the "Impressive" girl. ....... At that point you could earn again, but only 5000 chips... you'd have to wait until 5 pm to get more than that. (Sorry for the lame description... hope it makes sense.)

You keep saying "earning", but what you mean is getting gifts or freebies from links. You can earn millions of chips by playing the game - there is no limit to that.

Is there more to the story? :(

I don't see pricing on my reservation either. It was booked on the phone with Royal by another person in my group. I only have my emailed confirmations that everything is paid in full. I have used My Cruises many times so I hope there isn't a surprise waiting for me at the port.

Please sir, can I have some more?

Leaving on Allure in 2 weeks (!!!) so very interested in the rest of your review.

Chankanab isn't a very nice and well organized set up with lots of things to see and do. We enjoyed our visit there.

Did you mean to say 'isn't' or 'is'? Cuz the rest of what you said was positive.

I did the Dolphin encounter & seal lion show at Chankanaab last year. Unlike the previous poster (and others I've seen), they didn't use taxis to transport, they used a few vans (held maybe 15 people?) The guide was nice/helpful. It was well organized. The dolphin thing was fun. The water was a little chilly but bearable. The sea lion show was just OK.

Unfortunately I didn't realize there was a whole other side to the park so we missed out on a lot. We will be going back next month for the Snorkel excursion there and will check out the rest of the place this time.

The thing to look for is the price of the drink. If listed as $12 or less, it is covered. If over that, you just pay the difference.

It would be nice to have one of those to sail to Hawaii. There are so many sea days it would be nice to have something like Oasis to explore during that time. Wonder if any of the Hawaiian ports could handle it, or if it would always have to tender.

At 7am I would think only 1/10th of the ship is off yet I think the earliest you can get on would be about 11am. There are some great Breakfast places on the water go there and get into vacation mode!!!

I wasn't expecting to get on board until after 11am. I'm just looking for a place to hang out until then. With our luggage.:confused:

3 of us are coming in on a red-eye that morning -- like 7am. Got no place else to go except the terminal. Are you saying we can't even go inside that early? What time would they let us in the doors?

Nice. Wish I had more time to place an order for this trip, but I'll look into it for my next. Thanks.

what is a KISS bag?

Just a heads up that I was just able to redeem a Ultimate Drink Package (finally). It was a new booking for a 8 night on Independence of the Seas for Feb 28, 2015. It was a discounted Canadian resident rate. For 2 adults & 1 child it was only $1875 CAD inc tax.

Congrats!

I still have about 80,000 LPs to go for the Ultimate, but by the time I have those I'll be ready to book my next cruise.

Interesting. So the full criteria I entered was 55+ from California. Maybe there's a special on Suites but not Jr. Suites for a resident/senior discount?

And if it wasn't for the circumstances -- other members of the group I'm with, etc. -- I'd have snagged it in a heartbeat.

Supply and demand.

Who would demand a Jr. for $1,700 more than a full suite? Makes no sense.

how can this be? That's a huge difference (this is priced for a solo)

this is for the 11/30 sailing of Allure

After recently learning of the poor treatment of bananas on board RCL, I have formed a committee that will look into this issue,the goal is to make people aware that Bananas Are Real Fruit (BARF) and having bananas with ketchup and mayo has resulted in BARF on future cruises.

Oh my gosh...LOL!

:D:D:D

are good on any alaskan cruises?

This is what they currently offer, which isn't to say the list won't change some day

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/vanity/myvegas

It wouldn't be a waste of time unless you never plan on cruising ever again. Could always use it on the next one.

I'm glad you were able to get all that refunded so quickly! We are still going to miss you though :-(