cruiservictor

3 minutes ago, OrcaGirl said:

Attempting to post the day one dailies… 

 

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Worked perfectly. Thank you. I see Dan Dan is your cruise director. We had him many times on the Breakaway out of NY. He has been on the Bliss now for quite a while. 
 

Looking forward to your posts this week. 

21 minutes ago, tomk3212 said:

@cruiservictor OMG I felt so sorry for you at that time!!! As we were getting off we saw the THRONGS of people like you waiting to board & DW said to me, "You think WE'VE got it bad, imagine those poor people who had to wait for hours also!!!"

 

What time did you get to the pier that day?  Did NCL at least warn you via email/phone/whatever that we were delayed coming back?

We had been informed a few days before that the arrival would be delayed. We live just north of NY City, so we were lucky that we could just stay home and reschedule our car service pickup. My recollection is that we arrived at the pier around 6PM. We expected the Breakaway to be there already because we had not heard yet about those last minute emergencies you described. 
 

Once we got going it was a great trip. Here we are with Chief Engineer Zoran, Staff Captain Viktor, Captain Matko and Hotel Director (now GM) Vuk. 
 

1 hour ago, tomk3212 said:

Agreed.  As an example we were on Breakaway years ago & got delayed THRICE coming back from the Caribbean.  Once was to come in closer to shore so that a pax could be airlifted off the ship, a second time to assist other ships in a 'man overboard' incident & the final was a stop in Staten Island so several pax could be ambulanced to a local hospital.  As a result we missed the tide & had to wait off the Verrazano for slack condition.  We didn't dock till 9PM; over 12 hours late!  People were NOT happy.

My wife and I were on pier 88 waiting for you to arrive. It was the repo cruise to NOLA. We started boarding at midnight, had the muster drill at 2:30AM and eventually departed at about 6:30AM.

Just looked it up. It was October 27, 2018. 

Loving another report from @BirdTravels  

Thanks for the pictures of the senior officers. Recognized Captain Matko and Chief Zoran from past cruises on the Breakaway, and Staff Captain Marco and Restaurant Manager Melroy from the Escape. 
 

Does anyone know if CD Will Oliva is related in any way to CD Alvin Oliva?

1 hour ago, deege said:

On our last cruise in January we noticed that there was no late night buffet on the Encore. Just curious if that was just a one off or did NCL cut something else out? We liked it because it was nice to go there after a late show to have a quick snack and chat before turning in for the night. We did go to the Local, but the buffet was just more convenient. 

The late night snack hours of 9:30 to 11:30 in the Garden Cafe were eliminated a few months ago as one of the many cutbacks. Many of us, like you,  used to like stopping up there for a quick snack at the end of the day.  No more, unfortunately. 

3 minutes ago, justhappy said:

It is Alex Nikolic and his assistant Lourdes.

Thank you. We were on the Getaway for B2B cruises in early February. The concierge was Huberth Perry, and Lourdes was the assistant. 
 

Ask her if she remembers Victor and Nancy who ended up with a drunken passenger in their bedroom one morning at 4:50AM. 

Thanks for all the info this week. You may have mentioned this earlier, but who is the Haven concierge?

1 hour ago, BirdTravels said:

For Deepak fans, today was his last day on the ship. He will be on a well deserved vacation for a few months in India. 

 

Igor Futivic moves from Food and Beverage director to General Manager

 

Mirko Mercida moves from Assistant General Manager to Food and Beverage director

 

There is someone coming back from vacation to assume the Asst GM slot. 

Regarding Deepak, do you mean his last day on the ship until he comes back from vacation, or really his last day on the ship?  ie he’s moving to another ship or another company. 

I sure hope the OP is still planning to share his/her thoughts.  We have not heard from @Malamel since the very first post on Thursday. 

14 minutes ago, TYTY said:

Malamel - I hope you continue your sem-live report. I would love to read it.

Me too, @Malamel  Looking forward to reading it. 

On 3/21/2023 at 8:39 AM, SGCruiser2013 said:

Roger Gustavsen. Has been a captain since circa ~ 2007 I believe. His 6th or 7th ship to captain if I recollect. 

He was our Captain on the Getaway for the April crossing in 2019.  This is him on the far right.

Thanks for posting all of this. Great to see Shailendra Sawant is now a GM. Cruised with him as F&B Director many times on the Breakaway. 

@SGCruiser2013 That BTS tour sounds great, especially the visit to the bridge. You mentioned the Captain spent time with you. Do you happen to know his name?

You should start this under Norwegian Cruise Line Roll Calls and then under Norwegian Spirit Roll Calls. Check to see if there already is an entry for your cruise before starting a new one. 

2 hours ago, PistolPete13 said:

Just watched the Carnival something pull out while I was having dinner.  The ship is huge and I believe it’s their newest ship. 
 

 

Hey @PistolPete13.  I am enjoying your reports, as usual.  The Carnival ship was the Carnival Celebration.   Her maiden voyage was this past November 6.  So, she is, as you thought, the newest ship in the fleet.  She is also the largest, at approximately 183K Gross Register Tons.  By comparison, the Getaway is around 145K GRTs.

Enjoy the rest of your trip.  And if you go to Maho Beach tomorrow, don't forget to duck.  

Looking forward to your reports @PistolPete13  

Nancy and I finished up 17 days onboard last Saturday. My one piece of advice to you is to make sure you pull or push your door shut all the way until it clicks. Our door needed a little extra force to close, and one night we did not pull it all the way, and we ended up with a highly inebriated passenger standing in our bedroom at 4:50AM.

Have a great time.  

Norwegian Getaway 2/1/23 cruise.  Originally 2 days in Bermuda, now 6 hours at night in Nassau.

Captain - Konstantinos Gkokas

Staff Captain - Luksa Stanisic

Chief Engineer - Vasileios Nousis

General Manager - Mario Markovic

Asst General Manager - Goran Rorbek

Food and Beverage Director - Metin Camurlu

Restaurant Manager - Ivan Volek

Executive Chef - Angelito Santos

Beverage Manager - Dindo Ramos

Cruise Director - Alvin Oliva

Guest Service Manager - Bon Villaluz

Executive Housekeeper - Jose Omier

CruiseNext Manager - Taarun Shorey

Concierge - Huberth Perry

Looking forward to cruising with Alvin again next week. The last time we cruised with him, October 2021 on the Breakaway, I showed him a picture I took of him with us on the BA in 2014. Suffice to say, he and I have both put on a few pounds since. 😉

@mking8288 thanks for these pictures. Looks like Dindo is there as the beverage manager. And recognize Mario, as always, wearing his sweater. Looking forward to seeing the name card. 

4 minutes ago, pookel said:

We made it to GSC today! No problems. Came over on the first tender and going back to the ship around 2:20. Lovely weather, beautiful sand, free drinks, buffet was passable. The sun is brutal so bring plenty of sunscreen. If you stay still in the water you'll see some fish. Not crowded at all - we didn't have trouble even getting chairs in the shade. The Zipline was pretty impressive looking but we didn't try it. Saw the Wonder of the Seas next door at Coco Cay plus a smaller Royal Caribbean ship I couldn't identify. They have a hot air balloon over there!

 

Props to the skinny blond girl in the hula hoop contest who could have kept going forever and they had to cut her off - she was amazing.

 

Sorry if this is a bit muddled, I've been swimming all day and I've never been this tired *ever*.  Note if you have a cane or mobility issues that loose sand is hard to walk in. We saw some other folks with canes that had end caps made for soft surfaces, with the four rubber pieces instead of just one - that looked like it would work better than my husband's basic cane. 

Glad you were able to make it to GSC and that you enjoyed it so much. That smaller RC ship, by the way, is the Freedom of the Seas, maiden voyage in 2006. 

2 hours ago, trbarton said:

Does anyone who the Captain & Staff Captain are?

 

Tom 

Go to the roll call for the January 20 cruise. On post 417, @JIMESOPUSposted pictures of the senior officer board. The Captain is Konstantinos Gkokas and the Staff Captain is Luksa Stanisic (spelling may be slightly off, the pictures got a little blurry when I tried to zoom in). 

3 hours ago, cementhands said:

Cruise director on Getaway? 🚢
Activities staff folks? 🕺💃🏽🪩

Those guys are key to my cruise experience with dancing opportunities and theme parties! Going back onboard soooooooon! Like 2 days.

The Cruise Director is Alvin Oliva, just back from vacation. Don’t know about the rest of his team. We board the day you disembark. 

Looking forward to your always interesting reports. Nancy and I board the day you disembark. We’ll be doing Bermuda and then the Caribbean back to back. 

Great pictures. That’s the Wonder of the Seas off your port side, the Carnival Celebration off your starboard side and the Disney Fantasy on the other side of her. 

1 hour ago, Cruising Lynne said:

From the Getaway day one Freestyle Daily posted on page six, I just noticed that there is a late night snack from 11 pm to 1 am. Looks like they changed the time.

 

I think it used to be from approx. 9:30 until 11 or 11:30. 

 

Unfortunately I think that late night snack was only because it was New Year’s Eve. It was gone from the schedule by the next night.