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FreestyleNovice

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sunrise&set

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We are directly across ship from you in 17714. We have never sailed in the Haven, always forward PH suites. On our last cruise, the Epic we were in a fwd 2 bedroom. When we would go to the Haven pool I liked how those cabins were so close to everything so we thought we would give them a try.

 

We have never sailed in the Haven at all! We were in an AFT suite on NCL Dawn and a regular (large) balcony on Epic. We have often cruised on the Aft on other lines. I was so surprised that DH told me to book it and I had to do it fast since it was the last one available and are now sold out. We just booked 2 weeks ago. Now I'll be doing as much research as possible to make the most of our trip :-)

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Golfin55

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Video from the sail away party

 

 

 

I feel bad for the crew members having to go out and dance to get people engaged, and basically noone cares. Perhaps people are more of a party mood going out of Miami instead of Hamburg, I know I would be :-)

 

 

It did look a little silly🤔

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Zena2005

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Posted today on Cruise Critic (re: casino smoking):

 

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=6615

 

 

Tracy

 

Wow, so much for forward thinking...So NCL is going to remodeling a brand new boat? LOL, they "missed the boat on that one" I guess. By no means is this going to be easy unless the exhaust infrastructure is already in place. However they do say "retrofitted"...

 

From a logistical and planning aspect, they are way out of sequence. This will be an expensive revision to a ship that is complete and operational.

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Wow, so much for forward thinking...So NCL is going to remodeling a brand new boat? LOL, they "missed the boat on that one" I guess. By no means is this going to be easy unless the exhaust infrastructure is already in place. However they do say "retrofitted"...

 

From a logistical and planning aspect, they are way out of sequence. This will be an expensive revision to a ship that is complete and operational.

 

Let's just hope it works...and there are no "unforeseen circumstances" that are mentioned in the article! :rolleyes:

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Wow, so much for forward thinking...So NCL is going to remodeling a brand new boat? LOL, they "missed the boat on that one" I guess. By no means is this going to be easy unless the exhaust infrastructure is already in place. However they do say "retrofitted"...

 

 

 

From a logistical and planning aspect, they are way out of sequence. This will be an expensive revision to a ship that is complete and operational.

 

 

Not really. Just frame the area out with non structural walls and vent with a fan to exterior via filter. Yes it should have been done earlier but a good crew could get it done in a day or two.

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NLH Arizona

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It will be VERY interesting to see if that sticks when she starts to sail out of Miami!
From a Sticky posted by Laura (only a part of the press release that was posted):

 

Norwegian Cruise Line is planning on building a separate smoking room within the casino on its newest ship, Norwegian Escape.

 

The new area will contain a number of slot machines and games and will be fully ventilated. It will be retrofitted on the ship in November.

 

Smoking is banned in the casino until the ship's first cruise in the Caribbean on November 15. This includes the ship's forthcoming transatlantic crossing and inaugural celebrations on November 9 in Miami.

 

This, IMHO, is a win win for both smokers and non-smokers.

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From a Sticky posted by Laura (only a part of the press release that was posted):

 

Norwegian Cruise Line is planning on building a separate smoking room within the casino on its newest ship, Norwegian Escape.

 

The new area will contain a number of slot machines and games and will be fully ventilated. It will be retrofitted on the ship in November.

 

Smoking is banned in the casino until the ship's first cruise in the Caribbean on November 15. This includes the ship's forthcoming transatlantic crossing and inaugural celebrations on November 9 in Miami.

 

This, IMHO, is a win win for both smokers and non-smokers.[/QU

 

So....will the "retrofitting" be done prior to the inaugural cruise Nov 14th? I saw the date of the 15th someplace which seems very strange. Hopefully that cruise won't have a smoke problem in the atrium.

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MISSGJ

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Just disembarked and overall I was underwhelmed. It took two hours to get onboard. Service was horrible. Rooms looked great but soundproofing was a joke. We could hear every word the people were saying in the next cabin. Howl at the Moon in headliners was excellent with a decent albeit slow bar service. Drinks themselves were very good (cocktails etc) but so expensive with added gratuity, VAT and Duty tax. This was my first taste of NCL and unfortunately it's not for us. I guess that's the beauty of a one night taster cruise.

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Just disembarked and overall I was underwhelmed. It took two hours to get onboard. Service was horrible. Rooms looked great but soundproofing was a joke. We could hear every word the people were saying in the next cabin. Howl at the Moon in headliners was excellent with a decent albeit slow bar service. Drinks themselves were very good (cocktails etc) but so expensive with added gratuity, VAT and Duty tax. This was my first taste of NCL and unfortunately it's not for us. I guess that's the beauty of a one night taster cruise.

 

 

Sorry to hear this, but at least you tried it.

I do have to say ship is very new and even the crew are still getting acclimated so maybe that is why service was bad

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Princess007

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Just got off the one nighter and found it to be similar to the breakaway but a few more added extras.we stayed in a mini suite with access to the spa.The only difference I would say is the bathrooms bigger in the room.i would only upgrade if I knew I would be spending time in the spa.The rooms not worth upgrading for in my opinion.I do like NCL though and would sail on it from Miami around the Caribbean.We were room 15174.You could hear the sun loungers moving about this morning so be aware of booking that floor(room) also we had a coffee maker but no coffee only tea and coffee creamer!!!and one cup so probably have to ask for another cup and coffee unless it's only tea.Anything anyone wants to know feel free to ask! Enjoyed margaritaville and 5 o'clock somewhere bar.The new district brew house was nice we enjoyed that.Think the bake shop was set up for uk customers as it didn't have all the merchandise and cakes it has when sailing from the USA.think the stock will change when it leaves Miami.Wanted a margaritiville mug but no merchandise either for that only the plastic upgrade $6 cup when purchasing a drink

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MISSGJ

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It wasn't just the service was bad, I would say all but a couple of crew I came in contact with were really unfriendly and acted like they just didn't want to be there. It was so strange. I've never experienced crew like it.

 

Yes we got woken up by the cancelled call. Well I say woken up, we were just dozing anyway due to the lack of soundproofing.

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It wasn't just the service was bad, I would say all but a couple of crew I came in contact with were really unfriendly and acted like they just didn't want to be there. It was so strange. I've never experienced crew like it.

 

Yes we got woken up by the cancelled call. Well I say woken up, we were just dozing anyway due to the lack of soundproofing.

 

Were you in a connecting room?

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MISSGJ

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We weren't in a connecting room. Neither were our friends who were a deck above us and forward (we were aft) and they said the same thing. I'm not a particularly light sleeper but I hardly slept at all last night. I understand a lot of people were partying and perhaps a little wilder/louder than normal but I could even hear just a regular volume conversation.

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Let's just hope it works...and there are no "unforeseen circumstances" that are mentioned in the article! :rolleyes:

 

 

Seems like would be easier much cheaper just to say no smoking at all and be done with it.

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