Back to back bookings

[kgd]

We have booked on Norwegian, two seven day cruises back to back on the same ship. On each cruise, we have been assigned a different room.After the first week cruise, do we have to disembark with our luggage and register again for the second cruise?

[sail7seas]

No, you will not have to take all your luggage off. You will have to move to your new cabin after it has been vacated after first cruise and has been cleaned. Cabin stewards will help you.

[CruiserBruce]

I would be asking this on the NCL board, here:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=107

 

as each cruise line has it's policies and procedures, and those can vary based on whether or not you are in a US port or not.

 

You will NOT have to pack up and leave, but, if in US port, you will have to go ashore and clear immigration. Your stuff will stay on board.

[Krazy Kruizers]

The last full day of your first cruise you will receive a letter indicating what to do on "turn around day". You will also get new Sea Passes. You will be told what time and where to meet on "Turn around day" as you will need to go through immigration if you sailing out of a USA port. You can not get back on the ship until it gets down to "zero" count. On that day you will need your old Sea Pass to get off the ship and the new Sea Pass to get back on. Also you will need to take your passport with you.

As to changing cabins. You may or may not get to change right away. You could try to see the steward that works in the area of your new cabin and explain to him/her that you are staying on for another cruise and would appreciate it if they could get your new cabin ready as soon as possible. I am not familiar with NCL's procedure for the stewards helping passengers moving from one cabin to another. When we used to sail on NCL we always chose the same cabin for both cruises.

[leaveitallbehind]

We have booked on Norwegian, two seven day cruises back to back on the same ship. On each cruise, we have been assigned a different room.After the first week cruise, do we have to disembark with our luggage and register again for the second cruise?

 

Just a suggestion. You say that you have been "assigned" a different stateroom. Not sure how you booked your cruise or how far away your sailing date is, but I would try to contact NCL or talk with your travel agent if you used one and see if you can request the same room for both cruises.

 

You may need to change location altogether from either of your current rooms to do so, but there may be a stateroom that is available within your preferred category on both cruises that you can request that would prevent having to move altogether. We always request our stateroom location and frequently the specific one we want on our cruises and rarely have a problem doing so.

 

Unless you booked a guarantee pricing category where NCL might assign the stateroom or through a TA who booked you from a block of rooms they had reserved, you should have the option to choose your stateroom.

Edited September 9, 2014 by leaveitallbehind

[geoherb]

We took back-to-back cruises for the first time last December. I purposefully picked a cabin that we could have for both cruises. We met a woman who was very upset on the turnaround day because she was having to change cabins. We were waiting with her and the other in-transit passengers in a lounge to go down to show our passports to Immigration once all the one-cruise passengers had left the ship. She was going around the room asking everyone when they had booked their cruises and whether they were getting to stay in the same cabin. She was upset that we had booked several months after she had and were getting to stay in our cabin. She talked on her cellphone with Princess several times. I could overhear her conversations.

 

In the end, we ran into her several days into the second cruise. She was having a blast. She said moving was not as bad as she thought it was going to be. The cabin stewards did most of the work.

[dancinman66]

Moving has never been an issue for me other than occasionally forgetting and trying to get in the old cabin

 

 

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[kgd]

Thank you to all for the valuable information that you provided

[sail7seas]

We have done a great many b-to-b's and below is what is the typical routine for us on turnaround day in FLL. We have done just that routine probably 2 dozen or more times at Port Everglades.

 

 

 

 

If you have the same cabin, you leave all your personal property in place in your cabin.

The last night of your first segment, you will receive a letter telling you the requirement for Immigration clearance, when and how to go and dining hours for 'turnaround day'.

If you do not have the same cabin, your steward from the cruise that is ending and/or your steward for the new cabin will assist you to move.

 

I do not know about other ships but on HAL ships, the drawers are interchangeable meaning you can leave all your things in your drawers and bring them to the new cabin. Replace them with the empty drawers going to the old cabin. Stewards will bring a hanging rack for all your clothes in the closet. The sort of rack you see wheeled around in hotels. The only things you need to gather up are items used in the bathroom and those things on countertops etc. Should be very fast and easy to move.

 

You will have to exit the ship, go into the terminal with your passport and clear Immigration. You will not be permitted back aboard until the ship has 'zeroed down' meaning all who are meant to be leaving have done so.

 

You can choose to either go as a group following the instructions as to where to meet or you can go on your own. We always go on our own. There has been some negative conversation that you must go with the whole crowd but that is not true. In a very large number of b-to-b, we have always gone on our own and security at the gangway, CBP Officials in the Terminal, Shore Operations people in the terminal and Security when we reboard all have told us it is fine and never have we had a problem.

 

We always wait until they call the last of the disembarkation colors/numbers and go then as that usually should mean a short wait ashore. Our average wait has been in the range of 30-45 minutes but it can vary. If there is a selfish idiot who takes their sweet time about leaving despite repeated calls to disembark, no one can board until they leave.

 

You can reboard by just clearing through security but no need to go to the check in lines or get a 'number'.

 

You should bring the 'in transit card' that will be enclosed with the letter you receive and your ship's ID, as always.

 

B-to-b's are fabulous. We've done a great many and always enjoyed each and every one.

 

Edited September 9, 2014 by sail7seas

[kgd]

Thank you for the information