Everything... project Leonardo/Prima class!

[Steff79]

@BenCoudon did you got the port fees for Bergen back? Not that is much money but I thought in the past ncl gives you the port fees automatic back. So happend it to me at cruises in the past. 

Edited September 19, 2022 by Steff79

[Steff79]

Yes. Tomorrow is Party after the second Donna summer show. That is something I can recommend everyone, go there and after the Donna summer musical go up to the stage to dance and watch how they change the theater. ( last time was it so)

[steamboats]

5 hours ago, Steff79 said:

wonder how many people we are at this cruise. 

 

There was a screen in Le Havre when we were there on the maiden voyage.

 

steamboats

[BenCoudon]

3 hours ago, Steff79 said:

@BenCoudon did you got the port fees for Bergen back? Not that is much money but I thought in the past ncl gives you the port fees automatic back. So happend it to me at cruises in the past. 

Since they resume sailing in summer 2021, they never refund the port fees.  On my cruise on the Bliss, we had 4 cancelled ports due to covid restriction.  I asked NCL to refund the port fees and it was denied

[Steff79]

Ah ok. Didn‘t know that. 
 

saw the noise boys all four times, like the show really much. Little different to other shows but great. 

[hallux]

3 hours ago, BenCoudon said:

Since they resume sailing in summer 2021, they never refund the port fees. 

and yet there was a refundable on-board credit (only $10, but a credit none the less) when my cruise in March skipped Costa Maya, the credit appeared on the day we were to be in that port.

[Steff79]

2.418 guest and something over 1.500 crew are we in Amsterdam. But some checked out and some are checking in so I don‘t know how / when they count them. 
you can see the stats at security screens. 

[Steff79]

Prima at Amsterdam. Great that we had a sail away with daylight. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kessdarln]

18 hours ago, hallux said:

and yet there was a refundable on-board credit (only $10, but a credit none the less) when my cruise in March skipped Costa Maya, the credit appeared on the day we were to be in that port.

I've taken cruises based on one port.  It would suck of that one got cancelled .

[Steff79]

Yes but can happen at every cruise. At ours it was bad weather. No one can help it. 

[ColdCruise]

On 9/18/2022 at 4:26 PM, Steff79 said:

At the first cruise was no noise boys show, today was the premiere!

I’m not so into beatboxing and tap dance, but I liked the show.
 

 

@Steff79 I would have like to see that show last week 😔 Donna Summers was great, the Price is Right was weird since most of the people selected to partia-te apparently didn’t understand it, then they left the stage configured with a giant runway, greatly reducing the number off seats, so we weren’t able to sign up for the singer Ashley (who I heard was very good in both shows) or other singers & magicians.

 

are they doing any of the other game shows this itinerary?

 

and BTW your port photos are good, wish we could have done a B2B, even with the less than ideal weather in Norway!

[steamboats]

@ColdCruise there was a media talk including CD Simon on our maiden cruise. Simon said that the shows are rolled out step by step. I already thought that this would be disappointing for those who booked the Sep 3rd cruise. It was sort of disappointing for us too. When you are supposed to write about a ship you need to experience it which includes the announced entertainment. Would have loved to see Noise Boys too. Sure, Kool & the Gang was great and Chaka Khan, but that´s not the regular entertainment which I wanted to see.

 

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[Steff79]

Game show only the price is right. We will have that tomorrow. 
 

Waiting for the bus and have time.

after nearly 3 weeks on the prima my +\ -

 

+ oberservation lounge, like the style and place. At sail away it could be full but I think that is normal. Wish the breakfast were longer there. 

 

+ food hall, like the food there and the concept. The situation with the drinks is weird there. You can order at the Tablet drinks and have to sign for the costs. But I got never charged for them at my account. Some employ say you can order at the Tablet and the most say you should order drinks at your waiter with the package other you have to pay. 

 

+ theater, like the place and what they can do with the place. The shows and games I saw ( donna summer, noise boys, the price is right ) were  great. And the transformation to the music hall and the party there I liked too. I think a great option for them there even for a concert. There are two bars, one at every site at the back of deck 6
 

+ the huge outdoor area at deck 8, I liked the art much more then I expected and the quite covered places at the front are great. You don’t see forward at the bug but is great that you can walk complete around there. So I and many others used that to walk around. 
 

+ the food. I liked the food very much , like  the Buffett food too. Didn’t used the main dining room so much and not so sure about the new menu. It didn’t motivated me to go there more times. 
 

+|- the spa, the area with the loungers and front view is great, the area with the saunas is to dark in my opinion. And they need more places wheee you can put your towels etc. even sad you can’t go outside because the space for that is available there. 

 

+|- race track. I’ m not so a friend for that at a cruise ship. But at the prima they had more  space so the race track makes fun and you can easily pass slower Karts and they used the space under the race track with mini golf, dart, the stadium. That place I liked 

 

+|- atrium. I like the optic. I don’t like that they put shops before the windows at one site. So you can only watch outside at one site and even there prevented star bucks your view. ( there are some seats behind star bucks. ) I do ‘t like the penrose place with the stage there. You hear the music at the complete atrium but you see the stage only good at some places at the penrose bar. 

 

+/- Syd Norman’s show is great and a huge +. But the bar itself could have a better layout for more seats and standing places. 

 

- top deck. I like to walk a little around at the top deck or at sail aways for example. Ncl push you with the bad top deck to the deck 8. That is ok but other ships with more and better spaces at the top deck I like more. and there should be a direct way from pool deck to the race track/ stadium etc. and not through surfside. 
 

- surfside. I like the buffet food but at breakfast and lunch it was a mess there even with seats you can use at food republic. Found every time a seat, but I’m not a fan of walking minutes around with many other to look where is someone leaving. I would wish a bigger surfside. At dinner the situation was much better. And I saw a crepes station only one time. 
 

- Bord account, to Beginn horrible then better. There was a glitch with internet costs so they charged pre paid internet at the first cruise. Then  I got charged for a drink ( I have that at every cruise and guest service fix that ) and I got charged at the race track  for three at one time. That is all not a problem but you have to fix that yourself at the guest service and that happens to me at every cruise 

- gym, can’t use as a tall person the cross trainer there. But the view, if you are a small person will be great. 
 

- the improve has a weird smell 

bus is here. That was some thoughts. 
 

i think with the entertainment we have to wait until everything works. But at the evenings sometimes I wished a second bar with live music. 
 

today in Bruges, lovely town:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kessdarln]

@Steff79 +|- race track. I’ m not so a friend for that at a cruise ship. But at the prima they had more  space so the race track makes fun and you can easily pass slower Karts and they used the space under the race track with mini golf, dart, the stadium"

 

Harr Travel's ship tour makes it more fun than expected.  I especially like being able to shot a laser at the cars to give them a boost (free). 

[GreenFamily]

2 hours ago, Steff79 said:

Game show only the price is right. We will have that tomorrow. 
 

Waiting for the bus and have time.

after nearly 3 weeks on the prima my +\ -

 

+ oberservation lounge, like the style and place. At sail away it could be full but I think that is normal. Wish the breakfast were longer there. 

 

+ food hall, like the food there and the concept. The situation with the drinks is weird there. You can order at the Tablet drinks and have to sign for the costs. But I got never charged for them at my account. Some employ say you can order at the Tablet and the most say you should order drinks at your waiter with the package other you have to pay. 

 

+ theater, like the place and what they can do with the place. The shows and games I saw ( donna summer, noise boys, the price is right ) were  great. And the transformation to the music hall and the party there I liked too. I think a great option for them there even for a concert. There are two bars, one at every site at the back of deck 6
 

+ the huge outdoor area at deck 8, I liked the art much more then I expected and the quite covered places at the front are great. You don’t see forward at the bug but is great that you can walk complete around there. So I and many others used that to walk around. 
 

+ the food. I liked the food very much , like  the Buffett food too. Didn’t used the main dining room so much and not so sure about the new menu. It didn’t motivated me to go there more times. 
 

+|- the spa, the area with the loungers and front view is great, the area with the saunas is to dark in my opinion. And they need more places wheee you can put your towels etc. even sad you can’t go outside because the space for that is available there. 

 

+|- race track. I’ m not so a friend for that at a cruise ship. But at the prima they had more  space so the race track makes fun and you can easily pass slower Karts and they used the space under the race track with mini golf, dart, the stadium. That place I liked 

 

+|- atrium. I like the optic. I don’t like that they put shops before the windows at one site. So you can only watch outside at one site and even there prevented star bucks your view. ( there are some seats behind star bucks. ) I do ‘t like the penrose place with the stage there. You hear the music at the complete atrium but you see the stage only good at some places at the penrose bar. 

 

+/- Syd Norman’s show is great and a huge +. But the bar itself could have a better layout for more seats and standing places. 

 

- top deck. I like to walk a little around at the top deck or at sail aways for example. Ncl push you with the bad top deck to the deck 8. That is ok but other ships with more and better spaces at the top deck I like more. and there should be a direct way from pool deck to the race track/ stadium etc. and not through surfside. 
 

- surfside. I like the buffet food but at breakfast and lunch it was a mess there even with seats you can use at food republic. Found every time a seat, but I’m not a fan of walking minutes around with many other to look where is someone leaving. I would wish a bigger surfside. At dinner the situation was much better. And I saw a crepes station only one time. 
 

- Bord account, to Beginn horrible then better. There was a glitch with internet costs so they charged pre paid internet at the first cruise. Then  I got charged for a drink ( I have that at every cruise and guest service fix that ) and I got charged at the race track  for three at one time. That is all not a problem but you have to fix that yourself at the guest service and that happens to me at every cruise 

- gym, can’t use as a tall person the cross trainer there. But the view, if you are a small person will be great. 
 

- the improve has a weird smell 

bus is here. That was some thoughts. 
 

i think with the entertainment we have to wait until everything works. But at the evenings sometimes I wished a second bar with live music. 
 

today in Bruges, lovely town:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How noisy was your room?  I saw some comments from a Youtube vlogger suggesting the walls are paper thin. Could you hear people talking in the cabin next door? 

[steamboats]

9 minutes ago, GreenFamily said:

How noisy was your room?  I saw some comments from a Youtube vlogger suggesting the walls are paper thin. Could you hear people talking in the cabin next door? 

 

We had a balcony cabin with a connecting door. We did hear our neighbor sneezing several times. I didn´t hear anyone speaking but maybe because he was on his own. Can´t tell you whether he heard us talking.

 

But... surprisingly I did not hear the slamming of his bathroom door. And you really have to hold it to avoid the door slamming (which is also a big risk of getting hurt). Same with the cabin door. And I didn´t hear that either.

 

I never heard anything from the other side but I know the cabin was occupied too.

 

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[Steff79]

6 hours ago, GreenFamily said:

How noisy was your room?  I saw some comments from a Youtube vlogger suggesting the walls are paper thin. Could you hear people talking in the cabin next door? 

I‘m in a studio and would say not louder then other studios. I only heard sometimes the toilet flush, it is a noise after the flush like a flap closes. And sometimes if someone was loud at the floor. But for me the studio rooms are good. I like the open bathroom and the Softdrinks / tea / sweet foods at the lounge. I would book a studio again. Only the room is to cold and not getting warm. 
 

Edited September 21, 2022 by Steff79

[bortman23]

Apologies if it's been discussed previously, but I'd love to hear about the Supermarket Sweep and/or Price is Right game show from someone who's experienced it.

 

Cost, how it works, whether it's worth it or not etc.

 

TY

[WoolworthAdventures]

The games are free but only have the price is right 

[steamboats]

3 hours ago, bortman23 said:

Apologies if it's been discussed previously, but I'd love to hear about the Supermarket Sweep and/or Price is Right game show from someone who's experienced it.

 

Cost, how it works, whether it's worth it or not etc.

 

Currently it´s just "The Price is Right". You get name tags when you make a reservation for the (free) show. Participants are called out like in the real TV show (in our show the participants were set as this was a special one with Katy Perry as surprise guest). You can even win the prizes (which are shipped of course - you don´t have to carry a huge TV off the ship ;-)).

 

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[SpacemanSpiff]

9 hours ago, WoolworthAdventures said:

The games are free but only have the price is right 

That  might be (a) because of the newness of the ship, or (b) it's in Europe and, as Steff has noted, Supermarket Sweep isn't known there.

[steamboats]

2 hours ago, SpacemanSpiff said:

That  might be (a) because of the newness of the ship, or (b) it's in Europe and, as Steff has noted, Supermarket Sweep isn't known there.

 

It´s basically because they open the shows one by one... Supermarket Sweep is not known in Germany which doesn´t mean it´s not known all over Europe especially UK.

 

steamboats

[Steff79]

Yes. And they still working at things. Yesterday was the first party with Laser, I think they didn’t used them

before. 
 

today prima in Le Havre. I stayed in Le Havre, was better then expected l, the church was awesome there. 
 

and if someone ask

if you hear the go karts at deck 8 or the pool deck, the answer is yes. 

 

the screen was not on In Le Havre. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steff79]

Goodbye Le Havre 

 

 

 

 

i Love the Pizza. Sometimes they have normal Pizza and sometimes the have something higher maybe like foccatio in pizza style or something. The pizza I love. 

 

 

Tomorrow my prima time ends at this vacation. Hope some others will post something about the next cruises. 

Would like to read more about the following cruises and what’s happening on the prima. 

Edited September 22, 2022 by Steff79

[bortman23]

15 hours ago, steamboats said:

 

Currently it´s just "The Price is Right". You get name tags when you make a reservation for the (free) show. Participants are called out like in the real TV show (in our show the participants were set as this was a special one with Katy Perry as surprise guest). You can even win the prizes (which are shipped of course - you don´t have to carry a huge TV off the ship ;-)).

 

steamboats

Wow! So awesome. Love that show. Cannot wait!

J