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Coastalbreezes

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    Southern Caribbean

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  1. Are you really willing to risk not being able to sail if your flight is late or delayed or there is traffic getting to the port? If it were me, I'd change the flight.
  2. The free bottles of wine with FAS Plus often vary ship to ship and cruise to cruise depending on supply. I was recently on a B2B and week one X Wine was available, then on the second week, X wine was no longer available and a new wine was on the list.
  3. On Escape, Encore etc the smoking area is all the way forward and separated by a glass partition. On Prima, non-smoking loungers were literally adjacent to the four chairs in smoking with no partition. That was the case when I sailed Prima.
  4. On Prima, the "smoking area" was four chairs around a central ashtray. It may be different now ( I sailed in late 2022). This tiny area was adjacent to a non-smoking area which made zero sense.
  5. When I went to PC for a back to back in November, there was no option to pay for the two weeks, only one. I had to wait for one of the attendants to come over and manually input the second week.
  6. According to the website, ETIAS has been delayed until mid-2025. https://travel-europe.europa.eu/etias/faqs-etias_en
  7. Gem as of 1/2/24 Captain: Roger Berglund Chief Engineer Marin Soic General Manager: Joao Gigante F & B Director: Vikramraj Parthasarthy Guest Services Manager: Gina Yunzal Exec Housekeeper: Cesar Hapa Exec Chef: Kalyan Sharma Cruise Director: Isha Nirban Concierge: Nashira Forbes
  8. Port Canaveral makes you get off the ship. I have done several B2Bs in the last year from this port and the first few times were nightmares: We met in the theater, hung around until there was zero count (nearly an hour), then were brought as a group off the ship, through the terminal and downstairs to facial recognition where they made us wait again until the guest services team member was told he could bring us back up to board (about 40 minutes of just standing there). Because there was a huge lack of communication between the port personnel and NCL, by the time we got back upstairs general boarding had already begun and we were in a very, very long line to board. We were not happy and very frustrated! After boarding, I met up with the GM and he asked how the B2B process went and I was honest about how ridiculously long it took. A few weeks ago, I did another B2B from PC and the process was nearly perfect. We were taken off the ship fairly quickly by a guest services rep, were met and escorted by the assistant GM and although we still had to go through the terminal and downstairs again, he made sure we were scanned and back on the ship before regular boarding began. If not for his presence we might have had a long wait again.
  9. The weather forecast for Miami Saturday calls for low 70s temperatures and rain. Of course being Florida, that can change. The Observation Lounge on deck 15 might be a nice place to settle for sail away although it could get busy. If it's raining, the sail away party will likely happen in the Atrium and many people will go there for the festivities.
  10. If you are already Gold, I think you know the answer. The only way to earn Latitude points is to take a cruise.
  11. Midori was available (after a several month absence) on Escape last week.
  12. The Supper Club is a nice and free alternative to the other restaurants on board. The venue itself is beautiful. When I was last on there were ABBA, Motown and Divas shows and I enjoyed them all. The ABBA show is no longer performed but there are at least three different acts per week. Dinner was a salad, chicken parm w/ pasta and carrot cake, all pretty good. You can also book and just watch the show without dinner.
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