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I'm sailing out of San Juan March 2025. I've taken a look at some of the hotel prices and they seem to be priced a bit high. I started looking at Air BNB places, but I honestly don't know where to stay. I currently have NCL airfare and transportation on my reservation (first time having this). I'd want to come in the day before the cruise and leave the day after so that I have time to see San Juan (one night needed on each side of the cruise).

Based on this, it looks like I missed out on the opportunity to upgrade. Best I can do now is upgrade to an inside although I don't know that it would be much of an upgrade. I guess I'll have to see if anything changes between now and final payment date.

I'm sailing on Viva next March. With the new solo cabins being extended beyond just the studios, a couple of months ago I called NCL to ask about a change to a balcony. It seems I was too late in deciding on that, as no more solo balcony cabins were available. Today I called about switching to a solo ocean view. The representative said they were not seeing any, but did not specifically state they were sold out (I don't know if NCL has a way to see when the last available cabin in a particular category was sold). They then said, I can always change to an ocean view (obviously that would be a single supplement charge whereas the solo ocean view would not have this). They also said people cancel all the time I can always keep checking online. How would I check this? I'm thinking the only option is to keep calling NCL and seeing what the status is. There's nothing wrong with a studio, but I'd just like to try out a different cabin especially now that the solo cabin expansion has become an option.

Even with the current availability to go ocean view, it seems like NCL wants to remind me that it will cost me more than what my current total cost is if I were to go ahead with an upgrade.

On several of my last cruises I've stayed in a studio cabin. I recently learned about the new solo cabin options that NCL was offering (ocean view, balcony, etc). I'm currently 400 days out from sailing and figured there's plenty of time to look at cabin options, so I called NCL to see what was available. At 400 days out, no more solo balcony available on Viva. It's still too early to book anything else but apparently not for cabins. Any chances of a balcony becoming available or should I just stay where I am? Obviously any cabin upgrade I make is going to add on to my total cost. On my past cruises, there have been solo travelers in balcony cabins (I guess maybe they're paying double occupancy or the other person cancelled shortly before cruising day)?

I suppose that sold out could just mean the inventory hasn't been released yet. I thought maybe something else was going on at that time which was why no rooms were available.

My cruise is actually next March (23-30). I decided to take a quick look at the hotel situation in San Juan (at least as far as Hilton properties) and all but hotels were sold out, so I was wondering if there was something going on in San Juan around that time. I like to arrive a day before the cruise to avoid any travel delays and to have time to check out the area. Hotel stay would be just one night and preferably under $200 with a shuttle to the port.

Is there a board for departures out of San Juan? Looking for some information on places to stay near cruise port

Getting caught up on replies. I'm doing San Juan on Viva but it won't be until next March.

I'll be taking a cruise soon and vibe just opened up for booking (too early for everything else(. I've never booked vibe before because I usually forget to check in the app and reserve everything before it's too late. The cruise will be in a warm climate. I'm thinning vibe could be worthwhile if I don't find an excursion I want to do in a port or if I come back early

I'm probably one of the few who travels out the day after arrival back in port. Fortunately, I've never encountered any delays yet. Assuming no delays in getting off the ship, I was just looking to drop off my bags. I'll still be in the port area so I should be able to return before 3.

I called NCL about this and this was their response: The system sends out the emails automatically so as to make sure nobody misses it as it's very important to watch. If you've already viewed it, then you can disregard the subsequent messages. I got bombarded by the safety emails when I went on Prima. I've only received maybe 3 emails for my upcoming cruise. I already watched the video when I did the check-in and I'll have to watch it again in the cabin so the TV will work. Seems like there could be a way to register completion of viewing the video so that it's not necessary to keep sending out multiple messages.

I came across the Goldbelt Tram website and noticed that the price was $50. In the NCL app, it's showing $0.00. Not sure if this is correct. What's the line like for the tram?

Excellent pictures of Juneau, bird. The shuttle line looks a bit daunting. Hopefully it's not too far of a walk to town. Currently nothing on my plan for that port.

@BirdTravels Thank you for posting this live report. I'm closely following it so I know what to expect for this weekend when I get onboard. Can anyone use the TJ's luggage service? That would work perfectly for when I get back from the cruise to store my luggage before I head to the hotel. Is the crew shop only open to crew (just wondering in case any last minute things are needed). Other than that, great report so far.