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I don't feel sorry for them. My conversations with the Vibe bartenders leads me to believe Vibe is one of the more desired positions. And on a ship like Bliss where it's easy to be inside while still "at" the bar (vs Viva where the bar is separated from the back room) I'm sure they are all doing just fine.

OK, they can pre-assign. That doesn't necessarily mean change (and I understand you didn't write "change"). Thank you for clarifying.

Say what?!? Who is "they" and where have you seen/heard them say this? I currently have two reservations for the venue and date/time that I want. Are you saying Princess can change that on me to something totally different?

I'm getting a kick out of this thread. Over on the NCL pages there is discussion of how NCL has apparently eliminated all beef dishes from the MDR menus with the exception of the NY Strip which is available every evening (and is simply awful). One poster was doing a live report a couple weeks ago and posted each night's menus. Sure enough, not one beef dish offered on any night in the MDR.

I think that's a great way to describe Moderno.

curious - how much was the cabana?

I agree with others, try the web site, call, and if those don't work then keep checking back.

Where exactly did you see that? Are you sure it was for Vibe that you saw it and not dining? You went under "entertainment" to book Vibe, right. If you had said someone told you 120 days, I'd say that person was confused. If it's actually online and not for dining, then that would be interesting.

I'm not aware that you get anything other than a couple passes to the Vibe and the cabana. Only advice I have is "enjoy". Viva Vibe bartenders were great and strong proponents of "shot-o-clock" when we were there in December.

Thanks but that is what I was saying above, I thought I'd booked it direct but somehow I screwed up and hadn't booked it. It's sold out now.

Thank you @hallasm. Something like that is probably what we'll do. Walk around town, see the sites, maybe the petro museum, eventually sit and have a coffee or wine or small bite to eat. We'll also look into doing some hiking. I'd love to hike Preikestolen/Pulpit Rock, not sure if my wife can do it, but we'll see what else is available in the area. We'll enjoy ourselves no doubt.

I agree with all of this - been a while but I don't recall upsell at Fogo. I agree with Bird that it would annoying to deal with. And definitely agree on the quality. The national chains are much, much better than Moderno.

Now I am really, really bummed. I must have screwed up something and I never actually made the reservation for this excursion. And now it's sold out. Princess also offers a similar excursion (for 3 times the money and an hour less time), and it too is sold out. Now, I'm not sure what we'll do in Stavanger. Sigh.

And multiple cruise lines last year didn't participate. But now NCL apparently has joined the list. A couple more nickels saved on the expense side of the ledger.

We are doing the Rodne small boat cruise in the Lysefjord when we are in Stavanger in July (on Princess). We are doing it because quite frankly nothing else interested us in that town. I would love to hike Pulpit rock, but, my wife couldn't do it.