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Boston Globe article https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/07/31/fishing-boat-hits-cruise-ship-nantucket-norwegian-pearl-gabby-g/?p1=hp_secondary

Yes smoking allowed in one section , the middle of the casino, not the casino area near the Bar/Club/Elevators. Oddly enough lots of smokers come and sit at a slot and do not play but just stay smoke and leave which is annoying.

As to Hotels, if you want beauty and able to get to Downtown Rome but be in a secluded mountain top stay at the Waldorf Astoria Cavelleri. They also have a shuttle bus to and from downtown from 9 to 9 daily for free. Touring wise I have used rominlimo many times and they are great. You can tour Rome privately and then they will drop you at the Port as well. The Port is close to an hour away and cab is 150 Euro so it is not cheap to get to Citiveccchia.

I agree wholeheartedly and can say with 100 percent certainty of the crew turnover as it was told to me by three people on the cruise. I won't say what departments they were in as not sure if they should have shared it.

Back to Corfu today makes me think the unavoidable shift to Bar was not done in good spirit..

Day 1 Daily..PDF DAY 1 DAILY.pdf

Just off escape. No issues at all.

Passports were collected by the cruise so the ship would be acccpted by the local ports. I always had my Global Entry ID on me at port. The ship recommended to leave the ship with an ID. You use your key card to exit and enter the ship usually. Many times they used facial recognition screening and no key card which was usually quicker and people do not have to go fishing for the key card they should have ready.

Choir of man was quite good for a cruise ship musical.

Note sure As to the solo cruise info as I sailed with my daughter and did not talk to any single cruisers. Sorry.

Went to Cagneys, Teppanyaki. La Cucina and Moderno. I have eaten at all four before and I thought they were all very good again, as far as quality as well as service. Never made it it too Food Republic sadly as always enjoy a good lunch there.

The ship was at 70 percent capacity per the few staff I asked. All crew must wear masks all the time. They are quite strict on this. Passengers are not required and I would say less than 5 percent wore them. That may even be a high estimate.

Feel free to ask away any questions you may have. This was from Rome and had 5 ports of call. Will post dailies later for each day. Excellent cruise overall with one negative. Corfu was cancelled the week before and we went to Bar Montengro from 5:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Who gets off the ship at 5:00 AM. I also learned that 250 crew were added and replaced in Montengro which makes me believe this was for no other reason than financial for NCL. I also learned that Bar does not charge for a travel visa for crew. I find it hard to believe that NCL on a moments notice had 250 crew from around the World come to Bar.

Corfu cancelled on July 10 from Rome. Now will spend the day in Montenegro