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I am one of the displaced cruisers affected by the Epic redeployment. Because of the plethora of bad reviews I have seen on that ship (which I was unaware of before I booked it), I am now looking at other ships. I am considering a transatlantic on the Breakaway departing from Rome on November 12th. The cruise I had booked previously was very port-intensive - 12 ports in 12 days - so I was not really concerned about what activities were available on the ship. However, with a TA cruise naturally involving a lot of days at sea, I want to make sure we won't get bored. I am a water baby so would be very happy to spend my days topside, but I am concerned about the feasibility of that in late November. The ship leaves Lisbon and stops in the Azores and Bermuda before heading for NYC. Will the pools and waterslides even be operating and if so, will they be heated? I realize that the closer we get to the States, the colder it's going to get, but am I being totally delusional for hoping to have beachy fun for the first few days? Thanks.

I rebooked already with one of Norwegian's agents. I did not get the 20% yet, but he said to call on 6/1 and he will be able to apply it. If he's wrong, I simply cancel and rebook. I was afraid that if I waited until 6/1, I would be in the engine room.

Absolutely! Thank you so much!

Would someone be good enough to clarify some things for a relative newbie? December 1 was to be our fifth cruise and our first on NCL. Needless to say, we have never encountered anything like this before so I have some questions: 1. Am I allowed to book a cruise that takes place before December 1? Because we are retired and every day is pretty much the same to us. 2. Am I allowed to book a new cruise now and apply the 20% discount on June 1 or do I have to wait until then to book another cruise in order to use the discount? 3. I purchased airfare through NCL but it had not been arranged yet. All I have paid to this point is the deposit. Will I get the entire deposit back or will some of that go to the airline? 4. Will we get the same perks as were offered for the cruise we originally booked, specifically 2-for-1 airfares, transfers, free at sea offers? My apologies if these questions seem stupid, but I thought the wording of their letter could have made things a lot clearer. TIA.

Thanks for the suggestion, but our son lives in Richmond so we are spending the night with him. I know it could be worse - at least it's not Manhattan!

Is there any offsite parking with a shuttle that anyone knows of? I think $15/day is pretty steep when terminals with offsite privately owned lots offer parking for less than half of that. I certainly haven't been able to find any other option, though.