Callimero

...Where's the public bus stop you are going to pickup the bus in Haugesund? Is the fare 40 kr exact change?[/url]

Good morning from the wonderful little City Haugesund. I may just 'enter' this thread and will try to give you some additional information beside Cheryl already did in her very informative posts.

We just arrived here on time at 7:45 and the ships doors will open shortly. The bus stop is located not far away from the harbour in the near of a little church. You'll find more precise directions in 'our' Roll Call from the July 30iest sailing, just look it up and go to post #841 or around that: there's a LOT of information around this topic. The fare is 35,- NOK if you need exact change we'll figure out in a couple of minutes and post it here.

Talk to you later...

Oliver

...Who is the Concierge?

The name of the Concierge is the already well known Omar (Omar O Besso)

Cheers Oliver

...Who is the Concierge?

I'll try to figure it out [emoji854]

Photos aren't uploading right now- I'll catch up with the pics later :)

It's so sad that we 'lost' you yesterday on our pub crawl, but all asked for another one. So we'll have a second Pub Crawl on our next sea day, so Monday 7th of August if you're interested. Meeting point again: Pit Stop Bar, Deck 13 at 2pm.

I can jump in and offer you internet connection when in Flam and Geiranger if you are interested in, I do have Norwegian Network while in port so I might be able to help you out.

VERY interesting thread so far [emoji106]

Cheers Oliver

Jade as of August 1, 2017

Captain: Ingar Kjellar (from Norway)

Hotel Director: Stefan Antonescu

F&B Director: Vesna Campos

Cruise Director: Roberto De Pasquale

Executive Hoisekeeper: Nicolas Christopher

Executive Chef: Matthew Cole

Restaurant Manager: Martin Cliff

Beverage Manager: Timea Bartha

Guest Services Manager: Jaimaline Rocas

Group Service Coordinator: Cholette Hayag.

I'm still sailing on the Jade, if anyone has any question: please ask.

I'm not holding my breath but it does at least look a little better for the upgrade now.

 

 

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Fingers crossed [emoji6]

I'll know in 46 minutes if one of my bids has been accepted (hopefully)

Our cruise leaves out August 26th....We have not received a message about being awarded the upgrade or not yet FYI

Yes, that's exact the same timeline we've registered on our cruise. We'll embark in 49 hours and the status on the bidding site is still 'pending'. But as you told: 4 weeks in prior of our cruise all left Haven, suites & balconies vanished over night...

We spoke with someone from NCL last night. I figured when we saw that all the rooms... :)

How many days in prior to your cruise did that happen?

...My husband is convinced that he needs his heavy winter coat to be out on deck and for excursions...

It's up to you (and your husband, of course) you should await temperatures mostly around the mid 60 daytime and lower 50 in the evening and morning hours. This week (Wednesday) they've had around 72 degrees in Bergen, but that's a heat wave [emoji6]

Hope that helps...

Oliver

Would love to see pics of the updated Jade...'

There are a lot of brand new videos from the refurbished Jade on YouTube, maybe that helps as well...

...If I can help with questions, perhaps another perspective, don't hesitate to ask.

 

Janis

Hello Janis,

Was anyone of the bartenders, servers etc. outstanding? Any tips/recommendations/suggestions for restaurants and bars? Did you take the Dailies wth you esp. these for the sea days? Also, I've seen on some photos that there aren't any Bar stools at Sugarcane bar, is this true? I've loved sitting in front of thee Barkeeper on the Star.

Thanks Oliver

...that there's a 2 hour wait between docking and disembarkation) and 2 hours ahead of departure that guests have to be on board...

For the embarkation and disbarkation date it's

quite easy: If the sailaway time it's scheduled for 4pm, you should be in the departure terminal at 2pm latest, 1:30 to be on the safe side. If your arrival time is scheduled for 8am, you should be able to leave the ship at 8am. (Carry-on passengers first) But please be aware that in some ports like Tampa or NOLA fog can always play an important role [emoji854]

The other ports on your trip: like Keith already stated.

Hope that helps...

How was the weather in the Mediterranean last year? We're on the Epic's last Med sailing at the end of October before it's TA this year and also in the Haven and wondering if it'll be too cold/ windy to enjoy the Courtyard, Courtyard Grill and Posh spaces.

The weather end of October could be a little bit chilly...

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Which of these routes would you choose?

Quick question Cheryl: why don't you choose the IC145 & IC2226 connection from Amsterdam leaving at 11:00 am? Then you don't have to switch trains in Hamburg main station and it's cheaper too [emoji6] (39€ instead of 59,90€ because of the IC instead ICE use)!

Cheers Oliver

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Kim, I hope you don't mind me asking, because I don't want to go back thru your entire review. Did you go to either Burn the Floor or Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and if so, how long was each show? I'll be able to make my reservations in a few weeks and want to time things as best I can. TIA.

Just off the EPIC and will be able to answer your question: Priscilla is about an hour and a half, and Burn the floor about an hour.

Hope that helps...

Several people asked in advance that I save and post the new Norwegian Epic 'Freestyle Daily' pages from the first sailing out of Port Canaveral (Nov 12-19).

Thanks sooo much Don, much appreciated!

Have a wonderful time.

Thanks Oliver

Thanks so much Daniel for these insights!

I'm about to sail the same tour you've made next Saturday on board the EPIC, so these topics helped me a lot :)

Two quick questions:

1.) On which deck you've boarded? Or have you seen on which deck the new cruisers has boarded yesterday on Terminal 10?

2.) Is there a place where you can store your luggage when you cabin is not ready? I've seen it on other ships that they've opened a restaurant or similar for the short time storage.

Also: do you have any bartenders you'd like to mention by name, for excellent service?

Thanks Oliver

If you happen to have the Dailies still for this sailing, I bet there's a bunch of us who would love to see them. :D

Don has promised to post them, but please give him some time to breathe [emoji6]

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How much were the posh passes?

 

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59,-$ for a week

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I asked at the excursion desk an hour ago and they said as far as they know we are going. They said two other ships are scheduled to go before us so we will find out soon enough.

Wow great news!!!! Fingers crossed!!!

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Why you think it will change, problem with gsc?

I've heard they're not ready yet, after Matthew...

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...but do we know what Terminal the Nov 19th cruise will be docked at on Saturday? ...

Terminal 10 for the very first time

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Hi all,

just got a reply from Don who is currently on board the EPIC sailing Eastern Caribbean:

Captain: Frank Juliussen

Hotel Director: Richard Janicki

Assistant Hotel Director: Mustafa Gulbahar

Staff Captain: Zeljko Jurac

Food & Beverage Director:Yannis Kazalis

Cruise Director: Pedro Serra (will leave on Saturday)

Guest Service Manager: Aminta Gomez

Restaurant Manager: Gary Dean

Beverage Manager: Zdravko Kojakovic

Group Service Coordinator: Ana Roque

Executive Chef: Kevin Green

Casino Mgr: Carmen Paraschivoiu

Cruise Next Mgr: Will Fishburn

Internet Mgr: Deiverson Ramos

Looks like Epic is at Terminal 1, I thought Epic was using terminal 5 or a different terminal. Maybe it will on future sailings.

After this cruise the EPIC will arrive and depart from newly renovated Terminal 10!

Oliver

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Watching you pull into the new home port on the web cam.

Yes, she's just turning around.