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On 3/10/2024 at 5:53 AM, boffoboffo said:
This is our second straight cruise where the clocks changed for daylight savings on our last night and I am not a fan. Turns out we got up an hour earlier than we were planning to. At least the ship is quiet and nearly impossible to get around since all the stairwells on 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are roped off. I guess they’re trying to do a better job than they do in NYC of keeping people from lining up early.
Very irritating that the purser's office insisted the time would not change at 0200 on arrival day. I asked several at the desk the night before; none simply responded "Yes, we are sailing from from ET to CT but there is a DST change resulting in clocks not needing to be reset". I wish cruises on similar itineraries would simply stick with the departing port's time zone; forget about local time, stick with the ship's time.I found it irritating to change the clocks by only an hour so many times on a 7 days cruise.
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7 hours ago, wncretired said:
.......... I think I will go ahead and purchase my 100 shares of NCL. What have I got to lose? (Except maybe $2,000 😂)
If it makes you feel any better, I bought 100 shares of CCL for the OBC benefit back when it was trading for over $60.😳 Do the math, I'm too depressed over that acquisition..................😭
Doug
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I looked it up at the hotel's web page:
Parking
On-Site Parking Available
- Guests may park in the covered self-park garage attached to hotel for $40 per day. Over-sized vehicles, bus, or RV parking available in the adjacent outdoor lot at additional cost, not affiliated with the hotel.
- Cost: $40 USD
Ouch, that would be $280 for the week, about $100 more than I'm paying near the dock. I think I'll stick with my regular plan; drive 5 hours from home to Hammond LA on Saturday, then drive the rest of the way (90 minutes or so) to the parking area near the dock.
Doug
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47 minutes ago, Panhandle Couple said:
It was in the room rate, maybe 3
$30 more. You only have to stay 1 night.
You were able to park there for $30 total for a 7 night cruise? If so, that's a REAL bargain!
Doug
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On 2/14/2024 at 8:53 PM, Panhandle Couple said:
.............If you haven't gotten a hotel in NOLA yet, the Holiday Inn Superdome has a stay and park option that we used both times. The parking is in their secure garage. ...
What do/did they charge for parking? Parking near the port is not inexpensive.
Doug
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3 hours ago, seemoreroyals said:
Most itineraries have a McDonalds at at least one of their ports. For now anyway your wife will need to get her hash brown fix there.
HA, we're not quite that desperate.....yet!😎
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12 hours ago, Yesimapirate said:
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Having studied travel related companies pretty closely for 20+ years my take is completely the opposite. They're going to look at the cuts and the occupancy and think the cuts have had no effect to passengers and only increases the bottom line. I think they're going to cut even more! There's no reason for them not to until occupancy levels drop.
As I've said before, prices and quality will drop until there's a recession and people slow on the rate they book cruises.
BINGO!🤑
Sad but true. When a company produces more product that it can sell (100% occupancy), there is little reason to change anything to make the product more attractive to potential customers. Basic economics.
We too have been cruising for a long time, over 30 years in our case, and we still love it, but occasionally I wonder if we ought to continue. My poor wife will be very disappointed if there are no triangular "hash browns" on our cruise next month.😪 I can hold out a little longer as long as they continue to have excellent croissants.😎
Doug
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21 hours ago, schmoopie17 said:
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Not being an NCL hash brown fan, I was reluctant to try one. The grease sponges never seemed appetizing. But in the spirit of taking one for the team, as well as our impending boarding, I gave it a go.Surprisingly, not awful. I even took an extra one.
We're cruising soon. Those triangular "hash browns" are one of the top three thing my wife loves about cruising. For me, it's the wonderful croissants; love 'em!
Doug
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14 hours ago, rodndonna said:
I didn't think you could book FAS and not have the gratuities for those added to your invoice. It adds them in automatically on the invoice the same way it adds port charges and taxes. They're not like DSC gratuities that you can "optionally" choose to add to the invoice.
Not sure what FAS is? Don't need to reply, I'm quitting this thread, it's gotten nuts!😜
Looking forward to cruising NCL, no matter how or when I pay!
Doug
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2 hours ago, LloydJr said:
It's the same reason that Toyota kept improving their vehicles even when they could easily sell every one that they could build. Long term strategy vs. today's bottom line.
I'd be quite pleased if cruise lines would improve the value for us passengers, but I don't have that much faith it them. Good for Toyota. I did not know that, never had a Toyota car/truck. Glad someone does good just to do good!
Doug
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5 hours ago, UKstages said:
how exactly were you "stung?"
are you saying the price you paid was somehow different than your invoice or included charges, fees or gratuities not mentioned in your contract?
As others have probably said, I had to pay gratuities on the drinks and specialty dining package. Yes, that I would have to is buried somewhere in the contract or elsewhere, but I still think it's sneaky the way NCL does it. Doesn't bother me anymore, I know I will be charged that unless I have my TA get me the prince including those gratuities and putting that info on my invoice.
Doug
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On 2/14/2024 at 10:27 AM, UKstages said:
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if people continue to sail at these prices, with these reduced levels of products and services, there may not be a marketplace correction at all.
Correct, except I'd replace "may not be" with "WILL not be". Why would cruise lines do anything to increase our value when the ships are full as it is? Economics 101 folks, supply and demand.
Doug
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On 2/15/2024 at 8:35 PM, realnice46 said:
From what I can see if you choose all inclusive with Celebrity drinks and Wi-Fi include these is no extra charge on the drink package. NCL seems to be a bait and switch making you think you have all inclusive and you don’t when you view the final price.
Yep, when I get a quote for an NCL cruise which includes those package, I ALWAYS verify the price include EVERYTHING. I was stung once by NCL also, but no more!
Doug
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12 hours ago, cheersforbeers said:
We’re old also, I remembe4 big Chief tablets and number 2 pencils. Enjoy your cruise
Thank you!
Doug
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3 hours ago, cheersforbeers said:
Doug,
Glad it worked out. I download our edocs to my iPhone. Haven’t needed to print physically, just a thought. Enjoy y’all’s cruiseI am old....old, old school! Never leave anything on an electronic device if it's possible to print. Only exceptions for cruises are those 15 page insurance documents and the like!
Doug
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Thanks to all you kind folks who replied. I did call NCL, they answered quickly, and the agent said the records showed we were both checked in, and to try to print the documents tomorrow. I was amazed someone answered the phone so quickly!
Ha, if you think NCL has a corner on goofiness, you are so very wrong!😎 I would not even know where to begin to describe the issues I've had with Princess, HAL and Celebrity. 😁
Doug
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It's 21 days until we sail. Everything is done online, NCL.com even says we're both checked in, but I cannot print eDoc/boarding passes.
Below is the note that keeps popping up. I have no idea what a "Booksafe Travel Protection and other add-ins" are. She does not have her own NCL login ID. I completed not adding any of the extras such as travel insurance, more Wifi, drinks, etc for myself. However, when I check her in, the ability to check "No" or whatever is not there.
Anyone know the secret to getting eDocs? I plan to call NCL tomorrow, but do not look forward to spending a couple of hours on hold.😳
Doug
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4 hours ago, FitchburgWIFamily said:
We are on the Breakaway headed back to New Orleans. Monday, our at sea day was very rocky, very windy. We were all excited when we pulled up on a sunny day to Cozumel on Tuesday… but we never docked. Someone shared footage from a ship that did, and huge waves were crashing up over the gangway. I think the ship could have docked, but I don’t know if passengers could have negotiated the trip to shore. We got another sea day: this time with more sun. Roatan and Belize went ok, but they announced we wouldn’t make Costa Maya due to weather, but they would substitute in an afternoon at Cozumel: we were there Friday from noon to 8:00pm. Must be very specific to winds or something because Cozumel and Costa Maya are not far enough apart to have different weather systems.
First time I’ve done this itinerary this early in February…not sure if it’s normal or not to have so many changes. I’ve done it twice in late March and never missed a port.
$50 OBC per person for the inconvenience and $15 for port fees.
We cruise to Coz often, probably 15 times in the last 20 years; usually in early-mid March and or mid October. We have never failed to dock at Cozumel in those years, but probably failed to dock at Costa Maya around 40% of the time. That port is very open to the ocean/winds as you know. Glad you did get to spend the afternoon in Coz, one of our favorite ports.
Doug
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11 hours ago, jean-lynd said:
Main Dining Room - I could have booked Specialty but I don't have any OBC so I would have had to pay for it. Not interested enough in it to do that.
Apparently even with OBC, we cannot cannot book specialty before boarding if we only want to book using that OBC. Kinda sucks IMO. 😩
Doug
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11 hours ago, jean-lynd said:
I am not Platinum or Elite, I am in a balcony cabin and I have not made final payment. I cruise in July and I was able to make my dinner reservations a couple of weeks ago. I hope this helps!
MDR reservations or specialty dining reservations? If the latter, did you use OBC or your credit card?
Doug
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13 hours ago, Wonders By Wallis said:
All I've been able to find is this, "Platinum and Elite Captain’s Circle members, guess what? You can make reservations right away (before final payment). You get your pick of venues and times in appreciation for your loyalty!"
I am platinum and cannot book using OBC, but can book specialty dining using my credit card for our cruise March 2025. So that's about 13 months in advance at least.
Doug
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1 hour ago, cruisinmeme said:
What happened?? Breakaway is suppose to be in Cozumel today. We have that same schedule next month.
Yeah, what' the story? Can't find anything on the 'net news.
Doug
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15 hours ago, KSSS2013 said:
Thanks very much, KSSS2013, it's appreciated. BTW, you have have really gorgeous photos in this thread!
0630 is a bit late for us, but we usually pencil in a slightly earlier time, and it's been delivered then 95% of the time. I think it makes their job a little easier to spread out the times a bit. If it does not show until 0630 that's fine also....after all, we are on a cruise ship! Worse comes to worse, in those 5% occasions, I make a quick run up to the lido deck for coffee. Or maybe on this cruise we'll try the in cabin coffee maker; not expecting it to be very good though.....
Doug
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I'd appreciate a photo of the hang-on-the-door cabin coffee/breakfast service card. Ya'kno what I mean?
We're curious to see the service start time as we are early risers. My request of you is very late and I'll understand if you cannot comply with it.
Enjoy what's left of the cruise.😎
Doug
NOLA Parking - NCL/RCI cruises - Out with the Whale lot, in with the Poydras lot
in Gulf Coast Departures
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Apparently no one paid any attention to the above. The NOLA Whale Lot was still being used by many cruisers as of 10 March 2024. However, the 100 Poydras Garage, which is actually the Hilton Hotel garage, was a fine place I used. Covered parking, more secure than the Whale lot.
Doug