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Your belongings will stay in your cabin as long as you are in the same cabin. As far as having to get off then on again, that varies and I'm not sure if it is because of immigration or what. I have heard some people have been cleared on the ship and have stayed on, I have seen where people get off the ship and are taken to a special seating area inside the terminal, then they are boarded before anyone else, and then we had our experience in San Pedro that was a complete cluster. They moved us to different areas on the ship waiting to take us off the ship. Walked us the length of the ship (on the Bliss) to disembark only to have to walk back the length of the ship to go into the building to clear immigration. Then walked us all the way down to the other end of the pier to go back through security where the passengers that were getting on the ship for the first time were going through, then to an area inside the terminal to wait to re-board. It was an awful experience. I hope you have an easier one. I had a carton of the NCL water with me and they made me throw it out before they would allow me back through security.

We are staying at the Radisson the night before our cruise next month. I haven't touched base with them recently, but when I booked they said they did offer transportation to the port, so I would assume they would also do it to the convention center instead.

Is the Q&A published after the event for the general public to read? Or will it be posted here on CC?

If you are vaccinated you only need proof of vaccination. Not both. According to what you just posted it says and/or.

@Firstin87 We will be doing the same itinerary but in March. Please post how embarkation goes in Fuerte Amador. There really isn't a whole lot of information about how it is all going to work as far as check in etc... Hope you have a wonderful cruise.

This suggestion all depends on where you are embarking. We will be embarking in Panama City (Amador) which would be considered the West Coast, then doing a full transit of the canal at the beginning of our cruise. If they are embarking from the states and doing a full transit and getting off in Colon then it would be at the end of the cruise.

Thank you for the review. We will be taking the Jewel from Panama City Amador to the ABC's and then end in Colon. We have been on the Jewel before, but looking forward to seeing the updates to her.

They definitely seem to be getting odder...

If you have that much time, then I would rent a mini van and do it yourselves. There was a tour guide, which was nice for additional information, but you don't have the time to explore at your leisure. There is a lot to see.

Thank you for the information. We've never gone out of there where it has been docked somewhere else.

I was wondering the same thing. We cruised from there in Oct 22 and didn't have to shuttle. Maybe they were at a different dock than they normally use?

Did they actually have Buffalo Trace? That is very hard to find in our area.

Thank you for the information! Your pictures are awesome!

It does seem to work out that way doesn't it. Soon you'll be shutting down and making your way to NJ. Looking forward to reading along with your adventure!

@BillB48 Thank you for the videos. They were both very informative. It's amazing what they were able to accomplish, and I can't wait to see it first hand in 72 days.

Since the restart, you must wait until 21 days prior to complete check in.

We are too on the 9 day cruise.

Glad to hear you made it!! Enjoy your cruise. Looking forward to following along.

Typically they only mail the tags for Haven guests. Right after start up they mailed to other cabin types but that is not the norm.

Not right now since they have been offering it as part of FAS for quite a while. I do remember a long ago distant time when it wasn't always a perk or when certain cabin categories only got 1 or 2 of the FAS not all of them. If they ever stop offering the FAS, then that will become a benefit.

When we got off the Bliss in November, I know that they had 2 different colored luggage tags. One was for early aircraft departures and one was for later departures. If I remember correctly there was times associated with those departures but I don't remember what they are. They will leave a letter in your room that explains the times better than I can try to remember what they said. So I would think that if you have an early flight you would want to get off with the first walkoff call and if you have a later departure, then just see what time the colored tags for later departures would be called and then get off then. Hope that makes sense.

Gotcha. Sorry for my confusion. I would agree with BillB48 as far as only taking NCL excursions.

Don't mean to sound rude or anything, but are you sure you are going out of Colon? I did a search on NCL for the Joy, and came up with this: This goes out of the Fuerte Amador port which is on the Western side of the canal and then does a full transit. I may have searched wrong, but with the filters of "Joy" and "Panama City, Panama" which was the only choice for Panama and cruises with say Panama City whether it departs Colon or Fuerte Amador, I only came up with the one cruise leaving 6 Dec 23.

For the Free At Sea package, you will pay the gratuities at the time of purchase. It covers drinks up to $15. If the drink you order is above that amount, then you would pay the difference plus 20% of that difference. For example if the drink cost $16, then you would pay $1.20. Also, if you are in port you may have to pay taxes on the drinks you get while in port.

LOL.. Probably right. It was one that was already booked, it just helped pay for upgrades. 🙂 That was our thought too.