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1 hour ago, vacation44 said:

On the Encore this past February, both my husband and I were given the large box of water everyday.    We did not know we were entitled to it; the Vibe staff handed it to us the first day and told us we can get one every day.

This happened on the Getaway in October as well - it was quite a surprise and was not listed as a benefit but we happily took the free water. 

The cabana includes 2 vibe passes so it’s not $600 more, more like $70 more (at least on my sailing this past fall). They are only supposed to be used by the person who reserved them. 

I want to cruise with you ❤️

11 minutes ago, KeithJenner said:

It certainly isn’t included in every days Freestyle Daily.

 

I don’t recall ever seeing it mentioned on any Freestyle Daily that I have received (I just checked a sample and saw no mention of it).

 

If it wasn’t for these discussions on Cruise Critic and a couple of dailies posted by others I would be totally unaware of any ban.

Good to know!  I wonder if it's a ship by ship policy?  I saw it on our dailies on the Getaway in October.

1 hour ago, BirdTravels said:

People take great care and pride at decorating their doors and should not be criticized for it. 

Even though it's against explicit NCL policy included in every day's Freestyle Daily?

Every time this thread title pops up I think Donna Summer (RIP) returned from the dead and got into an altercation on the ship and was thrown off. 

6 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said:

I feel sorry for the folks who invested money at the port counting on cruise ship passengers…

lol you’ve never been to Bar Harbor, right? It’s a wildly popular destination within New England. The town is plenty busy and the lack of folks tendering in won’t be a problem for businesses. 

This is like the 4th thread on this topic. 

2 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

First, no one is going to book a room because of a hot tub on the balcony and cancel if there is not one there. It is just an extra feature of the room. 
 

The ships had a hot tub design, which they have used a similar design before on smaller ships. But it got caught up in some health inspection finding. They have a temporary workaround, should you want to use it. People are being given a generous compensation for nothing a feature of the room. 

Why are you so condescending to everyone? 

18 minutes ago, davencl said:

There's the maiden voyage and then there's the inaugural voyage.  Not always the same...

Aha got it! Thank you! 

I’m so confused - I’ve read several live reports from Viva - how is this an inaugural voyage? Did I accidentally get into a Delorean? 🤣

1 hour ago, trivimp said:

Tell me you didn't bother to learn the details of the McDonald's coffee lawsuit without saying you didn't bother to learn the details of the McDonald's coffee lawsuit.   

There are some people who aren't worth the effort to educate.

That was a fun read and brought back some memories, as someone who was on this sailing with you.  We actually won the visual beer trivia on the first day - no prize though, sadly!

9 hours ago, Jim The Lizard said:

Bartenders are usually gone no later than 7 pm.  

Agree with this - on our October cruise, the official Vibe bar closing time was 7pm but on not busy / colder days they sometimes closed a bit early.

The website is absolute garbage. It’s a miracle any time I actually find useful info (and I still never totally trust it).

6 minutes ago, nudistcruzer said:

My memory was that they had clamshells as well. But from my Getaway reservation under "Explore and Plan" they show "Vibe Beach Club – Cabana" and that photo but it does say not available to book though. But it is totally bait and switch if that is not what the Cabana looks like. My assumption is that this has been added to the Vibe on the Getaway.

 

Here is the full page:

 

This page is from my reservation for the Getaway on the 2/16/2024 sailing...

That’s really strange! I just got off the Getaway in mid October so I can confirm the Vibe does not currently look like that. Cruisedeckplans.com has photos that are accurate. 

3 hours ago, nudistcruzer said:

According to my Getaway reservation Cabanas are on the Norwegian Getaway(second Breakaway class ship) . But, this photo only shows two cabanas.

 

Not sure where that photo was taken, but it’s not the Getaway. Getaway has 5 of the clamshell cabanas. 

Really tempted by the TA as someone from

the Boston area. Just wish it had even one port! 😂

7 hours ago, Ladyshopper23 said:

We're in a Spanish mainland port today (well, just left) and are also in one tomorrow. There was nothing in the daily for today mentioning any charge, and no signs up, nor any extra charges made.

In October we were on the Getaway from Southampton to various EU ports including Spain and also had no additional charges while in Spanish waters. 

Here’s the Freestyle Daily I saved - you can look through the bar list! 

10.7.23 Freestyle.pdf

I just pulled a Freestyle Daily from 10/7 and Maltings isn’t listed under bars. 

Thanks for sharing this live! I didn’t know much of anything about Virgin but I loved your Prima live so I followed this one too 🙂

15 minutes ago, dbrown84 said:

ok, no need to haggle over exactly which decks.  I think what I've learned is "it depends".  It could be one of several decks. thanks everyone

Understood, just didn’t want false information out there. On our trip, it was on 5 more than it was on 7 but it was on 7 a couple of times - and for at least one port it was both (fwd gangway on 5 / aft gangway on 7) so you could pick 🙂

4 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

Usually 4 forward. Could be 5 if the dock configuration is bad. Not deck 7. 

False.  It alternated between 5 and 7 on my recent 11 night Europe itinerary.

I mean.... they aren't obligated to sell those cabins to anyone for anything other than the currently published price.  They can choose to let the cabins go empty if they don't get what they think is a fair return.  So, yes, they can do anything they like in terms of a bidding process and it's truly bizarre to think anyone would expect otherwise.