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You can do it at the pier on the day of sailing if you want, it just speeds things up to do it ahead of time.

Invalid passports would never be an issue they are scanned at the pier. Truthfully there is really no need to check in a lot of people just show up with their booking slip and a passport and are good to go.

The color coding identifies the ship it has nothing to do with deck or cabin.

The luxury lines are a much better value and while I haven’t looked lately probably a better price.

Check the Food Republic menu before making your decision. There is nothing on that menu that interests me enough to spend a credit on.

Inaccurate. For closed loop cruises out of the US as long as it is valid on the day your cruise ends there is no 6 month requirement. Cruising in other parts of the world may require six months before expiration in order to enter a specific country, but even that is not everywhere. To the OP I would go ahead and renew it now, since it expires before your cruise. No need to expedite the service as it is currently being reported that renewals take 3 - 6 weeks.

The only place to really avoid is over or under the theater

Pretty accurate, except that I find the quality of the met to be exceptional, some of the best on the ship.

That is why the hour limit and the draining requirement.

On a HAL cruise we ate dinner in the buffet 4 or 5 times. Very relaxed, almost no one there and the food was excellent. Plan on trying the buffet on my upcoming B2B as the menus in the MDR sometimes have nothing that I am interested in.

Thank you - very informative

Whales have to breathe 24/7 just like humans. They are always coming to the surface.

Other than the hotel rates are jacked way up it is not much different than any Sunday when the saints are playing at home.

So you have decided, based on a few non professional photos, that the food is bad. That is just sad.

Changing to Regent is like going from a Volkswagen or a Cadillac. Not at all the same and not a fair comparison. If you can go on Regent why in heavens name would you be on NCL?

Outing you can say changes the fact that it is inconsiderate, and the fact that you don’t understand that makes the original statement more powerful.

The porters will have luggage tags when you drop your luggage off. Dont forget your passports

Bar Harbor for this year is not frozen to all cruise traffic over 1000 passengers. It all depends on when the cruise line booked their spot. Many cruises are still going to Bar Harbor as scheduled.

Very inconsiderate to do this, you may be preventing someone else from booking. This is a prime example of the “me” mentality.

But occasionally at Amber Cove

IMO a wise move by the Birds since there is no pool.

The odds are that they retake them anyway, and yes it is 10 seconds or less per person.

On my last three cruises they have been on the counter. I guess different stewards do it differently.

They have to be carried on, they cannot be in checked luggage.

The true art is to book a real luxury line and you don’t have these issues.