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In Cabo, waiting for security and then tenders, an hour or so before all aboard. Absolutely crazy.

Thanks. I was afraid this would be the case with the lack of butlers, who normally do the escorting.

I was recently in The Haven and am trying to compare Suite perks to a Grand Suite on Harmony. I’ve read several things and know it isn’t going to be exactly the same. One thing I can’t find, when you get back on the ship at a port, is there a special line to suites to get back on? All I can find is saying when you first check in and board there is a special line, but what about at the ports when getting back on the ship? That was one of the best Haven perks, when not having to wait in a line a thousand people long!

Day 5, 6 and 7 dailies (trying again, now that I’m off the ship)

It was in a checked bag. There was a note, saying it was a prohibited item. Didn’t take much convincing from the concierge, it was in my room pretty quickly.

This was John’s first cruise back. He was off for 7 weeks, but was supposed to be off longer. He got called back in early.

Cabo was warm, 75-80, Puerto Vallarta was 83, today Mazatlan should be around 81. It cools off at night and is always cooler when sailing. My wife can think she needs a coat for anything below 80 (😂), but it has been really nice for us normal people. My mom thinks it is chilly at times, but yesterday I said it’s hot in here and she said it’s cold at the same time. Bring a sweater or jacket if you tend to be chilly. Ensenada appears to be mainly between 50-70 for the next 10 days or so, so that’s not bad.

Day 3 and 4 Dailies

General admission. The Haven has rows reserved, but otherwise it is just general admission.

Let's try this again, from a laptop... Freestyle Daily, Day 1 and 2

Scooter- It looked like they had just opened an Extension of the security line that went under a canopy to the right, so it was snaking around. We didn’t have to do that. If the line was shorter I’m not sure if the Haven line would have just been to the right, but he opened the line up and let us through and we didn’t have to go through the whole line. I’m sure it’s impossible to understand what I’m trying to say. Basically, when you go in a building for the first time, I would look for a Haven sign or ask someone where you go for Haven, as we could have missed it and walked through a large line by mistake. I just saw him tuck his Haven sign in his back pocket, so I asked when I got close to him. Saved us a lot of time and walking, for sure.

We took our Haven tour, met John Dsouza the concierge, Xinmu He the assistant concierge, Fanny Garcia the butler, and Mario Rufo the steward. John helped with a confiscated noise machine that security took from my luggage and Xinmu made reservations for us. Everybody so far has been great, except for the security people that decided we didn’t need a noise blocking fan. It went with us to Alaska this summer on the Encore, so not sure what that was about. When we got back from a comedy show, it was back in the room, so John and Fanny got it sorted out! The Haven restaurant for lunch and dinner didn’t disappoint. We saw Dylan Mandisohn for the “family friendly” comedy show and all thought he was very funny. Will definitely have to go back and see the adult version. The dailies aren’t wanting to upload, I’ll work on this later.

Hi everyone! I’m currently on the Bliss, so if anyone has any questions, I will try to answer what I can. Trying to do this from my phone, so sorry for any typos. This is my 6th cruise, all in the last 8 years, 3rd on NCL and 2nd in The Haven. Traveling with my 81year old mom, my wife and 14 and 11 year old sons. We flew in the night before and stayed at the Aloft El Segundo by LAX, which was a block away from an In-n-Out Burger. Don’t get those very often, so might as well. The hotel was nice and they rearranged to give us connecting rooms. Staff was very friendly and helpful, rooms were clean but pretty small. Would definitely stay there again. We took an Uber car and Lyft XL (van) to the San Pedro cruise terminal because of the 5 people and luggage. The Lyft van might have squeezed us in, but it wasn’t worth trying. I also thought it would be interesting to see how they both did. Uber was delayed a little, but finally got there 15 minutes late and after Lyft, but no big deal. Not much traffic, so the trip was only about 30 minutes. Uber was about $35 for the car and Lyft XL was $44, before a discount they had running for 50% off up to $8 for three rides. Lyft is cheaper out here right now, but I know that can change. TIP: Have the driver drop you off as close to the end of the luggage drop off building as possible. You’ll be walking towards the palm trees to get through security, so the closer you are to that the better. If it’s busy, I guess you take what you can get, but if you need a shorter walk like my Mom did, bring closer helped. Haven in San Pedro: I happed to notice a Haven sign that a guy was holding and then sticking back in his back pocket. I’m not sure where he was normally, but I went over and asked where we supposed to go. He let us through and we didn’t have to walk through the long line that had formed. Haven security is to the right, compared to the regular line. It wasn’t that easy to see Haven signs, compared to Seattle, but basically you keep going right. Again, everyone was very nice and we had no issues. The waiting area was just regular chairs compared to the Seattle couches and comfy seats (Seattle was amazing!). Typical snacks while you wait. Boarding was already happening by 11:15, so we only waited for a wheelchair and off we went. I think getting to the port to getting on the ship was 30 minutes, only because one of us doesn’t walk quickly and then we asked for a wheelchair, so waited about 10 minutes for that. Very quick and efficient check in process and again, very nice people.

On our cruise to Alaska on the Encore in June, the butler offered to bring us cans of soda to our regular Haven Courtyard suite. He just asked what we liked when we came back from the bar with a soda for my son, then filled our fridge with Pepsi and Root Beer cans, along with the iced tea and water pitchers that we asked for. It's interesting that it appears that is uncommon, as I was hoping for that on the next cruise in November. I guess I'll expect nothing and be surprised if it happens.

The letter of recovery lists all of your personal info, including DOB and date of positive Covid test. It simply says that you tested positive on a certain date and have now recovered. Your doctor will know what a Covid recovery letter is. The key is that you MUST have a confirmed PCR test with a positive result and your timing must be whatever the current guidelines are. Right now I think you had to have had Covid more than 10 days before and less than 90 days.