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I just wanted to give a thumbs up to Sonia from Rony’s Tours in Roatan. If you are looking for a laid back island tour with a shopping stop (which I was), she is great. She’s a slightly older lady who grew up on Roatan before it became the big developed place it is now, so has many good anecdotes. She knows all the shop owners and seemed to honestly care that we were having a good time. I would definitely give Rony’s a call the next time I am in Roatan. Not only are they cheaper than NCL, you decide where and how long to stop. I recommend the Rusty Fish and Waves of Art if you are looking for authentic artwork and souvenirs. This was my favourite stop on our cruise and I can’t wait to visit again!

Has anyone experienced this? Just off the Breakaway, and while every other staff member was pleasant, what’s wrong with the CruiseNext staff? Outside of the manager, who was excellent when we chatted with her about the onboard booking promo, we dealt with two male sales agents who seemed to resent doing their jobs! As I was planning (but did not but after this experience) on booking onboard, I first approached an agent and asked him if he could tell me if any 5 day cruises left Orlando in January 2024, and instead of offering to check just handed me a pamphlet and said I could check in there. Thought it was odd as it usually takes a few minutes to check the website (and the wifi was slow that day - another story, but I digress). I selected later in the day 2 cruises I would like and returned at 8:30, thinking it wouldn’t take too long to price out 2 cruises. There was a lady already speaking to the rep, but I figured I would stick around (they closed at 9), as she seemed to be finishing up. At 8:40, she was done and I approached the agent and asked if he could price out my 2 selected cruises, thinking he had 20 minutes left in his shift, it was plenty of time, and my wifi was slow. He acted the entire time like I was putting him out, even after I explained I realized they closed soon and would return tomorrow to do the actual booking. I was shocked to be honest at the tone and nary a smile or any courtesy to be offered. After such treatment, when I saw him working the next day, I decided to forego booking onboard and just purchased my CruiseNext which I will book with a big box who offers a gift card with purchase. So if you are cruising and don’t want to be hounded by CruiseNext staff, sail the Breakaway. They don’t want to serve you anyways - outside the lovely manager who unfortunately wasn’t always available to speak to. And, yes, I will also notify NCL of my experience…

Just off the same cruise, and we had a similar experience with our room steward. We only saw him once. He was friendly enough and said there was a new cabin distribution for them and he was also cleaning rooms on another floor. This makes me wonder if the workload hasn’t increased. We did have to request the shower gels be refilled as they were empty and there were some dusty areas: nothing serious and any service requested was promptly fulfilled. I wouldn’t consider it a reason to avoid NCL in the future, but almost considered not tipping above and beyond the service charge as I usually do (but then felt bad for the poor guy and tipped extra anyway).

Looking for suggestions for the best ship for an 18 month old. We are planning on going on a multi generational extended family trip in 2025 (Caribbean/Bahamas or somewhere warm 7 day) and have found out we will have a grand baby joining us who will be around 18 months at sailing time. There will be one baby - rest are adults 20-80 years. No babysitting required as we have lots of arms available to help mom and dad. Looking for a ship with baby friendly play areas and possibly splash areas.

Totally understand and will probably do at some point, but we originally were going to gift this trip to our both kids and their spouses, and now we found out a grand baby will be here! But don’t want to leave out the childless sibling…. Just delaying it now until 2025.

Thank you so much for your reply @European_CruiseGirl! The baby pool on the balcony sounds like a great option! This will be my first grand baby, so I am thinking too it will be nice for the mom and dad to have a trip with extended family to give them a break while also accommodating my dad who is in his 80’s and giving him special “great grandad memories”, and the other aunts and uncles who don’t have children yet.

Looking for opinions for a multi generational 18 month - 80 years family trip - just the one baby, rest are adults. We usually cruise Carnival or NCL. Disney is just too expensive and won’t appeal to the majority.. We are thinking May Carribean, Bahamas or Mexico area, ship focussed holiday.

We were thinking of doing an extended family/multi generational trip but the youngest child is 18 months - rest are adults. Are there any splash or play areas on any of the NCL ships for babies? We won’t need to leave the child in care - lots of family to give mom and dad a break, but also want the young family to enjoy the holiday.

We were looking at doing a multi generation cruise with extended family but the youngest will be 18 months when we were planning to travel. Do any Carnival ships have splash areas for kids in swim diapers? We don’t care about being unable to leave the child in care (lots of family to help give mom and dad a break), but just wondering what they might have to do.

Since the recent unrest in Mazatlan after the arrest of El Chapo’s son, has anyone noticed any changes to security on this coast, in particular Cozumel? I realize Mazatlan is on the other coast, etc, but just curious if there has been any effect on the Cozumel area.

I'm guessing this triple offer didn't get extended... Was thinking about getting some Cruise Next on our upcoming cruise next week.

Anyone on board with current info? Curious as well! Especially anyone on Breakaway!

Hi there… I’m considering allowing my son to bring a friend on a future 2024 cruise, but as they are all young, new to job market, I’m aware things sometimes come up. Is it ever possible to add or remove a person from a reservation, in case his friend for some reason can’t come? If his friend couldn’t come, could he add a different person? Just wondering how that works.

Are the water parks on the ships open and useable in August? We were thinking of bringing a teen on NCL Bliss.

Looking for opinions on the the Sun for an August Alaska cruise. We are a middle aged couple with no interest in water slides or go-karts, but would really love to be able to watch the passing scenery in comfort. We do enjoy some evening entertainment such as shows, country/popular music-type performers and comedians. We don't tend to visit specialty restaurants and just prefer the ease of the buffet as we're not really focused on food too much - as long as it's decent.

What did you not like about it?

How is the observation area on the Sun? Thinking of doing Alaska on this ship.

Thank you so much!!! Yes, not sure if family wants them as well, so thought before I offered to buy them...

Hello, does anyone know if there is a maximum number of cruise next certificates one may purchase, and if so, is it per person or per stateroom? Thanks!

Does anyone have any idea what that additional free offer is? I see that on my edocs as an option in addition to Cruise Next.

Sorry, one more question... If we have CNDs, do we need to book THROUGH NCL? We usually book through our points plan to redeem points for travel.

Possibly dumb question, but can you apply more than one voucher per cruise per person? If I buy $1000 worth of vouchers, can my hubby and I apply that to deposits for one cruise? Or would it have to be 2 cruises? Or is it 1 voucher per stateroom so that would be 4 cruises?

Loving your review! We are sailing soon so would love to see dailies from day 1 and 2!

We're from Northern Canada, we might overheat, lol...

If we book the fancier main (complementary) dining room dinner on embarkation day, do they still enforce the no shorts/t-shirts rule? Wondering about if we get our luggage before our 5:30 reservataion.