luckyinpa

this thread makes me remember in college a student from macau took the huge sugar shaker on the table and totally covered his spaghetti in it at lunch so you never know what people like on their 'things'

have to ask after researching the reflection suite for my retirement cruise. ive never been on X but booked an edge villa on ascent for 9 nites instead. but that shower in the reflection suite and bathroom looks sooo cool is it really?

never been on X but glad to see that document above. for the type of suite i booked back in spring for my 1st cruise next year it says id get 350 OBC. my TA is giving me 2300 and X is giving me 800. at least for my suite it's well worth the TA doing the cruise. i guess the next question is: can you book using the onboard service then transfer to a TA and get the same perks i just mentioned above?

in another thread i read about a slamming door but forget how to fix it. i only have a year before the cruise so i do need to assemble a spreadsheet of tips and tricks so hopefully someone can post how that door problem was solved. are you making use of the secret door to the lounge and the door to the retreat. those are 2 very cool features i am hoping to make good use of! also have you used your patio at all (if you have one)

we went to bermuda on NCL out of NYC . upon returning we go to our usual lunch spot. juniors on 45th street . my gf goes to take a pic there and voila, discovers no phone. we get back to the car, not there. signed in to her account and saw it was still on the ship. i dont think even if we returned to dock that we would have gotten it so just posted later in FB for that sailing. a member went to the front desk and confirmed the phone was there. she had offered to mail it to us but of course they wouldnt give it to her because she wasnt the owner. we followed the phone down the river as it headed back toward bermuda..sigh. filed a claim with ncl and paid the fee and got the phone back 3 weeks later. i feel we were lucky to get it back given all the posts ive seen on the forums

only 9 replies to a positive thread...sigh. we know what really sells

thats sad about no more free tours for EV. maybe my ascent crew can get me one next year. was just on liberty of the seas in the royal suite and got a private bridge tour and it was a lot of fun. regarding the wood above the bed i never sit like that thankfully but my gf does so ill have to warn her. hope she doesnt want to cancel 😉

good reason to book ..oh wait already did! i found the chops steak on liberty of the seas disappointing but i did like central 150 on oasis. so this should be even better!

one observation i gleaned from the forum is that MSC will not refund TA OBC. im so glad i read that. TA called MSC and confirmed so TA is mailing me a check after my YC meraviglia cruise. should be ez to burn thru the small MSC OBC they are giving me though. and now with that fear of not getting OBC i told my TA to mail me a check for my ascent cruise as it's 2300 and no way do i wanna lose that. it's gonna be hard enough to get the 800 of X OBC out of the slots from what ive read.

i forgot about my other reason to follow up. we did a cheap getaway cruise during march after covid because a 2BR haven was 2100PP which it never will be again of course. but it did stink that there was no roof oven haven but thats why it was so cheap! combined with bad weather we got what we paid for 🙂

we circled bermuda for days on BA a few years ago in october. finally got in 3rd day and squeezed in a trip to the caves. but heck of a 2nd cruise for my girlfriend. just 2 weeks before we were on oasis as her first cruise and she liked it so much we booked BA while on oasis. so just 7 days between cruises and i was delighted. but the winds made it impossible to dock the first 2 days. we would get 2x a day announcements that 'we are trying' but then they failed..we got non refundable OBC but had nothing to spend it on. id go up to the front desk, if can use it for X...they said no..then Y..nope. finally i said what about booze? they said yes and we walked off with i think 6 bottles or more. trying with MSC this spring. hope we get there, but will be happy in YC no matter what. last year princess missed 3 ports on a canada cruise and gave us 35 percent FCC but we never used it.

not toooo far a walk is Juniors restaurant/cheesecake on 45th street. love the goulash and of course the cheesecake!

there's a costco 10 minutes from the pier, they should have bought a pallet from them. or at least for the YC guests 🙂

someone thats been thru the muster drill on MSC should enumerate their experience in detail for the OP. ive only read about it so cannot confirm

cocoa beach helicopters. rides 19 to 199 i think. we did the 2nd most expensive one . loved flying over the space shuttle runway, the ship, beach. river. and very good narration. never was in a copter before. if you can do a bumpy wooden rollercoaster it's like that. im scared of heights and still was ok in it. 15 min walk from the royal dock but i dont think you can walk there from MSC dock.

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zoinks just got email about booking this. 15K for a newer crown loft suite even in a ship within a ship is just too much! 40K for the royal is truly nuts. im used to oasis pricing of 3k for CLS. but those days are gone. sigh.

retirement cruise on and edge villa..typically my guy gives me just short of 10% on most suites, most lines. Gift $2250 on board credit Cruise Line OBC: $800 word of warning, i booked MSC and thank goodness did research. MSC does NOT refund ANY OBC. my TA confirmed it and is mailing me my check for 800 after that cruise. also i told him id prefer the 2250 mentioned above be mailed out to me after the cruise. i know the X OBC is non refundable and will cash out at the casino since there's literally nothing to spent it on board except a model ship.

earlier this month we took the mayan tour. the guide was fantastic. you knew he lived and breathed for the history. the breadth of knowledge he had was amazing. best guided tour i ever had! the walk to the hut is simple. but of course as with every port, the maze of junk you have to walk through to get out of the port is just horrific. i felt like a huge bag of catnip and every single shop owner was a cat had different witticisms to try to get you to look at them or engage so they got a piece of me. ive never known a single person to be forced into buying something so unsure why this practice keeps happening. once you get to the native hut you need to make yourself known and check in and pay your balance due or just get your wristband. I didnt count but my guess is the van holds 12 to 14 people. they do ask for volunteers to sit up front. 2 seats are there if you are so inclined. during the trip out he gives you tons of local knowledge. and you can ask anything you want of course. also in case theres any doubt, this is walking through a jungle. there are some paths but there are many tree roots, rocks, and tons of obstacles. you need to pay attention to where you walk. i saw strollers but based on what i saw, that really wasnt fun for those people. theres one optional viewing of 2 temples on top of a hill and the steps to get there are somewhat challenging. im old and out of shape but i made it but if you are scared of heights you probably cant do it. on the way down it's a bit challenging. but the reward at the top is worth it. also i recommend taking the steps on the left. vs on the right. they are smaller and easier to navigate. also put your SHIP CARD a very safe place. someone in our group lost it and the driver (who by the way is tasked with carrying umbrellas AND water for us, which is AMAZING) went back and found it. another group saw the ship card on a tree so someone just picked it up and put it there for people to see. i heard in another group the same thing happened. while you can def get on the ship without the pass, you will have a hard time getting through port security without it. i also have to say as a child id probably be bored stiff with all the educational stuff but there's enough stuff to climb on and walk through the jungle so they probably will be ok. but as an adult i soaked up all the fascinating knowledge. 5 stars!

how much savings is there on GTY? curious how much they saved to get this agony

i read through your review and will be on liberty shortly. im aware the concierge is your point person since these ships dont have genies. for the food/drink you ordered on disembark day for you and your guests did you ask for specific things to be delivered to the cabin or just say we have X people and would like some food? also were you ever charged for the food and did you get any regularly delivered things or just called when you felt like something?

im so spoiled by CK on oasis that i did indeed book chops for embark day on liberty. cant remember last time i did a buffet on the 1st day on any ship. way too crazy. heck on oasis at least you have solarium which also is very good. ive been in there for a while with no one there because newbies dont know it's an option. also i noticed the dinner time filet is only 1 oz larger than lunch and it's 30 bucks more. thats a very expensive oz!

can MDR or YC dinners be delivered to the suite or just room service?

curious. do they size you up for the pjs. or just a one size fits all. ive gotten more..muscular in my old age

i booked ascent and got 800 and glad i booked when i did. i'm sure if i waited not only would pricing have gone up. but if i would have lost 800 that would have been sad