scubareview

I'm booked in the Haven for the Oct 10th cruise to Bermuda, and received an Upgrade Advantage email offer last night, 69 days out from the cruise. I'm not bidding, because I like my room. I just wanted to share that the offer was cheaper than current pricing to move to the H4 Aft Owner Suite (the one on deck 10 with no hot tub), and to move to an H6 two bedroom. But was surprised the upgrade offer for the H5 Owners Suite with Master bedroom was more that what I could purchase the room for. Always check current pricing on rooms before submitting an upgrade offer.  

I did not see the District Brew House, one of my favorite bars on the Breakaway Plus ships, I hope they are just holding this back for a later reveal, It will be disappointing to lose this one.

Deck 16 forward with the B9 cabins are the SPA balconies, this would probably make the To Come space in the bow of Deck 16 the Thermal Spa

3 minutes ago, scubareview said:

current published description on the NCL website: Located in the exclusive enclave of The Haven, these luxury Owner's Suites feature a stylish master bedroom with king-size bed, a double sofa bed to accommodate two more, luxury bath with jetted shower and incredible views from the large, aft-facing balcony that also features a hot tub. Plus, a concierge and 24-hour butler to tend to your every wish. *Suites on deck 10 (10352 & 10952) do not include the outdoor hot tub.

Here is the image of the Deck 11 aft penthouse 

20 hours ago, Two Wheels Only said:

 

I wouldn't expect it.

 

If it is, the people in OS 10352 & 10952 would riot. 

current published description on the NCL website: Located in the exclusive enclave of The Haven, these luxury Owner's Suites feature a stylish master bedroom with king-size bed, a double sofa bed to accommodate two more, luxury bath with jetted shower and incredible views from the large, aft-facing balcony that also features a hot tub. Plus, a concierge and 24-hour butler to tend to your every wish. *Suites on deck 10 (10352 & 10952) do not include the outdoor hot tub.

I was just checking the NCL web site, and it looks like they have added a hot tub to the Haven Aft-Facing Penthouse with large balconies on deck 11, this is new. I booked one of these when Prima was first released and it did not have the hot tub, so I hope this comes true for me when I take my cruise. An extra bonus I was not expecting.

Ok, I was just notified at 12:12pm EDT today, Thursday for my NCL Escape cruise to Bermuda on Sunday of my upgrade to the H5 Haven.  There was relatively high inventory available in the Haven on this week. We bid $840pp for the H5 (accepted) and $1360pp for the H4 (rejected). Both bids were at the minimum of fair on the scale. I was originally booked in a SPA balcony and we are both Platinum members. I think it comes down to the amount of the Bid, If I had been upgraded earlier I would say my Platinum status weighed in.

On 6/12/2019 at 8:13 PM, deweytrader said:

Curious if you got your upgrade and are willing to share your bid?  Hope you did...

I did not get the upgrade yet, I must have caught them in their upgrade process when I looked at my bids, because several haven cabins disappeared on that day. When I looked back at my bids, they were back in the pending status again. I'm thinking if I do get upgraded it will not be until the last moment, 48 hrs before the cruise. 

I'm booked on the June 23rd Escape to Bermuda and I just looked at my bids, the site is showing my H5 bid as processing, and my other haven bid is showing expired. So I'm crossing my fingers that I got into the Haven, I have not been notified, and my credit card has not been charged yet. But I like that my other bid expired. Once I'm confirmed I will reveal my bids. 

On 4/13/2019 at 8:06 PM, Momma Rene said:

So if you are in a H7, are upgrade offers offered?

I am not 100% positive, but I believe 80 days out you will be able to bid on all Haven categories higher than H7

1 hour ago, Waverunner1 said:

Now this is helpful! Let us know your bids and the outcome once the process is done, Thanks

I definitely will post my bids once I get upgraded, or no later that June 20th at 4pm when the upgrade process completes.  

On 4/12/2019 at 11:00 AM, drvmywifecrzy said:

 

I will reveal my bids once I get upgraded or at 4pm June 20th when the upgrade process finalizes. I don't want do be outbid by $10 and lose my upgrade 😉  

I'm booked in a SPA balcony on the Escape to Bermuda out of NYC on June 23rd, I'm 80 days out and got my upgrade offers today.  These are PP prices.

Here is the link to the article about Celebrity Cruise Virtual Concierge (SmartPhone App)

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/celebrity-edge/

This is what I received from a Celebrity Vacation Planner when I asked the question.

"The rest of our sailings for Celebrity Edge will be released at the end of this year along with the rest of our 2019/2020 sailings for the fleet."

Just boarde the NCL Escape, the Life Boat Drill is at 4:30pm. We depart the port at 7pm tonight.

I've cruised with NCL a couple of times and always bought one of the internet packages so that I can monitor my work email. It is very slow because they are using a low bandwidth satellite connection.

I can offer cruises on the Escape Itinerary one tip, get most of your internet usages done while the ship is docked in St Thomas. At this time, the ship connects to a landline internet connection which greatly increases the performance comparable to at home broadband.

Now the ship will only have access to this connection on Tuesday from 8am to 6pm.