Liljo22

Cabin 9216 would be the balcony behind the slide not the one where the chairs are so its not as close to the exit. The sliding door in the picture is from the master bedroom and there is another door facing outwards toward the ocean that is off of the living space.

I have been wanting to upgrade to the Family Suite with Master but waited too long and they are all sold out on my cruise. Yes the slide is there but you are getting Suite perks without the Haven access for $4-$5 thousand less than a Haven Suite. The slides are only open from 10am to 5pm and from reports, there is not a lot of sound from them. Plus you get more room with the master bedroom.

You’re welcome. The $7k is the retail price not the upgrade price. To upgrade to Premium Plus it’s $34.80pppd. There should be another listing in the upgrade offers part of the planner that will be just the upgrade as long as you took the FAS unlimited package.

$49pppd or $42pppd if you are solo.

For me, its still not showing up online but it is showing for purchase on the app.

Most of the ships have a couple of Coke Freestyle machines and the cup has a chip in it to tell the machine that you have the package. You can still go to the bar and ask the bartender though.

The stock is up .66 since this was posted. Does this mean people are booking again? Is NCL looking better now that the stock higher.

Not sure what you meant by adding the Epic headline? Epic is still cruising. They just are keeping in the US instead of sending it to Europe. This was announced in May long before the Israel conflict.

The good news is that the Epic has been upgraded to Starlink so you might be able to actually get work done.

As long as you do not use any of the FAS minutes, you are getting full credit for those minutes plus one less day charged on the upgrade. On my 7 day, its about $16 a day for unlimited and $26 a day for unlimited premium so I wouldn't say the price difference is great but anything helps.

The way I like to explain the reasoning is that these are not fees that the ports are charging to the passengers. They are fees that the ports are charging to the cruise line for docking there. The cruise lines are just adding additional revenue on top of the cruise fare to try to cover these expenses. The amount they add is just an estimate based on their expected occupancy for the cruise. If the cruise does not sell as well as expected, these fees might come out to more than they collected. They don't go back and charge the passengers for the difference. It also means that if they miss a port, the amount collected might still be less than the actual overall expenses they are charged. If the cruise sells better than expected, the cruise lines might add OBC to your account. Since these are not fees that are charged directly to the passengers, the cruise lines have no obligation to refund/credit passengers.

On my cruise, they took away the $99 3rd and 4th guest and its $349 now.

I see you list the Escape in New England. Were you on any of the cruises that were affected by the storm? I have found with really bad reviews that the reviewer is upset at something out of the cruise lines control but it causes them to scrutinize everything going forward. Traffic/parking at the port was terrible? That now compounds into service being terrible on board because they are still upset about the parking situation.

Surprisingly it is free based on a couple of posts up.

Everything is "to come".

From this pic, the slides take up the same amount of space as the race track but there are two spots under the funnel with additional loungers. Wonder if there will be a charge for this considering it doesn't look like there is another waterslide anywhere. I would be surprised if NCL changed out a revenue generator for something free but would suck if there is no other slide that is free.

I don't see specialty dining as an upcharge since most cruise lines have specialty dining. Even Disney has it. I also don't care about the extra charges since you can avoid paying extra if you choose to. I would be upset if there you were charged a base fee and then everything was extra. No free dining or entertainment.

I don't know when but both have paid and limited free spots. Northstar is free while in port but its just up and down. Ifly will open up free spots the night before if the next day isn't selling well but its a shorter experience. Just like most of their pricing, Royal uses demand pricing for both of these experiences. Northstar is $20-$40 while Ifly is between $30-$50.

While NCL is still higher at $20, Royal just announced they are increasing their DSC by $2.00 pppd starting 11/11.

I think the bumper cars are free but on the same class is the Northstar and Ifly that are both an up charge.

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Tagging you in case you don't see.

FYI...the Prima is going to be back in Galveston January 2025 with a couple of 14 day cruises. No word yet on the Escape but probably switch with the Prima's NY cruises.

Yes. The barriers do a good job of reducing the sargassum. They had the barriers up when I was there over the summer in 2022. My issue with the barriers is that it restricts water currents which essentially turns the water into a warm bath.

If NCL is going to change the promo for Black Friday from the current 35% for guest 1&2 or 70% for guest 2, we will see a change in the non-discounted fares several days before Black Friday.