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We did this excursion in February 2023 with a double quad and the passenger used a back pack for towels and water. There is a smallish area under the seat but it wouldn't fit our backpack. It would probably fit a few towels, water and sunscreen. We also did this tour ten years ago and there was riding / stops / riding / stops / etc. This past February there was more consistent riding, and an extended stop at Maho beach for about 35 - 45 min. Then again, we had a participant who was unable to drive the quad and after a few fits and starts the leader took her on as a passenger... this slowed us down quite a bit in the beginning. I would do the excursion again.

Do you recall what afternoon / day the Latitude party is?

On our last cruise in February our cabin was the absolute last cabin serviced daily by our room steward ... often after 5:00 pm. Felt bad for room steward because his was the last cart in the hallway each night and he was clearly struggling.

Probably just unsubmitted paperwork on NCL's part. Maybe NCL is learning that the 9% of shore side staff they let go late last year / early this year did something.

i vote for choosing the trash can with these mailers.

I've never seen a line for NCL Pizza 🤔. I'll have to pay closer attention. I also thought NCL did away with buffet lines per se by calling them "action stations" so people could pick the individual food items they wanted and move out of the way.

Glad you had a good time.

Correct: it was only advertised to us as "beach break with lunch"

Limerz was sold out when I emailed them. We ended up going with NCL's Excursion to the Mystic Beach bar / restaurant and had an enjoyable day. Shade was very important to us with my 90 yo mom with us. It's very close to the port and I thought "wow we could have done this on our own". But we had a reserved portion of the beach under permanent palapas; the regular day trippers were squeezed together a little ways down the beach under tiny beach umbrellas. Lunch was a simple salad-chicken bone in-pasta combo. They provided the complementary beverage to us at our palapas. Bathrooms were meh though. Hope this helps.

for some February Itineraries from NYC NCL also now refers to them as Bermuda and Puerto Plata, DR vacations.

I agree and would welcome a February cruise from Black Falcon.

Thanks for taking the time to share your cruise with us. We got on the Gem as you were getting off.

MSC and Carnival have cruises in February from NYC. Maybe NCL sees a saturation issue coming. Pricing for our February 2024 is comparable to what we paid in 2020.

I agree. My February 2024 NCL cruise from NYC is cheaper than my 2023 February cruise. MSC and Carnival are sailing from NYC in February 2024

Thanks for the review. I appreciate you taking the time to write about your experience. We experienced the hard stop time of the buffet on the Pearl last June and had to adjust our snacking accordingly. I seem to recall in the past that the closing time was more drawn out with the appetizers and main courses disappearing first, followed by the desserts fifteen or so minutes later. Now the velvet rope goes up all the food disappears.

Thank you for posting about your arrival in Puerto Plata / Taino Bay. We hope to be there in about three weeks on the Gem.

Indeed.

I believe MSC is sailing from NYC during the winter 2024. It seemed to have softened NCL pricing for 2024 in my opinion.

Glad it worked out for you... and I hope you get your money back from the Travel Agency.

My one time asking to be waitlisted was a failure, excursion staff were reluctant to even take my information. But it doesn't cost anything to try.

Looking at the Entourage daily schedule from Last June (Bos - Bermuda in Bermuda Sun - Tues): Sunday arrival in BDA 10:00 am Entourage opened at 7:00 pm ( Air Hockey at 7:00 / Arts & Crafts 8:00). Closed 9:00 - 10:00 pm 10:00 pm - Prank Hour 11:00 pm - neon Ping Pong Tournament Monday Opened at 7:00 pm closed 9:00 - 10:00 pm - reopened at 10:00 pm. Tuesday Departure 4:30 pm from BDA Entourage opened at 3:30 pm Closed 6:30 - 9:30 pm Reopened 9:30 pm Hope this example helps.

I just don't like the pass-through corridors / pathways blocked by the stop, look, listen, folks.

I prefer to tip with rolls of pennies... so the recipient feels the gravity of the gift.

Our TA pulls it a week or so before final payment date ... in case there is a credit card issue they can follow up with us.

Bigger Trash receptacles and steward hallway patrols are going to be needed. With three or more in a cabin the trash receptacles are not currently big enough in cabins to sustain 23 hours of debris. So folks are going to put full trash receptacles and cups, plates, saucers, etc. in the hallways...