Morgsmom

Yes. You’d be better on same deck.

The only good thing is that there is a hallway / passthrough right outside your cabin to go across the deck to their cabin

To note, smoking of weed is NOT allowed ANYWHERE on the ship. To many (me! me!) it's gross. You wan't to F* yourself up without messing up the air that other people have to breathe, then go for it. Shove that $..t up your nose, swallow a gummy, whatever, but the minute you put your weed smoke in the air it's now my problem. I'm expected to inhale that air so that you can get an (illegal at sea and violation of MSC rules) buzz on. Gee thanks. In addition, smoking (cigarettes or doobies) in a cabin in a violation of the no open flame rule as well as jacking up the cabin for the next person. I have found it to be a BIG issue in the YC and agree that nothing is being done about it.

Oh, man... we are going on our first NCL cruise (and on the Joy) in a few weeks. Now I'm leery. Actually I have been since I found out that I can't get a bottle of water or espresso with our beverage package... To note, the Veuve issue on NCL is not a supply issue - the menu was re-written to exclude Veuve. It's not like it's listed and they say it's out. As far as Rudolf on the Mera - sorry, but I've cruised with him twice and had exactly the opposite experience. He actually challenged me to a blind tasting once when I refused to drink from a $3 bottle of Mondavi that he produced.

I actually find connecting rooms creepy. I know, I know, it's irrational but 🤷‍♀️

Exclusive YC experiences/excursions are a thing of the past... their ship has sailed 🙂

Likely not possible, unfortunately.

Thank you for the review. I'm not sure that I'd downgrade a cruise line for lack of availability of Chicken Tenders. In addition, if it rains on Ocean Cay OF COURSE people are going to flock back to the ship. That's no one's fault and I'm sure two gangways were open but it's just more people than can be processed in a few minutes.

Ask to see the menus (both YC and MDR) for the NEXT DAY and place your order accordingly. In addition set a time that you will be coming to dinner. So if you see Dish X on the MDR menu (tomorrow's menu) that you want, ask for it and let them know you will be dining at 7:00 for example. That way they can plan for it and hold it for you. If you try to do this MID-SERVICE (same day) expect either a "no" or a rather delayed service --- which will also impact every other table in the YC Dining room as someone will have to leave their station to try to do this. They are feeding 5000 people plus 1500 crew 3 x a day. (4x a day for the cruisers....)

Sorry but MOST of these things are just not true. The butlers have 8-16 cabins. They CERTAINLY will not come to your room to get a coke out of the fridge. Should they stand by and hand you a towel after your shower? Come on now, @sverigecruiser this is just ridiculous.

There are espresso machines (not coffee machines) in the YC. To my knowledge you cannot request in Aurea as the cabin stewards who service the room would not have access to the nespresso pods. However you can have a pot of coffee brought to your room at any time.

@NCteacherlovescruising I remember you saying that you booked onboard. When you did that you MAY have 1 year of flexibility because you booked YC while onboard the YC. Check the terms of your specific booking since I believe it was made while sailing. I *think* there's more flexibility from the literature I've seen/read. Good luck!

I reported. Their response was to ask if I (emphasis added) wanted to move cabins.

No drinks in theater and in pools/hot tubs. Policy has been in effect for a while now.

Have witnessed this VERY OPENLY on MSC as of late. Our balcony "neighbors" in the YC were openly smoking weed on the balcony and in their cabin. The YC Director (and security) did NOTHING. Not even a slap on the wrist. 🤢

@def0715Yes, you CAN change the sail date up to 90 days IN ADVANCE. No, you do not have to be paid in full to do so. Yes, on your new sail date you CAN downgrade to a cheaper cabin category and your $400'ish deposit will be credited.

Sorry, first NCL. On other cruise lines once you register a device the system knows it's IP address and you are "locked" (you can't switch on and off devices). Is this the same for NCL? Both DH and I will likely need to log in and do a wee bit of work during our cruise. The meager total minutes in current packge isn't going to cut it. Do we need to purchase TWO unlimited plans or can we share ONE by toggling back and forth. And, no, this is not comparable to trying to share a drink package - this is WiFi for which (as far as I am concerned) there is no incremental cost of goods to NCL. It's just a money grab.

All ships have morgues. And Jails, for that matter 🙂 The morgue would sail empty at the beginning of the cruise and then, who knows... However, a jail might already have a crew member in it (a guest would have been let off at home port)... Good times.

I second the not bothering to go to Paris from LeHavre - it's way too far. You are pretty much limited to cruise transport which is pricey and limited. The last time we were in LeHavre DH was sick so I just walked around a bit, unfortunately. Not much to do within the city center.

Just to note, I have never seen a Yacht Club Guarantee category, though that would be interesting. As far as the willy-nilly juggling of YC cabins (or any, for that matter) it's just maddening. Now I want to log in to check my booked cruises to see if there are any changes.

Hi Laura, I have used the special needs form for a severe food allergy. While it's never been acknowledged beforehand (other than the courtesy return email) it has been correctly noted on the ship. That's totally different, however from yours all of which require a service. The wheelchair embarkation should be easy enough to arrange even if that slips through the cracks. The pack and play seems iffy, based on how many babies onboard. I should *think* that that number would be low in September, but then what's your plan B other than to cart on your own?

The ships are sailing at capacity

No. You must move your cruise FORWARD up to 90 days so it is not applicable toward the same cruise. In addition, the fare you will be quoted on the new cruise will be WHAT THAT FARE was on the day you booked your original cruise. So for example, you book the Seashore today (July 22nd) for Jan 1st in YC and your fare is $5000. Then in December you see that the Seashore for Jan 8th in YC is now $4000 (because of a sale or capacity or something) and you call to change your booking, you will not get the $4000 fare. Rather it will be the price that that cabin was on JULY 22nd, the day you booked your initial sailing.

Things have really changed is all that I can say. We were on the Grandiosa in Feb of this year in the Med and the ship was FULL to capacity.

Wonderful! I had this same issue/question when trying to add for only one person on the app. Will log in and do so