goldmom

You should be able to see all your reservations when you log into your account. If one of them is missing there is a place on the left side of the screen where it says something like "don't see your reservation" fill in the info and hopefully the missing reservation will come up. Been on many NCL cruises and never had to set up a separate account for each cruise. Agree with above poster. Been in Neptune Suites and Haven. Haven is hands down the winner!

My guess is that the Cobb salads are pre-made and to give you bacon on your hamburger they'd have to basically take it off the Cobb salad. My thought would be to ask the Matre D at breakfast if they can save some breakfast bacon for you to have at lunch on your hamburger, or order the Cobb salad and move the bacon! I know you'll have a great cruise even without the bacon! Really enjoying your reports and pictures.

When we were on the Jade the sundeck was definitely above the Courtyard. We were in a Courtyard suite and I don't recall having access to any other sundeck areas in the Haven. You'll have to go exploring and let us know what you discover!

The Haven sundeck is above the Courtyard. I believe what you are seeing on deck 15 forward is the private sundeck for the Garden Villa.

They do allow visitors (guests) for weddings. I think they need to supply their ID information before boarding. And there's probably exceptions to the no visitors rule for special guests with proper clearance. But, it used to be that you could just go on any ship that was docked and look around. I think we even sampled the buffet on some to check out the food!

I believe it happened in 1985.

Unless you have an Owners suite or above there will be a charge for any items in the mini-bar. The Haven area on the Jewel class ships are very small. There is the Courtyard area with a small pool, hot tub, a couple of tables and some loungers. There is a Courtyard Butler who will bring drink orders and serve breakfast and lunch. There is also a small buffet with morning pastries and afternoon snacks. No music in the evening. The Courtyard is pretty much empty in the evenings. We have found it's a great time to use the hot tub, although on some ships we've been on they closed off the hot tub in the evening. On others it was open. There is usually a laundry special at least once I believe it's $29 for a bag of laundry. While they do a pretty good job I wouldn't send anything delicate. You can eat anywhere you choose on the ship for dinner. The Concierge can make reservations for you. You will, of course, be charged for any specialty restaurants.

You can google Achille Lauro to get the full story. Basically, terrorists boarded a cruise ship, I believe, in port and held passengers hostage. They killed a passenger in a wheelchair and dumped him over board. It was a sad and terrible event. There was a movie made about it.

Thinking back, it may also have started after the Acchile Laurel (sp?) incident. I think that was when cruise ships started being more concerned with security , but definitely after 9/11.

Don't know Bill Miller, but he sounds very interesting. I believe they stopped allowing visitors after 9/11. I remember you could go and check out the other ships docked next to yours. it was a fun thing to do and gave a little preview of another ship.

On GSC you may want to look into renting a cabana. It will give you a shaded area to hang out and also work for nap time. And you'd have access to the beach. I'm not an expert on this as we never got the cabana (missed GSC) but I remember researching it and they looked really nice. Enjoy!

I don't know about the Smokehouse for lunch. We were offered the American Diner for the free embarkation day lunch.

Enjoying your report. We were on the Dream for the same itinerary 8/21/07 so looking forward to reliving the trip with you.

We've had some lackluster butlers and some excellent butlers. And I understand that if you're not happy with the butler's service that you can have a chat with the Concierge. The problem there for me is it would make me then feel very uncomfortable around the butler for the rest of the cruise. I guess we could ask for a different butler but that might not be possible. At this point we just don't expect much from the ones who are lackluster and reflect our feeling with their tip. We try to make our requests very specific and if they still don't deliver good service we just let it go and not let it interfere with enjoying our vacation. We really don't ask the butler for much so a bad butler really doesn't affect our trip that much. Although I do admit that a great butler does enhance the experience.

No, only on the newest ships is there a dedicated Haven elevator that goes to other decks. On the Joy, the elevator is inside the Haven complex near the bar area and only goes to the 3 floors within the Haven.

Thank you. That's great!

Wow! Incredible video, very detailed. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much! It would be nice if they showed it on the deck plans. That will certainly make things much easier!

Looking at the deck plans, there doesn't appear to be an elevator in the Haven area. I find this a bit concerning, if true. How does someone who is mobility challenged get to the different levels? On Joy, it was great as there was an elevator. On Breakaway, it was okay as at least the room, restaurant, pool and lounge areas were all on the same level, just couldn't access the sun deck. But on Escape the Haven is spread over several decks so we'd have to choose to either have access to the pool and lounge area or the restaurant. Any advice would be appreciated!

I know in the past some ships offered tours similar to what you're describing. If the ship has a similar shore excursion, I would try to book that. In this situation, I think the peace of mind booking the ship's tour is worth it. Otherwise I probably wouldn't chance it.

You can disembark any time once they start letting passengers off up until they kick you off!

And younger, which is definitely on the parents. We saw parents with 6-8 months old in diapers in both the hot tubs and pool. A true health hazard and no one said anything. I did report it to the Concierge, but the next day they were back at it. I know as a parent I'd be totally grossed out and not want my kids in the pools after that. It's really a shame when a few inconsiderate people ruin things for everyone.

Also, don't forget the bid is times 2. So, if your bid of $700 is accepted you are charged $1400 for the upgrade.

When we were on the Joy recently, there were lunch and dinner specials. No big sign. The server would tell everyone what the specials were. I'm sure they were food from the Main Dining Room, but it was nice to have some variety.

Thanks! Had a little brain blimp. LOL!