Maniacal Cruiser

Now if they did a swim with the mermaids I might be up for that. Topless mermaids $100 extra, tight?

I've never had that issue. How are you going about printing?

This pretty much is swimming in a big bath tub or toilet bowl with farm animals.

The only con about being on the Sun is that at the end of the cruise they make you get off of the ship!

An even better resource than people on CC guessing or postulating at the details are these two pages on the NCL site. :)

https://www.ncl.com/content/upgrade-advantage-faq

https://www.ncl.com/content/upgrade-advantage-terms

We have a cruise booked starting at Buenos Aries in 2020. How many of you have had the cruise line book your air and how did it work out?

 

Thanks Steve

I am absolutely 100% sure that someone has.

Harrah's is VERY close to the port and is also within walking distance of some great food! If anyone in your group is a gambler at any harrah's property you might get a discount or even a comp room.

we will be on Getaway in 2 weeks and I’m wondering if my girls will have time together in Splash Academy/Entourage. I’ve read that Freestyle Freeplay is when siblings in different age groups can play together. Does this only apply within Splash Academy (3-12)? One is 11 and the other JUST turned 13 (3 weeks before sail away). Would they allow my 13 year old to go with my 11 year old? She’s only 3 weeks too old. I’m assuming the 11 year old can’t enter Entourage.

 

Any insight, tips, and/or experiences you can share are greatly appreciated.

 

 

Thank you!!!

They do NOT allow children to be in a group other than the one that their age dictates.

i booked my cruise today for next year going on the escape on apr7th-14th can't wait i have a solo cabin booked room #12511!! Going to florida ant the bahamas:d:d:d

have fun!

I've searched and couldn't find the answer, so hopefully someone here knows.

 

I'm organizing a slot pull for a TA sailing. We've got 100 folks signed up, with 50 days to go, and we get a few more additions every week.

 

In the past , everyone would kick in $20, and we'd hit a $5 max bet machine, with everyone getting 4 pulls. With over 100 people, this would be an all day event. I'd rather find us a $20 machine, and give everyone one pull.

 

On to my question - does NCL (and specifically the Epic) have any $20 slot machines?

 

Thanks in advance...

I've never heard of a $20 machine, they may exist but in my 20+ years of casino gambling I have never seen one. Besides a slot pull with just one pull per person would kind of suck. Not counting the ¢ variations, I have seen $1, $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 slots. Just break the pull into groups of 20 or so you will be fine.

On what ship? I don't ever recall trays on my sailings.

I don't recall NOT seeing trays!

I am furious from trying to interact with NCL's poorly written website.

 

We are trying to book reservations for excursions, dining, entertainment, etc..

 

The NCL Website is extremely frustrating to use. If you place anything in your "Cart" it times out after 5 minutes. When that timeout occurs, a pop-up message appears and no matter how you interact with that message, the page on which you were currently working re-sets and all of your work (payment info, current informational page, etc.) gets cleared, leaving you with no choice but to start all over again. It is extremely annoying to be discussing plans and options with a cruise companion while constantly under the gun of this arbitrary time wasting 5 minute clock.

 

I understand the need to keep the cart fresh and not tie up reservations. A message that prompts the user to refresh their cart is necessary, but it should NOT refresh or change the user's current page.

 

If this is merely a poorly written page, it should be an easy fix.

 

 

However, if my experience with this "Feature" of the page is out of the ordinary, I am willing to help them troubleshoot.

 

Tim

It is properly coded. Anyone who codes would agree that they are doing this correctly. If a cart is abandoned, ALL data should be purged. It is a security issue and by convention is the correct way to process an abandoned page.

I am furious from trying to interact with NCL's poorly written website.

 

We are trying to book reservations for excursions, dining, entertainment, etc..

 

The NCL Website is extremely frustrating to use. If you place anything in your "Cart" it times out after 5 minutes. When that timeout occurs, a pop-up message appears and no matter how you interact with that message, the page on which you were currently working re-sets and all of your work (payment info, current informational page, etc.) gets cleared, leaving you with no choice but to start all over again. It is extremely annoying to be discussing plans and options with a cruise companion while constantly under the gun of this arbitrary time wasting 5 minute clock.

 

I understand the need to keep the cart fresh and not tie up reservations. A message that prompts the user to refresh their cart is necessary, but it should NOT refresh or change the user's current page.

 

If this is merely a poorly written page, it should be an easy fix.

 

 

However, if my experience with this "Feature" of the page is out of the ordinary, I am willing to help them troubleshoot.

 

Tim

Don't put it in your cart until you are ready to by. Problem solved. Discuss the options before putting it in your cart. No issue! There is your easy fix.

This thread is a year and a half old.

It is now 2½ years old!

I'm pretty sure that a 3rd party manages the upgrade program so NCL may not even see your email.....

You are correct it is an outside group. Their entire business model is handling upgrades of various types for other businesses.

Offers to bid on an upgrade are entirely random. Some people receive them and some don't. If you've booked with a travel agent, check to see if they have opted out of the program or not. Some of them have, in which case you won't have a chance of receiving a bid offer.

 

Bid offers are sent by email and also show up in your messages on myncl.com. They are sent after final payment is due and they know what availability they have. They will give you usually 3 or so options to upgrade to specific categories of rooms, and they will tell you what the minimum bid is. Be aware: the minimum bid they show is per person, not per cabin. Once you place a bid, you can adjust it up or down or withdraw it completely. But once your bid is accepted, you MUST take it - you cannot stay in your currently booked room or decline it.

 

When you bid you will be able to see if your bid is in the low probability range, mid range, or high probability range of being accepted. However, there have been multiple reports on here of people placing low bids and winning them.

 

Bid results can start coming in as soon as the bidding process opens, or as late as 48 hours before travel.

 

I'm a little unclear on the "perks" issue, but my understanding from what I've read on here is that if you booked your room with some of their "free perks" options, those do not transfer with you to your new cabin won by your bid. Someone else can probably address that better.

Actually they are not random at all. There is a system to the process and it has nothing to do with randomness. The upgrade bidding does NOT have any impact on the FAS or other offers you have. You do not get any new ones with an upgrade and you do not liose any that you already have. All that changes is your cabin.

Pool on a moving cruise ship would not be very good I would not think!

What difference does it make what anyone else's opinion is? If you and you cabin mate think it is worth it go for it, otherwise stay where you are!

It's just ONE cruise anyway, double occupancy? Which probably means you probably will buy a second, and pay gratuities on both. I highly doubt NCL is loosing money on the deal.

I don't think NCLs money is any more LOOSE than anyone else's

We will be sailing Thanksgiving 2019 as a family including an11-year-old, an 8-year-old, and a 6-year-old. Does anyone have any advice on dining? Do the specialty restaurants andMDR have options for kids or do they get adult plates. Any constructive input is greatlyappreciated.

When you get hungry, eat!

Almost 100% no.

We have used ShoreExcursioneer many times and VERY pleased with them. Don't really need and excursion at HC or CM. HC has a REALLY nice pool and lots of free recliners/umbrellas n the beach. CM has a nice pool with a swim up bar.

Why do you call people's opinions whining and crying? Is this not a board to voice them?

 

By the way, cost might be not even higher because there won't be people removing them.

Assuming that NCL uses the DSC as they say they do (which is most likely a valid assumption), then people removing the DSC would have zero impact on cruise cost.

Never mind

I booked Sail Away balcony for November and was assigned 8th floor family balcony. But it is over the theatre rather than over the disco, so I'm good...as long as the people on the other side of the connecting door are into loud parties every night. It isn't by the elevators, nor by a service room.

You might later be offered an upgrade bid, but no guarantee there either.

We prefer close to the elevators.