Something fun!

They do all of those things.  The only thing that fit our schedule was the Lat party.  We arrived less than 15 minutes late and it was already over.  I actually love the back to back idea bc there were many things I wanted to do both on and off the ship that there just wasn't enough time for.

On 1/23/2024 at 9:37 PM, Go2SeaTheWorld said:

On the NCL website, there are no cruises listed in '25 prior to June. Upon a google search for Hawaii cruises, cruise.com has 2 listed. Has anyone used that service to book for NCL cruise? As a Latitudes member do you still get the points credited/perks if not booked through NCL?  Hubs is wanting to celebrate a landmark Jan. birthday next year with the Hawaii cruise & didn't really want to wait till June or July. Thanks for any info you can share.

Yes, you will receive all NCL perks and more.

On 2/20/2023 at 12:11 PM, BirdTravels said:

 

That is incorrect. The Dining Package has been dumbed down to be 1 app, 1 salad, 1 entrée, 1 dessert similar to the latitudes coupon.... making them essentially the same. One of your latitudes vouchers gives you a bottle of wine off the freebie list. 

 

https://www.ncl.com/specialty-dining-package/faq

All Specialty Restaurant menu items are included except Seafood Platter in Raw Bar. An SDP meal in a la carte restaurants includes 1 appetizer, 1 soup or salad, 1 main course and 1 dessert (does not apply to cover charge restaurants or Food Republic, Pincho Tapas Bar and Sushi, where a meal includes any 4 menu items). SDP does not include beverages and additional and/or premium menu items will incur charges.

What if you booked prior to the change in Terms?

Book fixed price restaurants first: Does this mean online or in person or first as in earlier in the cruise? For instance, I have the 2 platinum dinners and one FAS dinner.  Wouldn't they only charge me if I made more than 3 reservations? Or the system would only account for the FAS?

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Go with the cheaper cruise and go to Japan also! 🥂

I have done back to back excursions in a few ports.  In one, Barbados specifically, I did a snorkel/beach excursion followed up by a cave excursion. I believe there was only 15-30 minutes in between. It turned out that both were run by the same vendor, and the NCL shorex staff communicated directly with the vendor on what I was doing both prior and via walkie-talkie that day.

I have had no problems with same day excursions with an hour in between.  That is a safe time gap for me, also with the understanding that in rare circumstances a situation could arise where I would not make it in time for my next booking.

Communicating with the shorex staff is key.  In a different situation, they advised fairly about a chance that I may not make it back in time from a tour in the BVIs to then make a catamaran excursion. I believe it was only 15 minutes in between.  Basically, choose my priority or risk paying for both and not making it for the afternoon excursion. I ended up just booking the first excursion, which was my priority, and took my chances on getting on the 2nd tour last minute.  It turned out that I made it back to the pier with extra time to get on the 2nd excursion, but it was a popular snorkel trip and was sold out at that point.

In your specific case, I would only book the snorkel excursion at this point.  Then talk to the shorex staff on the ship and see if there is any realistic way to do both.  In frequent instances, tour times are changed or canceled.

I'm Platinum and a shore excursion junkie fwiw.

I had FREESRVC: Free Prepaid Service Charges

I bought Posh passes at Guest Services on the Epic immediately after boarding.  I don't think they were even selling any online at the time.

Are sides included with the Latitudes perk dinner at Cagney's?  If so, one, two, or more??

I tried researching, but see mixed answers from years ago.

I'm trying to decide which restaurant to use my reward dinner and which to use my dining perk dinner (Cagney's vs Le Bistro).

Thanks!

I just discovered this in my account.  I'm Platinum.

1 hour ago, BirdTravels said:

First, I assume from the question that you are sailing in the next month, because NCL is discontinuing testing after that. 
 

whether you get in early or not is totally dependent upon the shore agent personnel working that day. Just show up and see what happens. 

Yes, I sail tomorrow.  Thank you for the info. 🤞

How strict are the arrival times in NY?  Everything I have read says that if you arrive early, you will be asked to leave until your time.  But also, if you miss your covid test time, you will have to pay for it?  I booked last minute and have a 1pm boarding time.  Leaving from a hotel not far from the pier.  What happens if I show up early?  I'm not sure when I really need to be there.

Thanks

On 3/17/2020 at 3:43 PM, jtwilshire said:

I got tested for strep and flu when I got back late December.. both were negative.  I have not contacted my PCP since as I no longer have symptoms.  I'm curious if other cruisers experienced anything similar during same time frame.

There is a high probability that you had RSV.  Although it is more common especially in very young children and sometimes the elderly, many people in the middle age range had RSV this past "Flu season".

Background: I am a medical laboratory scientist.

I only had 4 nights of specialty dining as a perk the last two years on 14 day cruises...not 5. 🤔

So I called the NCL booking department and actually ended up speaking with the woman who does all of the recordings you listen to over and over. Awesome woman...super nice and helpful.  She clarified to me that there is not a limit on the shorex credit amount you can receive.  The change is literally just going to $50 per excursion for the first person on the reservation.

So I was doing a mock booking and discovered that the current shore excursion promotional terms and conditions have changed.  In the past it has been $50/port/cabin.   I'm not sure when it changed, but the deal with new bookings today is $50 per excursion for the first person in the booking.  And you can get $50 each excursion if you take more than one in the same port.

Here is the confusing point: In the ad on the main ncl home page is says this promo is worth up to $200.  However, in the terms and conditions, nowhere does it state that there is a $200 total credit limit.  This is an important point because there could be a significant difference in money saved depending on the length of the cruise and number of shore excursions booked.

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge regarding this?

What shore excursion are you wanting?

Ok there must have been a weird delay because I checked again this morning and I can only see what I have booked.  

Thanks for the feedback though!

In the past, when I have reserved shore excursions prior to my cruises, I can then only see activities that do not overlap at the same time.  Now, I just reserved some shore excursions for my booked cruises and they show up in my summary, yet I can still see every excursion offered including the conflicting ones.  Has NCL changed the website formulation?

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Wow I  can't believe you are trying to do the work for him at the last minute.  All of the perks depend on what you book.  A 7 night cruise could come with zero to 5 perks depending on the cabin choice.    It won't matter at this point. 😳

On 8/16/2019 at 9:22 PM, crazyboutdisney said:

Really? I looked and couldn’t find any. What ship are you on?

NCL Gem

My Carribean cruise at the end of this October is still scheduled for both ports.

My fast track for the main dining room is to put in our apps, entree, and dessert order at the beginning and let the server know which show time you are planning to attend.  Never fails. Done in an hr and 15 min tops.

They won't bring all the food at once.  It will still be staggered like an appropriate meal.  There just won't be a long lag time between courses. 😉

Sometimes O'Sheehans takes a long time for lunch or dinner and late nite because there is a cosmic plan that everyone seems to go there at the exact same time.