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If you do not take Cabin / Spa package, how much are visits to the spa? Are they usually overbooked?

Not to get off the subject - but firstly here in Europe you can do the ESTA application on line and download immediately. No embassies involved.

Secondly - and by way of perhaps diverting the question - if I am travelling on a I-155 entry visa to the USA, do I still need the ESTA visa?

That was my impression - that perhaps on the other side of the Atlantic they might be a wee bit more stringent, especially with customs and immigration concerns these days. Will take everyone's advice and eventually come back with more concrete answers of my own. Many thanks to everybody.

Many thanks to all for your help. Only bit that still kind of lingers on my mind is how to get a few hefty pieces of luggage of the ship and onto land - me and the wife being of some advanced age (!) we can still handle normal off-the-plane disembarkation. This will be a first... walking the plank!

We would be traveling from UK to NY but would like to disembark in Halifax - Canada. Coming from a European country (and a US Citizen) which require no visa to visit Canada, would anyone foresee problems disembarking one stop early? (NCL)

It is not unheard of however, it can present an issue for the authorities. My suggestion is to contact NCL, in your case, and ask them. There is paperwork and fees involved for leaving early on a closed loop cruise.

It is a cruise from Southampton to New York - via Halifax. So I guess that would not be a closed loop... Still, thanks for the input. I don't mind the extra fee, much less paper work. I just need to make sure there are no extra visa requirement, etc.

I intend to take a cruise to North America, but would prefer to disembark at the first portof call - i.e., Halifax Canada. I do have all the necessary visa entry requirements. Would this present a problem to NCL?