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Just a quick post of support - hoping your experience goes well/went well

Deise, just dressed up last night and no problems. Had a lot of fun at the Night Out Dance Party. I am too cheap to pay for I so I am catching up from getting cell service while in Port Canaveral.

Thanks!

I've not had any difficulties on board QM2 - even attending a 'senior officers party' in the Queens Room before dinner. No problems with other onboard interactions and purchases. This included a portrait session with the 'Ships Photographer' concession - and they took the time to clean up the beard shadow flash pictures always seem to bring out.

 

Embarcation / disembarcation and shore excursions are all in 'guy mode', as are visits to the Ship's spa and pools.

 

I did have a minor problem on my first cruise. My wife left her ship's card in the room and mine was demagnetized by the clasp on my evening bag. The folks at the purser's desk had no difficulty re-encoding the card. [even with heavy makeup I still look like my picture]. The lesson here is to avoid evening bags with magnetic catches.

This is good to know. It's nice to hear from someone who has had experiences that I will encounter.

Although I hardly look like myself when I am en femme, if someone were to compare and look hard, I'm sure they could tell. I did plan on being in male mode while and barking and disembarking. It sounds like you already knew this, but I was basically planning on being dressed up while only on the boat. This includes going to events (I have a couple of ravishing white dresses I have to choose from for the white-hot party), to dining, etc.

Thanks again for sharing your experiences and advice.

That was my guess, but I wasn't sure. Thanks!!

...if you book through them? I normally do *not* book through the cruise line because of costs (while still ensuring booking through an excursion that promises me without question to get me back in time). However, my next cruise has a port in Port Canaveral, and that's like a 40 minute drive to Orlando. It actually makes more sense to spend the extra to book through NCL for some of the cheaper excursions if they haul you to the excursion in Orlando and then back.

Can someone chime in on this?

Good idea to talk to the accessibility desk. Thanks!

Hey everyone, as you all know, gender orientation doesn't necessarily have anything at all to do with sexual preference. However, I thought this forum would be the CLOSEST one for me to post in, so please bear with me.

Whether you're straight, gay, whatever, reading this, I wanted to know if anyone had any experience either crossdressing themselves, or with a travel mate, or someone perhaps they even got to know relatively well while cruising. I'll be aboard an NCL ship, not that it really matters.

I was just curious as to how things might get sticky when cruise employees scan your ID card, what kind of reactions/acceptance among other cruisers, etc.

I go ALL out and am actually pretty passable, despite being almost 6'2" (I can't wear very high heels without absolutely TOWERING over almost everyone, though *Sad Face*). Still, those more perceptive/cynical could read me, and again, the whole cruise ID thing.

Anyone shed any info/experiences/advice for me, please?

I'm not going to chance it. However, it appears other options would be JFK or EWR, albeit maybe allow an extra 30 mins? Anyone ever fly into those to get to the Manhattan cruise terminal?

Wow, I'm impressed with all the input given the short amount of time! :hearteyes:That's awesome!

I haven't booked the flight yet, but it by far is the best option for me. Based on what most of everyone has said it appears I likely will NOT be choosing this flight.

However, I will call today the casino reservations line for NCL (I got this cruise comped through CET), and then post the results back

I was wondering why it was so confusing and ambiguous between the embarkation times vs departure times. Now we know why thanks to Invaccaro.

I have found similar threads, but not the exact same question I'm asking (not saying it's not already posted, I just can't find it if it is).

I just booked my cruise aboard the Gem with a 3:00PM departure time. For a number of reasons (cost, direct flight, I don't have to travel to a larger city), my choice flight would be scheduled to arrive at 12:33pm at LGA. Allowing to get bagged and 30 mins to get to to the cruise terminal, I should arrive about 1:30pm. Is this too late? I'd already be online checked in for what it's worth.