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Hey Princess, not trying to be a jerk, but it's been awhile since Lahaina suffered a massive catastrophe and there is no way you will be, or should be advertising visiting. How about removing it from your ports of visit on the Hawaiian cruises.  If you can afford a Billion dollar ship, you can afford to get your Marketing and IT guys to do some work.  This was in my inbox yesterday.  I like your product, but seriously...fix this.is.  

Received the same offer.  Just booked a 7 Day Sea of Cortez out of San Diego in January.  We "splurged" lol, and upgraded to an Ocean View for an extra 200 and bought the everything package which actually cost more than the cruise.  So week long cruise for 2, drinks, 200 shore excursion credit (spent already) "refund" 200 dollar OBC, dinner at Canaletto's (wife prefers over steak 😞 ), = net cost of approx 1200 for 2 people.   Sweet.  More of this please.

Hi Wife and I are doing a 12 Day Barcelona to Trieste cruise from 12 Sep to 26 Sept.  The ship arrives in Trieste on the 25th but the disembarkation is the 26th.   I am looking to catch a very early train to Munich (the better to see the scenery during the day) and was wondering if a person can disembark at any time in a situation such as this?  Any one with experience in this matter?

Thanks

First time on HAL coming up in 6 weeks and the thing I was looking forward to the most has been removed....well of course it has.  FFS

2 hours ago, wandrr said:

We have qualified as BOTH retired military and also first responders. They gave us just one OBC of $100, which is good, considering we are Canadian. Nothing in the conditions appears to limit this to Americans.

This is the exact info I was looking for!  Canadian Vet also.

On 7/2/2022 at 2:54 PM, Bxianesq said:

We just booked a cruise for 2023 which includes a beverage package as one of the perks.  I am confused by what is included-does it cover only beverages that are under $11, or does it cover beverages that are $11 and under? We've never booked that package before, since we typically order bottles of wine to enjoy with dinner. It looks like we'd have OK choices if the rule is $11 and under, but not as much if the package only covers drinks under $11. 

As previously mentioned 11 dollars and under BUT make sure if you are used to cruising with some other lines such as NCL where if you go over you just pay the difference, on HAL and some others you pay for the entire cost.  So watch out for that.  Also as we just booked an Alaska out of Vancouver in August we also ended up with the full package, drinks, excursion money, tips, internet, on board.  As I am a bourbon and scotch drinker most of my desired drinks are out of the regular pkg but some are included in the super duper or premium package.  My TA says that when I get on board I should be able to upgrade the package for just $5 a day which is the difference in cost, if I go to a drink sales table on the first day.  Not certain if it's true.  Anyone have any experience with that?

3 hours ago, Sam Ting said:

I thought this thread was about NCL financial difficulties.  

When has a thread ever survived the original post.  🙂

Applied in last week of March.  Still nothing

Sad but true words from many sources on this thread.  Cruise ships do their best to contain a whole host of problems from health, sanitation...drunken @$$ hats. But their design is not conducive to this type of viral avoidance.   This virus is gonna be a pain in the derriere to eradicate from the amount of surfaces and with the amount of passengers on ships.  Also as with most viruses they just keep mutating.  It could mutate into something harmless, or something worse.  

I love cruising and in the last few years am doing it much more often as our kids have/will be leaving home and retirement is very close.  However, for the next few years or until evidence has shown that the sardine effect treatment of passengers from the cruise lines stops we will be land vacationing (Hello Maui baby!) Although it is a popular vacation destination it isn't like a cruise ship.   Because as they build ever more densely packed ships in order to keep that low price, the effects of ANY virus will be easier and easier to find away to spread.  And there are fully functional hospitals at most land destination with doctors I'd trust also.

I'm still a fan of cruising, but once this years booked are cancelled by us and them...well, we will need to separate for awhile.

On 3/26/2020 at 11:10 AM, dmdiver said:

I just got an email from ncl about upgrading my cabin. Seriously?

Were they cheaper than normal?   

18 hours ago, tallnthensome said:

NCL is just going to raise prices on future cruises. They’ll force those with cancellation credits to pay WAY more for the same cruise they had booked. You’ll be stuck and NCL will get back all the money they had lost from all this and stab people in the back ....If you don’t use your credit, you’ll lose it.  Profits ....long term ....always the NCL plan. That’s what they will do.....

While I agree eventually they'll have to raise prices to offset the losses from the fire sale prices they're using to put anyone on ships at the moment if you know you want to cruise again in 6 -8 - 10 months, book right away.  Currently latitude pricing for cruises is great.  Example, December 14 Day Sydney Aus, around NZ and return is about 2000 per person Balcony with all perks.  That don't suck!  So book once you get your refund (should you wish to cancel) and get a higher cabin/longer cruise.

16 hours ago, sanger727 said:

 

This exactly. People are already speaking with their wallets by cancelling and failing to book future cruises. This isn't a charitable policy for good will. It's a hail mary to keep people booking and to keep from canceling. They are still holding the cards by only offering FCC that's good for 9 months rather than a cash refund.

Actually it's good for 2 years and 9 months.   "Anyone choosing to cancel will receive a full refund in the form of a future cruise
credit to be used for sailings that embark through December 31, 2022."

So...

The FAQ you can follow from the letter is that ANY cruise, regardless of when you booked,  inside that time window, Mar 10 to end Sept is eligible for a credit if you call after Mar 10th

15 minutes ago, mnsweeps said:

 

Not sure of your reaction.. I am happy I cancelled and would be getting full refund. The 48 hours cancellation is a useless policy.

Aah, I misunderstood, I thought you were upset because you cancelled before the new policy came out.  And it may have been useless for you but for us we're within 2 weeks of going.  We couldn't cancel.  So our bacon is saved, financially.  Not because we want to cancel, but now we can if it gets worse.  

10 hours ago, mnsweeps said:

I cancelled yesterday morning before the new cancellation policy for a full refund.

On 3/5/2020 at 1:20 PM, littlelulu01 said:

Sounds like not everyone with symptoms will get tested here in Washington State per the press conference with the governor.  There’s no treatment and the best thing one can do is self quarantine if sick, practice good infection control, and stay 6 feet away from others in an attempt not to become ill.  
 

As far as canceling our sailing and airfare end of this month- still no point.  There’s no refund so why even bother.  I guess at this point that small sliver of hope is gone.  I went ahead and withdrew bid for upgrade advantage to the dos, removed the dining, beverage package and all pre pays.  Sad situation. I was really looking forward to a fun, relaxing and warm weather vacation in the Haven. 

Check your email...not refund but 100% future credit!

And waiting was worth it.  Still on the fence but leaning towards a resched. That's 6.2K (ok, that's Cdn, but still a ***** locker full of money) for a future cruise. Maybe add that last few thousand next year and party in the haven.  Aaah, Haven.

Going on a cruise out of Tampa in 3.5 weeks.  Not cancelling since I don't want to lose 100 Percent of every thing.  Now if I get there, or before, and THEY cancel, well at least I'll get the cruise money back or a 100 Percent credit (which I'll happily use).  Worst case scenario, I spend a week or two in Tampa/Orlando/Miami.  Win Win

2 hours ago, don't-use-real-name said:

Pardon me but this is Valentines Day not the 1st of April !

This would be earth shattering news - NCL changing it water policy in mid-stream.

 

Mid-stream...nice...on purpose?  LoL

Being a Canuck I also have experienced this situation.  My solution...screw the company website and go onto Expedia or other site.  The prices aren't any different, and usually they have extras that the companies have negotiated with them that are add ons.  Went to a dedicated HA presentation by one of the TA's in the area and the HA Reps said not to use their page and to use the TA's site because of the same reason I already mentioned.

Good Luck

On 1/3/2020 at 4:16 PM, casofilia said:

I thought it about time we started a new thread as we are now in a new year.

 

Happy New Year to all the readers and posters.

Happy New Year.  Hope you had a chance to get to the Cowichan Valley for some Timmies.

...pass the popcorn...

9 hours ago, stefmaia said:

Always order your drink with a floater. My Bahama Mama always gets her floater of Myers, naked without it !!

MMM...my fave.  Will definitely get them to add the floater on the next cruise in March.

On ‎11‎/‎24‎/‎2019 at 4:46 PM, Vict0riann said:

I looked up a cruise I was interested in, and strangely enough, it was priced in US dollars.  My HAL site usually shows me the prices in Canadian dollars.   I will check with my PCC tomorrow.  Price said it was good until December 3.

Hey VictOriann give that cruise ship company agency...you know, on Yates or on Millstream a call.  Just booked an Alaska Veranda with grats for first two pax and drink pkg, and OBC etc.  Not sure if it's on all trips, but the Alaska trips next summer are a deal.  On until end of day Friday the 29th. 

During a cruise last year on the NCL Sun the Officers and Captain held a Q & A for the passengers.   The question of sourcing food around the world came up and the answer given by the Officer in charge of that was that all food is sourced in the USA (not necessarily from the US but sourced there) to ensure consistency and the logistics team at the headquarters ensures that containers of supplies are put on ships to arrive just in time in the countries and ports or call.  Almost everything is either canned, refrigerated, or frozen. 

Take that for what it's worth, but that is what he said.