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9 hours ago, ggTexasGal said:

 If you look at the Freestyle Daily, you can see that Food Republic is open for lunch (only during that hour and a half)!  However, it is open for dinner from 5:30 to 9:30PM!!!

 

thank you!! 

21 minutes ago, ClevelandCruisin said:

Yes on sea days for lunch

Wow that's terrible.  I'm looking forward to that one more than anything.  Was it hard to get in????

On 10/10/2021 at 10:31 AM, ClevelandCruisin said:

 

 

Today's lunch will be food Republic, which is only open on sea days 12pm-130pm.

it's only open an hour and a half?!?!

Literally just got an email accepting my bid for a Club Balcony Suite!!!!! All of the bids I put in were the very minimum bid that was allowed.  My bid was $150 pp, so $300 total.  My sailing is Sunday, October 17 so my bid was accepted 6 days ahead of time.  

12 hours ago, DAVLIB007 said:

ye got bid accepted from balcony to spa club balcony suite for Nov 7th. only bidder $125

Nice!! that give me hope for my own bid!!!

2 minutes ago, Oakman58 said:

 

Gratuities on the drink and dining packages cannot be removed.  The Daily Service Charge can be adjusted or removed but it is part of the crew compensation and should be left intact.  If you have an issue with a crewman you should bring up the issue to Guest Services.

Thanks! I always remove them and give them cash personally

2 hours ago, beau11 said:

Gratuities are added to the beverage and/or dining packages. Service charges are the daily charge automatically added for staff excluding butler and concierge.

can these be removed?

On 9/11/2021 at 4:58 AM, Twinbooty said:

50 hours to check in and still now word.  The suites I have bid for are still selling so i know they are not full.  Please NCH, do the right thing and take my money. 😇

did you ever get an upgrade?

1 hour ago, AndyCapn said:

The big thing is getting access to the thermal spa, which if bought separately is around $250 for a 7-night cruise (Although it may depend on the ship/itinerary).Your room will be located near the spa, usually on the same floor, so no waiting for elevators. 

 

The downside to bidding on an upgrade is that you don't pick your room, and many spa balconies are one floor underneath the pool deck or the fitness centre. You may find your "upgrade" is much louder than a cheaper cabin. 

gotcha, thanks

So I have the chance to upgrade to the above rooms.  But what do they really offer?  I looked at the staterooms on the NCL website and it doesn't really talk about the spa rooms/suites.  Do you still have to buy some sort of pass to use the spa? Does the suite still come with complementary laundry service?  There's really not much information on what these include.  I can't decide if they are worth the upgrade, from $170 to $225 US minimum bid.  I did bid on the balcony for $125 so hopefully I will at least get that! 

Thank you so much for replying! Good to know they cut it down to the last few days.  I sail 10/17 and haven't heard anything about my bids yet

14 minutes ago, keep on cruisin said:

I am confused.  Your sailing started yesterday but your bid got accepted today?

I came to ask the same thing lol

wow seems like Friday is the day to get upgraded!

20 hours ago, MoCruiseFan said:

The flights through NCL are overpriced.

I beg to differ.  My mom and I got round trip tickets from Pensacola Fl to Orlando FL (with layover in ATL) for $100 each.  Did I mention they are round trip?!?  We couldn't even drive that cheap; about 8 hours away from us. 

1 hour ago, hallux said:

I seem to recall paying for a checked bag on Delta in 2019 with NCL-booked air (as a perk).

 

Was yours a domestic or international flight?  I flew to Mexico City in 2015 and didn't pay for a checked bag even though a baggage fee was pretty standard on domestic flights by then.

International

17 hours ago, DCGuy64 said:

Same here. No way in the world we could’ve gotten the deal on our own that we had with NCL, $199 round trip for two from DC to Miami. Even a nonstop on the way down. Our status with American meant we got free checked bags 🧳 and exit row seats on a 1/2 full flight. Also, I think some people are confused about why NCL doesn’t ticket until 45 days before sailing. They’re using ticket consolidators and buying in bulk, and the best deals aren’t available until then (they’re essentially unsold seats). They’re not trying to pull a fast one, despite what some are suggesting. It worked great for us & we’d do it again. 

We also got free checked bags with Delta! I'm wondering if that's an NCL thing because we don't have any sort of status with them

Got it figured out. Thanks everyone!

2 minutes ago, MeHeartCruising said:

Each of the cruise lines seem to have their own little things they cannot do very well with respect to their online website experience.  I can't seem to get NCL to understand that my friend and I do not live at the same address.  We're not a married couple.  Just friends who cruise together.  I keep getting NCL promotional material with his name sent to my address even though we've put both our addresses on our accounts.  We have an agent change it.  It gets changed back as soon as we take another cruise together.  I've given up on that battle.

 

 

I do too!! I get my mom's mail all the time from NCL lol

1 minute ago, MeHeartCruising said:

 

I believe you can eventually call NCL and have them merge her two numbers into one.  Or call reservations and have them add the right latitudes number to the existing reservation.  Then just be sure to use it for all future cruises.

thanks!

15 minutes ago, MeHeartCruising said:

I cruise with a good friend.  But I do all the cruise booking and pre-cruise work.  I created his online account and entered all his information, including his preferred payment method.  Once the account is created, there is a way to search for the current cruise(s) by entering the reservation number.  

 

I don't recall if I manually entered a Latitudes number for him in the account or if it generated a new one for him that I then somehow had merged with an older one.  That part escapes my memory.  I'm pretty sure I didn't have to set his own account up until he already had a couple NCL cruises under his belt.  I BELIEVE I had his Latitudes number handy from a previous trip and somehow entered it during account creation.

we have two trips booked and she has two different latitudes numbers.  when I tried to create an account for her, it wouldn't take the most recent one that I've already paid for but it would take the number for the one in December that I haven't paid for.  I hate Carnival but their website was a little more user friendly

56 minutes ago, KeithJenner said:

Every passenger will have a latitudes number and can set up an account on NCL.com based on that number.

Found it, thanks!

I'm trying to check in for my mom and this one thing is tripping me up. It keeps telling me if I don't want my mom to use my credit card she has to login and set her own onboard payment options.  Well she doesn't have an account and how could she do anything anyway if the cruise is booked under my name??  so annoying

10 hours ago, tallnthensome said:

I'd never let my air travels be booked and handled by NCL even if it saved me some money. The stress, time lost, and anxiety they'd put me through wouldn't be worth the money I would save on a ticket. No way .....

Our flight times were perfect and we love the thought that someone will be waiting for us at the airport to drive us straight to the cruise port.

14 hours ago, J0Y0US said:

 

Yes and I even asked for it to be cooked to a medium instead of well done. .... medium done cut of pork/beef. (Slightly juicy but tougher since it was well done)

.... You asked for medium pork?????? Are you serious??  You can get worms that way

3 hours ago, Krydstosser said:

I forgot one thing that I think NCL should make different and they should do it  FAST!!

 

Water in bottles is not included in the drink package!!! That is not good enough NCL!!! 

isn't that standard, though?