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I hope you are right.

I read it, and I had the same thought as cheng that they quoted Carnival as to what the Coast Guard has said as opposed to checking it out with the Coast Guard. The article also seemed to imply that there was a lot of cost cutting by NCL without mentioning at all that cost cutting was industry wide. And of course the passenger surveys said they liked it as it was so much easier for the passengers and they were in general not considering whether it would be less safe if there was a real emergency.

What is the range of temperatures we should expect?

Hope that @Ferry_Watcher who posts on these boards and examines IDs at the port of Seattle sees this thread and can give you a real answer as opposed to someone's opinion.

Prima in August. Will it be ready?

That is an interesting take on the situation. Is there any proof of the positive feedback from the Coast Guard other than their claim?

Thanks for all the pictures. As for touring art museums, my DW retired this past year after a long career as an elementary school art teacher. It takes her a lot longer to tour a museum than it takes me as she tends to linger a long time over most works. I eventually take a seat and wait for her. 😉 We were in Oslo on a cruise in 2007 for our 30th anniversary and the Munch Museum, which was not on any ship's tour, was the first place she wanted to see and the first we visited.

You replied to me, but @chengkp75 has already explained this. In a real emergency, I think we can all agree that we passengers are going to be dependent on the crew. They are the ones whose training is important. And the best training is to have it as close to a real life emergency as possible. The new e-muster does not provide that.

Or perhaps they have learned from experience.

We did one pre-Covid with Princess, Dover to Heathrow with a walking tour of Dover and a stop in Canterbury. I honestly cannot remember how long before the flight, but our flight time was just after the cutoff time and our terminal was one of the last if not the last stop. And we easily made our flight. I do highly recommend this type of tour as when we were leaving it felt like still our vacation not our trip to the airport. It probably helped that we knew 4 others on the bus from our roll call. We actually had another booked but cancelled in the Covid shutdown. It would have gone from Southampton also to Heathrow. This one had a stop in Stonehenge. DW actually said she was looking forward to that excursion even more than the Norwegian fjords cruise it followed.

It was easy for me, I called our TA. As for the soda package, would they ask for proof if you said you had a medical condition, for instance you were takin a prescription drug for which alcohol would cause a bad reaction?

What great training for a real emergency situation. 🤦‍♂️ Everyone just saunter in 20-25 at a time. Do you really think that would work in a real muster situation?

Funny, our first NCL cruise was from NY City to Bermuda on the former Norwegian Crown in 2006, and there was someone complaining constantly on these boards that he did not pay a premium price to eat macaroni and cheese!

There is talk on the NCL boards of Norwegian going back to the old muster drill. Here is the link: Muster drills to return to pre-Covid style - Norwegian Cruise Line - Cruise Critic Community

Are you sure that applies to in transit travel such as a cruise as opposed to entering Columbia in a different way?

And also cruises out of NYC tend to be expensive because the cruise lines know their is a large market of potential customers who do not have to pay airfare.

You have a best case scenario of an Alaska cruise and the passengers living in the USA. What if it was a European or Australian cruise? Or for an Alaskan cruise, what if the passengers were from Europe or Australia? That second one may be more in your area of expertise working out of Seattle for Alaskan cruises.

I agree with you. I had previously posted that we had cruised on 5 different cruise lines, and NCL had the best entertainment. Does not seem to make sense to me to cut back on what you do better than everyone else.

There is a major difference between having no passport and having a passport with less than `6 months remaining.

They will deny that (although it is usually true). They will claim it is a matter of principle.

And that is sad!

The best lesson I see from all of this discussion is have a passport. It is the one document where you need nothing else (unless it is a visa for some countries and you would still need that with any other proof of citizenship. So, if their luggage boards the ship without them, it sails outside their assigned cabin the entire cruise and then they can come pick it up eventually at whatever the final port is? Though wouldn't they have a problem getting into that area to pick the luggage up? And how would they know what luggage tag was applied so even if they could get there, how would they know where to look?

Wise decision immediately trying to get a supervisor involved. It also frees you up to deal with the other passengers in line.

I was asking the question about indoor or outdoor muster stations after postings that said that they will be returning to the old muster procedures. I guess the answer is indoors in a theater. I think having both having to view the video (possibly over and over) and having to do the old muster is a bit of an overkill.

Those must be frustrating arguments for both sides. How long does it usually take before the passenger realizes he or she is not going to win the argument and you are actually trying to help them by letting them know what they can do to be able to board the ship? How often are you yelled at and told I want to speak to your supervisor?