mrsderitis

Just booked on the Scarlet Lady for this July, after having to postpone last year's trip. I've since been diagnosed with Celiac Disease and need to eat a strict gluten free diet (it's a bummer). How is the selection of GF foods and safety/attention from the staff? I've seen a few blog posts, but most seem a little old or from Virgin's launch. Anyone cruise recently with this dietary restriction? Thanks in advance!

Thank you 🙂 We sail on 7/31! Just booked our cruise on Breakaway this morning. 😎

You're absolutely right with the 90/10 breakdown.Thank you for clarifying. I'm hopeful that if NCL drops to 90% they keep their testing; to remove both is too much for me! Hah!

Hi all, Curious if anyone has any recent suggestions for what to do with baggage after a cruise / before a late departure. Long story short, we had to change our return flight and now it doesn't leave until 8:30pm when our NCL ship docks early. Last time I cruise out of New Orleans there was a great service that took your bags at the port and transferred them to the airport, and we picked them up later that day. Doesn't seem like there's anything like that for MIA, but curious what others do. Thanks in advance!

I spoke to a rep today from NCL and they confirmed that US based cruises will continue to require testing and vaccination. Looks like something changes perhaps on 8/1 but the rep said that is NOT for US based departures.

We were scheduled on Virgin for 7/31...we canceled that trip and booked with NCL because they are continuing with vaccination and testing requirements. We were excited to try Virgin, but they're throwing away the peace of mind/risk mitigation protocols so we we weren't comfortable. No testing AND no vaccination requirement in these times with surges? Yikes. To get rid of both is wild to me.