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I think Bird was referring to longitudinal position and wanting to be close to the forward or aft elevator lobby so they don't need to walk a long hall to get there.

A look at the deck plans, while the size depicted may not be 100% representative does indicate an accessible inside room is larger than a regular. Here are the two on deck 10 -

Her husband must be SO happy to be married to a woman so fragile that one hiccup can cause her to isolate and cry for a week...

If they've done all the required maintenance at the required times is it REALLY NCL's fault? Machines break down, every single day. Is it unfortunate that this one did at this particular time and disrupted some vacations? Absolutely. Such is life... Think about that statement next time your engine spins a bearing or throws a rod even though you've kept up with maintenance on it. Yes, spinning a bearing or throwing a rod is a VERY uncommon occurrence in a properly maintained engine, but consider the amount of time these machines (cruise ships and their propulsion) are operating (and expected to operate) often at nearly maximum power without failure. The MTBF is really astronomical when you think about it...

No, but consider that bookings prior to the removal of the BOGO airfare for your sailing have some accounting to cover the BOGO airfare built in, which could account for some of the price drop. If you take advantage of the BOGO airfare and think of it that way should you REALLY be eligible for the price drop.

If they don't have the issue fixed before then they have some BIG problems. That the ship seems to be sailing at typical speed seems to indicate they have the issue resolved.

At the very least I consider Celebrity, HAL and Princess to be the more up-market lines within their respective umbrella ownership groups (Royal and Carnival), NCL is the mainstream line in NCLH and in some aspects bests the mainstream lines in the other groups.

Your first sentence that I quoted made it seem like you were unhappy with the amount of notice given.

Would you like for them to plan future mechanical failures better? So they're giving you 20% off the fare of a future cruise, around 20% back on your current cruise (maybe 15%?) and $100 to spend on board? Seems generous. When was the last time you accurately anticipated the breakdown of a 20 year-old vehicle that had otherwise been meticulously maintained? These things are machines built and maintained by humans, they could do everything right and yet things can still fail. I watched a CruiseTuber's video earlier - this actually couldn't have happened at a WORSE time. With the Crowdsrike failure Friday that cause all those cancelled flights, some of the people on board apparently may not get flights home until Wed because of all the re-booked airline passengers cascading.

Boarding begins some amount of time (10-60 minutes?) after the last passenger of the previous cruise has scanned their card to walk off the ship. Because of many factors there is no hard-defined time for it but it's probably generally around 11 or shortly after if all goes smoothly.

I believe that is the policy. There are any number of threads discussing this, there haven't been any specific ones recently. Different cruise lines, different ways of handling things. I also believe that NCL's FCC doesn't appear until AFTER the cruise.

Yup, I was referring to the beverage service charge most people pay. Later in the thread I looked up an MSC cruise to compare the price with drinks and WiFi included and that added around $30 pp/pd on a 4 day cruise but apparently the value on-board is lower due to the lower limit on drink cost and the restricted places you can use it.

I really liked the Escape, I would say the Escape and Bliss are a tie for favorite, depends on the itinerary. The Joy is right there as well, all 3 are the same class (Breakaway+) so they're mostly similar but I really think NCL knocked it out of the park with that class of ship. But, as you can see in my signature, those are the only 3 I've been on!

2, in fact. If only NCL had a website where things like this were described so people didn't need to say 'I believe'... https://www.ncl.com/cruise-deals/free-at-sea

NCL makes this information available on their website - https://www.ncl.com/ca/en/cruise-faq/when-can-i-pre-book-dining https://www.ncl.com/ca/en/cruise-faq/when-can-i-pre-book-entertainment