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I believe there's a single ship-wide kids menu that is complimentary everywhere, otherwise they just order off the adult menu in the specialty venues. The rest is as noted above, and in the many, many other threads on the topic.

I believe the discount for "turning in" the unused free-at-sea minutes to upgrade to unlimited is only available on days 1 and 2. After that there is no credit. The key, though, is that you can't have activated the free minutes.

See my previous reply in this thread..

I say this on every thread on this topic (yes, there have been many others, a couple in the last month) - Assuming you ALSO have the free-at-sea dining perk, book the cover-charge venues FIRST as the system will assume you're going to use the perk meals and THEN book the a-la-carte venues since there is no charge to book those. This way NOTHING is charged until you get on board and you can choose which meal type to use for each venue as you're not "locked in" to using one credit or the other based on the booking except for the restrictions on the Platinum voucher.

I got you!

I was going to help by linking it but I can't find it, and I even participated in it!

if you don't have a pocket for the card you will need a lanyard, yes. @NayRN has the rest covered.

I guess I'm in that category of "devil" anymore. You DID happen to note their screen name, right?

Unless you have a large group there's really no need to make a reservation for the Manhattan Room.

Nope. They have at-home test kits that can be self-administered and monitored by a proctor using a computer, smart phone or tablet (as long as the device has a camera). The proctor confirms the results and you get an email with the result within minutes of completion (addressing your other concern of when you get the result). Oh, it doesn't HAVE to be taken at home, it can be done anywhere with an internet connection. Those at-home tests are also CHEAPER than going someplace for a test - the free government kits can be proctored for a fee of $20 each (I think) or the Binax kits can be purchased for $70 for a pack of 2 with the proctor fee included.

I didn't see it posted here, found it on the Royal board as new information posted last night and figured I'd share here. https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/cruise/covid-19-cruise-ship-guidance.html Skimming it, this seems largely similar to the previous requirements/program.

Answered right in the T&C's of the promo - https://www.ncl.com/about/terms-and-conditions/promotions Date deviations can be added up to 75 days prior to embarkation; once flight is ticketed, date deviations can no longer be requested.

Hence the second part of my post, which you failed to quote...

I'd prefer Delta over American. My parents had a horrible experience with AA earlier this year, and I know of someone else that had a horrible experience with AA last week. The situation last week was resolved by booking Delta flights. I'm not sure any particular airline is safe from horrible experiences right now, though the low-cost carriers seem to be less in the news.

Why not? Were you booking 15 minutes before the promo was scheduled to 'expire'? The agent should have been able to temporarily hold your reservation (a travel agent can, and this may be a benefit of booking through one in addition them being knowledgable about the pitfalls of these deals) so you could go do some research to determine if it was something you wanted. For all the people saying this you'd think their ships would be empty. This is most often said after being frustrated with something they (the customer) didn't understand all the details about. The promo T&C's don't list a maximum time for connections, but it does have a policy regarding maximum connections. They also don't list any kind of guarantee for when the flights will be.

I have a feeling everyone will have access to the space, the food may not be included though. There's probably some more speculation about everything in the thread about that ship. EVERYTHING at this point is really speculation, I would think more solid info should be out soon and it for sure would be once the ship actually sails a revenue cruise.

well, the Prima is about 8-12 months ahead of the Viva and has only been delayed a couple weeks. If Viva is due to debut between May and July I would say a cruise in October to December would be relatively safe. Of course, things could change between now and then and something could end up significantly delayed and cause a shift in the schedule.

Yup, this is the response I got from AA when I had an 11 PM flight out of LAX. AA stood firm on keeping the flight as it was, and since there's a fee for making the change I'm sure NCL will just tell you it can't be done. AA allowed me to check the bag and I continued on with the planned rental car, saw some sights around the LA area and got back to the airport for dinner and the wait for the flight to board. This is the risk of allowing NCL to book the flights for you - you lose control over some of the controllable aspects of the flight (you can still pay to upgrade your seat and you can still pick your seat if the airline allows). These risks have been discussed on this forum at length. This is where being an informed consumer comes in - doing a little research in advance should have revealed these concerns. When I used the discounted flight offer from NCL in 2019 I knew exactly what I was in for, though I did still try to make the change to an earlier flight on the off-chance it was remotely possible.

and as their most recent reply indicates, they have...

The track has nothing to do with that. Bliss and Joy both still have Spice while also having the track. Encore removed Spice in favor of placing the laser tag there so the space occupied by laser tag on Bliss could be used for Vibe...

Installation of those would require shipyard access with a crane. It may be PREP for it, if they need to be installed. BA and GA got them during COVID, they're exhaust scrubbers, not oil scrubbers, and I thought someone said the Epic might already have them.

Unless the issue had not yet cropped up or the parts or people needed to complete the service were not available.

@ziggyuk has some pictures of Prima to share, you can go see them in the Viva thread unless they decide to post them here...

If only NCL wanted you to know. Directly from the Sail Safe FAQ... https://www.ncl.com/refund-and-cancellation-policy-covid-19