Birdie And Sue

In my experiences if you sit at a piano bar you are going to hear the same old lame songs being played every night (Piano Man for example, one of the worst songs ever written) and there is no need to pay a thing.  Just sit back and listen.

Any time you book through a TA you have to use that TA to contact NCL for you AFAIK.

2 hours ago, SeaShark said:

We will no longer have to hear complaints that the UBP doesn't include bottled water...

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2019/09/25/norwegian-cruise-line-no-more-single-use-plastic-bottles-2020/2438295001/

So they won't complain about bottled water now that the bottled water is going to be in a cardboard container instead of a plastic one?

If you really want to get them ask them if they do their giclee (ZHe kla) in house or if they out source it.  When they hear you use that term they will most likely ask you to quiet down adn escort you out of the 'gallery'.

Giclee - (noun) - a technology for fine art or photograph reproduction using a high-quality inkjet printer to make individual copies.

Log into MyNCL and look at your cruise summary then print your booked items.

Never mind

4 hours ago, mrsturkelton said:

I apologize if this has been brought up before but I searched the forum and couldn't find it!

 

I see in our Latitudes rewards and it says "Free art for attending Art Auction".  Has anyone done this and if so, what kind of 'free art' do you receive?  I've seen some folks say the auction can last for hours and things are really high priced.  I don't want to waste time watching other people spend money on things I couldn't afford just to get a small post card of 'art'.  I know affordability is different from person to person, but I'd like to hear some people's experiences and maybe some photos of the items they've purchased and what their 'free art' might be.  I am travelling with a group and I'm sure some would enjoy this experience but others would be bored out of their melons!

Park West uses the term "Art" very liberally, as do they "original", "limited", and " one of a kind"/"unique".  Most of what they sell is posters or copies of 'art' printed on high end ink jet printers and they run them off by the thousands.    Before you spend a penny on anything there please do yourself a favor and google park west.

1 hour ago, hilomelko said:

If you want to book a new cruise on ncl there is no wait time on the phone, but if you have any other issues to ask a question about or get info customer relations/support is obscene wait times on hold?are there that many people calling complaining?or do they have 1 agent in that department because once they got your vacation money they could care less?

All depends on what number you use to call in.  I get answers within minutes.  It si actually good that they COULD care less.  It would be a shame if they COULDN'T care less. 😛

4 hours ago, Gracelyn said:

We are looking for clarity on the aft of this deck. On the NCL  site, below deck 8114 appears to be the promenade and the duty free shop? BUT in there newest paper brochure it looks like the Bliss Nightclub. 

Any idea what is actually below the OA category like 8114?  Thanks 

Gracelyn

Deck 8114? Wow that is one BIG ship!  LOL.  You can see the deck plans to see what is above and below any cabin on any deck of any NCL ship at https://www.ncl.com/cruise-ship

https://www.ncl.com/certificate

Is theer a page somewhere on the ncl web site that lists the point redemption options?

Wow there are entitled selfish people on the Breakaway this week.  Glad I am not sailing with them and their attitudes!

23 minutes ago, gmbhardy said:

 

Oh yes they do. My TA told me that NCL is the only cruise line that treats upgrades as a total rebook. You get the perks of the upgraded room, not what you had for your original booking. I just upgraded from a balcony to a H5 and lost $200 of OBC. 

You got scrod.

Perks are based on what was available and what you booked on your original booking.  Upgrades do not impact them at all.

There is no sales tax AFAIK.  There is the 20% auto gratuity.  Also AFAIK it is the same price whether you buy day one or day two unless somet8ing has changed.

1 hour ago, jcu1210 said:

We are new to NCL. We are going on a 11 night Mediterranean cruise in 60 days.  When I reviewed are booking it showed an additional $200 in package fees per person, is this for tips for speciality dining and drink package? Additionally when looking through the app it offered the option for prepaid service charges for $319, what exactly is that? Is it better to do the pre paid option or go the daily route? I know on Carnival I was able to just tip myself. Thank you for any help

Yes the $200 is the added in gratuities for the Dining and Drink packages.  The $319 is the DSC (daily service charge) that some mistakenly refer to as tips.

DSC - https://www.ncl.com/faq#!#what-is-onboard-service-charge
TIPS - https://www.ncl.com/faq#!#what-about-gratuities
 

If an airline changes your flight times by more than 1 hour for any reason you are entitled to pick another flight on the same dates between the same airports with no change fee and no additional fare charge for the same class of seats.  It is between you and the airline.  You do not have to contact any third party.

13 hours ago, cruise52 said:

You are completely wrong.  Vaping is water.  A vaporizer that mimics smoke, but is basically steam that is inhaled.  The liquid that is used to create the vapor may or may not have added nicotine.  There is no smoke or burning of tobacco.  Vaping IS NOT SMOKING.  

Vaping is NOT just 'water'.  Te liquid contains all kinds of very highly addictive and extremely dangerous chemicals.  Most contain liquid nicotine which when handled requires full hazmat suits.  Vaping is not even safe (and surely not safer than tobacco smoking as many try to convince themselves it is).  Vaping IS smoking just in a different form and it will kill you and those around you just as quickly if not quicker.

12 hours ago, Oceangal711 said:

Yes and the owners of the European lines have much loser rules than the American market they cater to their clientele. The cruise lines here are not the only lines in the world there any many others. We have a TUI booked and one on Mein Schiff out of Jamaica this winter. It's a great big world.

Ah I misunderstood your original response.  I thought you were talking about European sailings on NCL for example.  Yeah I agree the Europeans are either much more ignorant of the dangers of smoking or a just plain stupid enough to not care.

4 hours ago, Oceangal711 said:

Not in our lifetime. The Europeans have very different attitude when it comes to smoking. Just home from a 3 week vacation in Italy and Greece and smoking, drinking and the least  amount of swimwear you can wear are still common place.

You mus be well into your 70s (or older) to make such a statement.  It really does not matter what attitude Europeans have.  It is the cruise line owners who matter.

On 9/19/2019 at 1:52 PM, Oceangal711 said:

 The American lines probably but not the European or Asian lines

It may take them longer but they will be there too eventually.

32 minutes ago, Newleno said:

Hello I need information on how to email a particular ncl ship, not an individual guest nor a particular staff person.  I want to ask the officials a specfic question about a particular port.  thanks 

what "officials'?

1 hour ago, luckyinpa said:

when choosing a mini i was trying to take all but the drink pack and it wont let me. if they will give you 4 free why not 3. why must it be just 2 or 4?

If you qualify for the take all four but do not want one of the four simply call in to make your reservation and let them know.  tehy will do the override.  We booked and do not drink but we want all of the other 'four'.  Easy to do.

On 1/18/2018 at 8:07 PM, Marjar said:

Just off the NCL Getaway. I just wanted to give the heads up to anyone who doesn't frequently sail on Norwegian, that if you have Non-refundable On Board credits, they cannot be applied to the daily service charges. This is different than all of the other cruiselines I have previously sailed and we were totally blindsided when we got our final bill and lost out on $150 of non refundable credit. I checked my account frequently and it shows your charges and your credits, but it doesn't give you any indication that the credits aren't being applied until you get your final bill. Very disappointed that we didn't know this ahead of time, thus this post. Hopefully, it helps someone else.:(

If you do not see them applied then they aren't being applied!

11 hours ago, rhinomike said:

We are looking into booking on the Joy for a Christmas break cruise. We are looking at the Haven room with a connecting stateroom. Me, and my wife in the Haven Suite and my two kids in the connecting room. My questions is this....  with my kids in the connecting stateroom will they be able to get all of the Haven amenities with us?  Thank you. 

Only of it is also a haven (H#) cabin.