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On 12/5/2019 at 11:42 PM, allisonb22 said:

Our only complaint about Anthem (we LOVED this ship) was that after ~11 pm or whenever the last seating of the show for the night got out, there wasn't much to do. We're in our early 20's and found that there's not much nightlife besides going to Boleros, which was more of an older crowd. This is the only negative thing I can think of about Anthem as a whole. We are sailing her again on Jan 5 for an 11 night southern caribbean. 

 

That's disappointing to hear--I had thought most of the bars were open until 2-3 am?

We were wondering about this for the Bliss too. It seems most people go to the Social and wait in long lines to book with a person but we’ve heard that the touchscreens rarely have lines at the same time. We can’t decide what our strategy should be—we’re only booked in a mini suite and haven’t cruised NCL before so we don’t anticipate an early boarding group (though we plan to arrive around 10-10:30 for our Dec 20 sailing).

Thank you so, so much for sharing! Looking forward to more!

20 hours ago, Jen731 said:

Thanks to everyone popping in to answer questions as well! Makes me feel like maybe this board needs a ship specific q&a every once in awhile. I think I have all the requests down but keep them coming, I will try to accomplish as many requests as I can. So far nothing is unreasonable! 😂 

Thank you for being so generous and helpful!!

Would love if you could upload pics of the freestyle dailies as well! Thank you!!

3 hours ago, mopedmom1 said:

DH and I ordered the 24 pack on our last 7 day warm weather cruise.  We both drink 1-2 liters normally at home so this package was perfect for us.  

 

I have already bought the same package for our October 7 day Mexican Riviera cruise.

Yeah I really think this’ll be perfect for us too. With the UBP, we’ll want to have enough water at our disposal!

14 hours ago, electro said:

5 gallons is approx 19 liters.

 

LOL DUH! When I asked Alexa to do the math, I asked how many liters were in one gallon...my bad!! Thanks for the correction 🙂

On 6/13/2019 at 9:08 AM, happygolucky62 said:

We sailed to Norway from Southampton last summer. Since it was 12 days, I purchased 2 cases. We only went through one case and put the full, unwrapped case out with our luggage the night before we docked. When we got down to get our bags, the case was ripped open and half of the bottles were missing. We were in a Suite so our luggage was in the "priority pick up area" which was near the front and I think people just reached in and took it as they passed by. I would recommend getting it but don't over estimate what you will really drink!

Oh no!! That's really unfortunate!

We go through 5 gallons in three days between the two of us, which is about 4 liters. Maybe a 12 pack would do for the eight days after all. I would be so upset to spend the money and have people steal our bottles!

On 6/12/2019 at 12:49 PM, schildiams said:

Transport is easy - there will be taxis waiting outside the ship and there is also a ferry. You can also book a room at the comfort suites next door  - they will provide you with four wristbands per room. 

Good tip on Comfort Suites! I had read something about that. Is it quick enough to get from the water park to the Comfort Suites? We may actually take a midday break in the room just to get out of the sun and rest a bit.

On 6/12/2019 at 4:26 PM, zqvol said:

It's pretty early for a December excursion. It should show up. NCL may be reworking Nassau excursions because fo the Cuba cancellations.

Good to know--thank you!

On 6/13/2019 at 9:58 AM, Peachypooh said:

I bought our passes through an outside company. Easy to get transportation

and you can come and go on your own terms plus buy which food you want from the stands.

That said, read some reviews to decide whether you want to do this. Some people

have a great time but we didn't.

Oh no! Why didn't you enjoy it?

We actually don't celebrate Christmas, but it'll be fun to be around people who are in festive and jolly moods! We sure will be feeling excited just to be there! 

I have been reading a ton of reviews and definitely plan on booking speciality dining and the shows as soon as we can. I'm a huge type-A overplanner and wish we could pre-book laser tag and the go-karts, too! We will have a few things to pay for onboard (go-karts, upgraded WiFi, laser tag...probably a few Starbucks!) but really want to have as much pre-paid and pre-planned as we can!

8 hours ago, Sauer-kraut said:

I have never seen any promotional price for the water package.  Remember, they are 1 liter bottles so you might not need as much as you think.  The ship's water is good and available from any bar and in the buffet as well.

Good to know, thanks! My husband drinks a TON of water so honestly I do think we’d go through the full 24. That does remind me I should try to calculate how much he actually drinks a day...it’s definitely more than two liters. We will also probably bring a few small hydro flasks onboard for when we want to carry around something smaller.

I’ll drink tap but he absolutely won’t, so we definitely will need to buy a case! Thank you!

47 minutes ago, don't-use-real-name said:

People people you are not drinking premier bottled salt water direct from the ocean under the hull of the ship !

 

Buy a bottle of NCL water - drink it gone - and refill it at the Buffet (using the usual health hygiene protocol).

You now have the bottle to refill when empty. You don't need 24 1 liter bottles of emptiness Well maybe 2 !

In lieu of this bring your own EMPTY bottles to fill with the Buffet spirits - it is not going to kill you !

 

The water issue is overblown - sure it may lack fluoride iodine and whatever buzz that make water buzz like at home !

Some peoples water at home I wouldn't write home to drink about it  - that place in Michigan or at the end of the

Mississippi delta.

 

Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink - a sailors nightmare - but the ship's water will get you back to your

norm - that oasis in the middle of your very own personal desert at least for the duration of the cruise.

 

None of the water on the ship will cause side-effects like what happened to that witch in the Wizard of Oz - there

will be no melt downs.

 

But as usual Y M M V with your very own personal tastes - who has a PHD in water tasting be careful of what

that charlatan will sell you !  NCL has water to sell you - enough noted here !

Oh you can't bring your own on board !

Of course you knew that !

 

Laughing my way fading to black - - - - - 

My husband will only drink bottled, so I’m afraid it’s a necessity. Honestly even if we could bring our own onboard we probably wouldn’t because of the hassle of transporting it. We’re fine with chalking the $54 to a “stupid vacation expense”!

1 hour ago, AtlantaAlly said:

We ended up upgrading our 250 min package to unlimited so we can FaceTime the kids. It’s been consistently strong enough when we have tried it- even on day 1, far out to sea. We could have done it from our phones, but we didn’t select it the first time we logged in, so we had to do it in person. A quick call to the concierge and it was taken care of!

Thanks so much for sharing! Good to know about the internet—if you want to upgrade from the free at sea internet, you need to do it the first time you sign onto the internet?

We're looking to buy the 24 pack of water for my husband and I for our 8-day Bliss cruise in December. Should we plan on just forking out the $54 now or does NCL ever run promotions on their water packages? Would it be cheaper to wait until our first day on board? We would only do that for significant savings, as we were hoping to have the water in our room starting from the first day. TIA!

Thanks, everyone!! I sure am hoping my husband loves it 😄

We're interested in the Atlantis Aquaventure sailing...since it's our first time there, we'd prefer to go through NCL and book through them and use their transportation. However, the Aquaventure isn't coming up as an option for our cruise in myNCL. Any reason why that might be? Will it get added closer to the cruise? I see outside companies are offering it for the day we're in port (December 24), though without transportation. TIA!

Finally, finally we have a cruise on the books! I've wanted to try one for a longgg time but the circumstances never really lined up and I'd go on other trips with various travel partners. But now that my husband and I have decided we'll travel over Christmas every year and he pretty much picked last year's destination (Vegas), I rallied hard for a cruise for 2019 and he agreed! He's not as excited as I am but I really do think/hope once we board the Norwegian Bliss on December 20th that he'll be floored and have a great time. I can't wait!