ChiefMateJRK

Yep, I get loaded on every cruise! Now I also buy a great quantity of CNs!🤡

I'm a newbie to B2B. I've only done one, this past April. It was Bliss in Seattle. I got a letter a few days before the switch. I could leave everything as I wanted in the cabin. We had to get a new key card from guest services on disembark day, and then meet in one of the bars. Most wanted to get off the ship to explore Seattle, so they did so with certain instructions. Three of us wanted to stay on the ship. We were escorted down to the disembark point (still on the ship) where the NCL rep told the scanning folks that we were the B2Bs who were staying on the ship. I think they scanned our cards and may have had us look into that recognition thingy. We were then excused to hang around on the ship. After that, it was just chill and look forward to meeting my new friend @graphicguyon leg two. B2Bs are REALLY cool. Like the saying goes, "once you've gone B2B, you'll never look back" 🤣 disclaimer: there is no such saying (until now?) I liked B2B so much that I now have seven more booked. No, that is NOT hyperbole. I actually have seven B2B's booked between now and 2026.😎 🐀heaven: Book early. Book often. Book inside (i.e. cheap). Book B2B. B2B = twice the fun, half the hassle

🤣Yeah. That made things better. disclaimer: I voted for Reagan (twice).

Yes. The saying in amateur investing circles is that "the trend is your friend."

If somebody doesn't have 12 large in liquid investments, should they be cruising at all??

You may be on to something. The companies with heavy debt loads are likely most impacted by good/bad news on interest rates. Of course, it could also be the hash browns and cutbacks in room cleaning.🤣 All, adjusted for the phase of the moon of course...

Very true, but only to the extent that those factors (and many, many others) make the buyer willing to pay more. Simplistic? Yes. Accurate? YES NCLH pricing is more complicated than many, because we have to factor in the buyers who will buy 100 shares at any ask price because they just discovered the Shareholder OBC benefit. That likely accounts for most of the increases. (yes, that was a joke)

It's because of two things: a) buyers were willing to pay more (the bid) b) sellers weren't willing to sell any cheaper (the ask) Just like every other individual stock. Sure, the media always likes to make up stuff to explain it, but it really doesn't work that way.

Nice! I bought my 100 shares at about $16, so I've made $400 in addition to the $500 in OBC I've used so far. 😎

You had a cruise that cost less than $1500 dollars? Tell us more.

Eat/drink/nap/listen to good music. The same things a person should do when the weather is fabulous.

Never mind. I got caught up in responding to this silly thread without reading all of the posts....

Just a minor point of clarification. Some in this thread seem to be equating Bliss itineraries with ISP and not Glacier Bay. While this is most common, there are some Bliss sailings that visit Glacier Bay and not ISP. New cruisers should check the NCL itineraries closely to see what they are getting.

Yep. This just happened to me. Saved me $23.😎

Yeah, that's life. I guess the quote should be "do whatever makes you happy until the ship sinks." If cheap wine and steerage is fun for you, then just do that until the ship sinks. The ship always sinks (eventually).

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Warning! Contrarian opinion ahead....... I would rather risk my Grandkids throwing away money than throwing it away myself. If they grow up to be idiots (they won't), I'm sure I can find a charity that can provide more benefit to someone in need than I would derive from an expensive first class seat that I don't need. Of course, there are other ways to provide for grandkid's real needs without handing them the keys. Cheap wine is fine regardless of how long my life is. I am 100% certain that I enjoy my cruises with cheap wine and inside rooms than some with the premium plus plus plus packages and a butler. Easy to prove. Just review the numerous threads on the forum posted by people that were miserable because their Haven room was noisy, or their butler was not attending constantly to their various "needs." Life is fun in steerage. Just watch that movie with Rose and Jack.🤣

I doubt that many expire, since they can easily be transferred to another person.

We've been to AK in April, May, July, September and October. Weather was never a big enough factor to make any of those months more desirable to me than the others. I focus more on ship and itinerary. Give me Bliss or Encore and Glacier Bay and I'm good to go. 😎

That's not what several folks have recently posted.

Why the quotes? Do you want expiration dates on your CNs?

That's the only way I know how to cruise.😎

Of course not. We've missed it two out of four times, but after being there twice I can take it or leave it. I'm probably shifting over to my friend @complawyer's club when it comes to GSC. On the beach I get heat, free booze, a hamburger or tacos (with flies) and much more sun than my dermatologist would ever approve of (regardless of SPF bazillion long sleeve swim shirt and reef destroying sunscreen). On the ship I get a nice sit down lunch with free booze in the air conditioning without flies or skin cancer. Like I said, I can take it or leave it. My only disappointment last Friday was that DD and DW wanted to visit GSC.

Yeah, this. I embarked a week and a half ago and the process was simpler than it was pre-covid. Like the Bird said, it's basically "Are you deathly ill from Covid? No? Welcome aboard!" There was a lounge of shame that we saw at the end of the cruise. We were looking for someplace to hide/squat when they were trying to boot us off the ship (or not boot us off the ship, NCL is funny that way) on disembark doom day. We finally found some seats down on deck six near Magnums, but the NCL lady told us we had to move on. We realized that the dozen people already there all had masks on and were likely being told that they had to sit there until NCL told them that they would be booted out the back door. I think it is a modern version of a Leper Island. I felt sorry for those poor souls who didn't just self-quarantine after that first sneeze.

Thanks. The ones I bought last week show nothing for expiration on my on-line account.