laudergayle

Think of it this way. I buy 2 CN. My onboard account is charged $500. I spend $150 on ship in bingo, Starbucks, casino, extras in specialty dining. Then i have $280 (new prices ) Daily Service Charge. Assuming I don’t have Premium Plus drink package and no other on board credit, and I didn’t prepay DSC, my credit card would be charged $680 at the end of the cruise. Math: $500 (2xCN) minus $250 (CN credit) plus $150 (onboard spending) plus $280 (Daily Service Charge). = $680. The Cruise Next credit just goes against my onboard account.

Yes, this very much could have been your issue. Our fully paid cruises showed varying amounts due and credited for our two fully paid cruises. And it would change every time I would log in and out. Here is the link to an earlier post when the problem started happening. Hope everything works out for you.

I was led to believe this was your cost if you decide to cancel the reservation through NCL.

BarHarbor was one of our favorite ports. Acadia NP was beautiful the day we were there. St John and Portland were nothing special IMO but that could gave been the excursions we took. I’m curious about Martha’s Vineyard…always wanted to visit.

What ship are you sailing?

Perhaps this is some sort of “offer designation”. I guess we’ll see if we start getting offers…like DISC20 would be awesome if it was 20% off a particular cruise.

Interesting. JADE IS on my account too. We have sailed on Jade in the past.

Shoff515 is right. If you have disposable income you can gamble with and if you’re planning on doing multiple cruises over the next several years, buying NCHL stock could be advantageous. I would watch the stock for several weeks so you know where to get in. Right now it’s between $15-16 which is higher than it has been in the last 52 weeks. Download either Webull or Robinhood apps. It makes trading very simple for newbies. Remember it’s always a risk.

Honestly it depends where your corporation is currently focused by the leader. Revenue managers don’t really care…brand managers do. Sad to say…it comes back to the CEO how they view the corporate operation… if you have kick-a$$ brand management you can direct the impacts of non-customer-facing departments. If you don’t…customers get the short end and share-holders rejoice.

It was an attempt of being humorous…lighten up please. I am not your enemy…promise. And you could have quoted the rest of my post where I acknowledged the importance of the subject.

First Bird, I’m a lady. I actually thought you were being snarky to me. I asked an honest question. The first response (not yours) I got to my question was “take the initiative”…I’m retired and have lots of time to do research. I read the description, I saw the photo before asking my question. I appreciate so many of your posts, and I’ve learned a lot from them. So for that, thanks. And, thank you for posting the photo I saw in my research. My question was…how does NCL Prima deliver on I am a planner and I like to know how I can maximize my onboard experience. It has served me greatly and my DH even more on my past and future NCL cruises. And you have often helped me with my planning.

I don’t think you can vape or smoke cigarettes in the lounge. Strictly cigars from our experience.

Yeah ok…but the picture could have been taken from where there could have been a bar. Yes?

Yeah I saw those pictures but the description led me to wonder if there was bar access in there too. I assume that the Metropolitan is where one would get the “great drink” to go with one’s “great cigar”.

I sure did before posting. My question is whether there is a bar inside the lounge as the written description for the Cigar Lounge suggests there may be one. I’m curious. Humidor Cigar Lounge Appreciate a good cigar and a great drink in just the right setting.

Is there a bar in the Prima Cigar Lounge or do you use the Metropolitan Bar?

Pick out what restaurants you want and 120 days out be sure to go on and make reservations. With the ships sailing at/near capacity the reservations go quickly.

We had a similar situation. Got tickets info 60 days out. ATL to San Juan. 3.5 hr flight. They put us on SWA with a connection through Orlando to San Juan. Outbound times ok but it’s now a 6.5 hour trip. That and more opportunity for lost luggage. Return flight very undesirable…7 pm departure connect through Orlando arriving back in Atlanta at midnight…plus our 90 min drive home. Like you, we booked our own flights home nonstop on Delta. After the SWA meltdown, we decided to do an outbound flight in Delta and not risk another SWA fiasco. We did create Rapid Rewards for our SWA flights. I believe that NCL releases the flight reservation to the airline around 72 hours before flight. And SWA says you can cancel up to 10 mins before the flight and they will give the passenger an e-credit. So whatever NCL paid for our tickets should go on our Rapid Reward account as a credit. Our ticket was Wanna Get Away.

That’s interesting information. Thank you. I would imagine that this process will take more time now with staff reductions. Maybe I’ll need to bring cookies from the buffet🤣 (sorry to be flippant on your informative post).

YES…us, too! While we rarely get snow in NE Georgia…we do enjoy a dusting or two each year. So far this year it’s been rain, rain, and more rain. Glad temps are above freezing. See you onboard!

So, yeah…valid points. And all things considered, they may have taken a big picture look and determined that the profit gains outweighed the potential future revenue from Q1 cruisers. I, unfortunately, have two cruises in Feb and April…so I feel the impact. Yeah yeah, I’m crying over spilled milk. But at least I have the option to decide if we take our Nov cruise. As an aside…I’m not an expert in corporate law, so I wonder if collusion rules apply to non-US based corporations. Insights welcome.

I believe the grumbles of not having certain items on certain days on certain cruises is understood to be tied to what we hope will be short-term supply/labor issues. And it’s just CC folks wanting to share…not always in the best way. OTOH, the current frustration with NCL (and presumably on the other cruise lines) is the amount of cuts and increases—which are likely to be more long-term than an unstable supply/labor issue. I stated in a different thread that I suspect every department was challenged to increase profit in 2023–either by cutting costs or increase revenue. Which is what a viable business should be doing. However, this cost cutting/revenue generation came all at once, so the cumulative effect is more impactful, especially for cruisers in Jan-April who bought into one value proposition and after final payment are getting a significantly different one. NCL executives should have taken a a big picture look at the guest experience impact before allowing all these changes to happen in January. Instead they chose to look at the bottom line. Both of you are n the hospitality industry so you know the importance of balancing labor/supply/costs and your customer experience. I doubt either of you would make all the changes you want/need to make all at once. I spent my career in brand management and I would never accept this many cuts/increases at one time because I value the customer perspective and experience. There should have been a prioritization of what delivers the greatest profit and changes rolled out from that.

For NCL this is a huge focus group. And they don’t have to pay for a research company, a moderator, a venue, nor do the need guess about what topics to probe. We do it all for them! You’re correct that this is all subjective, but it can lead to the development of objective research.

Yeah that’s accurate…I was having a senior moment😂