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Convenience since you don’t have to go find it elsewhere.

Share your secrets oh smart one. This is my first NCL and hopefully I fall in love with the line. I see myself cruising at least twice a year and I’ve got a good 40 plus years of cruising left.

You better hurry up because this year was the first of not having the canal opened at all. The tulip festival is a great spring festival for sure. I was in the tremblant region last month and it was amazing, so beautiful.

Haha I won’t even date a guy if he doesn’t have a passport. It’s essential for me especially since I live an hour from the border.

Check a week after final payment to see if the price dropped. My TA I was able to upgrade my cabin and perks and only spent 60$ more because of the price drop. So book early if that helps your schedule but always look to see if you can a bump up at the last minute. With my schedule I can do last minute trips and prefer cruises that don’t sell out so it works for me to wait.

It also depends on what type of physio you are doing. My physio therapist doesn’t see anyone more than once a week so with the way she works it makes travel much easier. As a patient of hers she expects you to put in the work which you can do from anywhere really. Also depends what type of knee replacement your having done along with a bunch of other considerations. Some people just bounce back faster than others.

Because some of us like waking up to natural light. That’s the only reason I booked oceanview for my 15 night cruise. Waking up to natural light also helps me combat jet lag.

One suggestion is to download things overnight when the system is under less stress. I do this at home when preloading up my tablet with a bunch of movies on Netflix and prime before I travel. You learn to deal with slow internet when you live in the country.

I get my travel insurance annually and it is only a little more than NCL for one cruise. Considering I travel about 7-8 times a year it’s a much better price through my insurance provider.

Scissors aren’t limited in length… good to know.

Less than 1/4 of my clothes would I send to laundry. None of my nicer items, none of my workout gear, none of my bras would ever go to commercial laundry. Basically only some of my tshirts and my jeans would I subject to high heat like that. I don’t pack ultralight partially because of all the work stuff I need to bring taking up room but I don’t pack a ton either. Recently I discovered the 5-4-3-2-1 packing method and I am obsessed. When I picked the items I’ll be bringing on my 18 day trip I took the time to figure out how many outfits I can make and it was over 80. I’ll just hand wash as I go and have lots of options.

That is my absolute no go no matter the price of the cruise. I really don’t like buffets and the MDR is non negotiable for me.

Premium seating at the MDR for a fee. That romantic table for two comes at a cost.

Yesterday my friend showed me his minipresso from wacaco and I was so impressed. If your a diehard coffee person who is really picky you might want to check it out. It’s small and meant for travel and they make different versions.

My table on Milli was against a wall alone and no one around. My friendly Canadian nature hated it so much. It also featured the massive chairs that look like the cone of silence. So happy I met a really nice family who had an extra chair to share dinner with.

I think the key is ask nicely and if it’s logistically possible it might happen. The choice of this large of a table in the room is a bad design choice so I’m sure this request happens often.

Table for 2 shouldn’t be a problem. My cruise last year I was solo and they put me at a table for 2 alone. I hated my table and dining time but it “couldn’t be changed” so I made friends and joined them for dinner. Don’t expect change’s onboard but a table for 2 is very likely.

I’m traveling solo and was thinking of asking to have the bed pushed to one side. More moving space and still a big bed to sprawl in.

It gets real windy in Skagway on the pier so hold on to your hat. There’s a shuttle but it’s not essential, you can walk to town.

No big deal for tourists. Once we get more info I’ll have to look into it more and how it affects business travel.

Looking forward to hearing this. I just upgraded myself to oceanview for the cruise after yours and also thinking of having that table removed.

Are you asking medical or trip interruption/cancellation or both?

I did it on Celebrity and it was the head of Cellar Masters that ran ours. It was fun but the group also makes the experience. 2/3 of the people didn’t show up and they had pre poured the glasses… let’s just say we helped clear a lot of glasses that night.

I would recommend having early dinning time. My experience with kids on celebrity being difficult is those with late dinner times who were hungry and tired. Bring lots of activities to keep your kids busy. Bring OTC kids meds you could possibly need. bring travel sized games, colouring books, books, anything that will keep your kids busy. I still remember some of these from when I was a kid traveling or when my grandmother packed my little bag for church with a toy and snack.

I’ll be late for this weeks weigh in unfortunately. I injured my neck last Thursday and then yesterday passed out for the first time in over a decade. So tomorrow I’m going to the doctors in town (I live in the country but my parents live in the suburbs close to my GP). 15 days till my cruise.