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DH brings 2 pair of converse, running shoes, sandals and a pair of flip-flops converse are his formal wear [emoji1]

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19/21 so I think I have a problem. My only hope is to book another cruise.

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336 days. Feels like forever

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it's coffee coffee happy happy! We sailed the Jade in January it was our first NCL cruise. We had a blast! I agree with the magic show it was hokey but still fun. We loved the bands, danced a lot and just had a great time. We have decided to sail NCL again next January though not on the Jade. I also agree with the breakfasts, not my favorite meal of the day and so much the same every day. All in all it was one of the more fun cruises we have had in a while

We are new to NCL we have been wanting to try freestyle for a while we would like to get away from the formal dining on CCL and RCCL after 10 cruises it's not all that cool and all ports are fly to ports for us. When my DH saw the promo for the UBP we decided to jump on it. The cost of the cheers package on Carnival for the 2 of us is the same as another cruise fare. We are taking a trial run on the Jade in Jan. If we like it we will be booking more.

We had the American Table on the Magic and found it to be hit and miss some nights the food was excellent and 2 of the nights not so much. One night the menu was so unappealing we ate on the lido. I was actually not pleased with the dining on the Magic other ships have been much better.

We average around 600 but have been as high as 1000 we always have on board credit and we always get the cheers program for drinks. last cruise on the magic the final was 680

This just put a little terror in my heart as we are flying out today to Houston, we will be leaving Sunday on the Magic.

7 days. Less is just not enough

Dancing Dancing I will really be dancing Sunday you all have fun too!

Royal has dance classes, cooking classes, towel folding, pool activities. The daily is full of things to do carnival not so much. My husband and I like to dance to bands carnival is a little better for that and the bands play longer at night

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Carnival has better food and a more active nightlife. Royal has much better entertainment, more daytime activities and generally nicer looking ships. Both are worth sailing.

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I haven't spent as much time in Northern Cali as I have south the temps will be cool but still pleasant, but I am coming from Utah where it is usually below 0 in January. San Fran will be in the 50's it is very pretty up north much more forest to see. If you go as far as lake Tahoe it will be parka weather and there will be snow, but it is gorgeous. If you go south you have all the theme parks plus 6 flags. It is about an hour and a half to San Diego there you have SeaWorld and Balboa park. I love going there. You could keep yourself very busy with a land vacation to California. We love to go to Disney for the Christmas Season the decorations are amazing and the weather is usually in the 60's.

If the itinerary is still 2 days is Cabo I would pass there is just not that much to do there. My boys (older teens) were bored there a bit. I wish they would do something different there.

I would skip the cruise and do Disneyland the cost would be about the same. The new cars area is a real blast and worth seeing.

We did this on our Breeze cruise last year it was great. We are not huge drinkers but we still averaged about 8 drinks a day. Sea days we drank more and on one of the port days we drank very little but it all averaged out. I like wine mostly but it was nice to try a few mixed drinks that I would have passed on otherwise. We also had onboard credit that we used for part of the package so it was very economical. We will do it again on our cruise on the Magic in August.

We have generally dressed for elegant night in the past but we have agreed that the next cruise we will not be taking formal wear. Checked luggage is just too expensive. I don't wear jeans but my DH does, although he will wear slacks for dinner. I kind of like the new freedom that not dressing up brings.

We really enjoyed Music Highlights on the Freedom in Dec. Fabulous range of music. My husband and I love to dance and the music was great. I would love to sail with them again.

We also enjoyed the latin band but I don't remember the name of the group.