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Actually there is a slight chloride smell/taste in the stateroom water. The buffet water goes through a filter removing that. The smell/taste is very slight and city people used to chloride in water probably won't even notice. Us that are used to non-choride crystal clear water do.

I don't know anything about the boxed water. I do however know that the water in the buffet is excellent! And free! Many say it's better than the one in the box. Refill a bottle/travel mug and keep it in the fridge.

Yep! That's me as well! I don't particularly like to spend a long time having dinner unless the dinner itself is a "social event". I get frustrated if service takes too long. But if someon else likes to take their time, fine with me!

Neither would my refillable cup touch anything. BUT I like to set a good example by using a glass. Someon that sees you or me refilling our mugs might think it's OK for them as well. And their containers or behaviour may not be as suitable.

Oh! I wasn't aware that the chlorine aired away! Thanks! I do use a Brita filter can in my mining area summer house to clean the metal taste in the well water. Very efficient!

I hear you and sort of agree. But I try to follow rules if the opposite might upset other people. However, I think, right or wrong, that the glass is considered "clean" until I drink from it (after all, you take ice and water without grabbing a new glass), so I refill that same glass a couple of times to fill my wide-mouth glass.

I keep a small(ish) water bottle in the cabin fridge for when I get up thirsty in the middle of night/early morning. The cabin tap water does have a slight taste of chloride, but if chilled it's less noticeable. (Those that live in big cities probably are used to chloride in the water and doesn't even notice it. Us rurals might though...)

You are not allowed to fill your bottle directly, but are perfectly welcome to fill a clean glass and transfer the liquid to your bottle.

THANK YOU!!!! I was thinking the same!

Well spoken! This reminded me of when I took my then 7-8 yo daughter to London. This was going to be HER trip with her calling all the shots. Except for one day that was going to be my day. It was a full day trip to Stonehenge and Bath and some other stops. I really stressed that this day was for ME, but the rest of the trip was all about her. Once back home people asked her what was the best during the trip. Guess what! Stonehenge! And the bus ride. Why do I tell you this? To point out that kids can suprise you! (Gosh, now I actually remember the bus ride guided in English. We're Swedish and I had a busy time translating pretty much EVERYTHING. One surprisingly interested kid! 😁 We now sometimes travel together in Spain. Payback time with her speaking Spanish, me not 😁)

Without knowing for sure I'd be VERY surprised if NCL (or any other travel provider) didn't have an "entry requirement change"-disclaimer in the paperwork you sign when booking. And what if for example testing returns as an requirement (which I doubt very much now that Covid is more or less a "regular" flu - could be wrong though)? Well, let's get tested! If we "fail", too bad, but we really shouldn't be onboard! Sorry to be harsh, but that's how I feel!

I had transfers included a couple of months ago. There weren't any vouchers as such in the eDocs, but there was some text acknowledging I did indeed have transfers and that I should show my eDocs when asked for. Flying in for embarkation I showed it at the airport and they had a list there as well (Iceland, KEF) that they checked. When disembarking I can't remember anyone checking anything at all, but I may remenber wrong.

Yeah... Don't use much hand sanitizer while at home (wash my hands umpteen/day though...), but I'm packing some small bottles for my Star cruise in October now that flue season is starting. I have LOTS of disposable gloves in my workshop and I think I'll bring some of them as well to use in the buffet while grabbing my food. (Unfortunatley not everyone does the washy washy as they should. And then they go use the tongs...) I'm generally not the worrying kind, but it would suck to get ill when I have lots of fun stuff coming up! Covid or not, flue season is around the corner!

There is no such thing as "free"! Someone has to pay somewhere along the line. Over here Paxlovid is actually around $800 if you were to buy it off the shelf (which you cannot do AFAIK), but covered by medical insurance if given a prescription. So "free" (or low cost) for the patient, but definitely not "free".

If I, as a foreign tourist, would step into a medical facility in USA I doubt I would have been charged much less. Except maybe the Tylenol... Having said that, I'm really sorry to hear of your horrible experience. Sounds like NCL could have handled that better and with a lot more empathy.

Lots of people have both the alcohol package and Starbucks package, so there shouldnt be a limit of one package. But the app probably just can't handle two packages at the same time. I would check out with one of the packages and then go back and see if I can't add the other. If that doesn't work, try the online chat!

Wow! You sure read something into my post that was not intended! CC isn't just for non-EU/EEA people, and without further information unless trying to interpret the video you declare "do not travel via Oslo". I just wanted to share that it's not all bad. I DID ask about further information which you just could have provided (I'm sure I'm not the only one not fond of having to click at a video for information) without being, in my opinion, nasty (maybe unintended, same way my "disrespect" was). No disrespect at all intended. No flaunting intended. That's just not my style!

Are you supposed to embark in Seattle and disembark in Miami? In that case, at least the cruises before and after this one are on the site. A good sign I suppose!

LOL! Oslo is my airport of choice! (I live pretty much in the middle between ARN (Stockholm) and Oslo. Don't like ARN much but sometimes I have not choice.) Was that passport control coming off a US/International flight or getting on one?

I am actually taking that cruise. I am from Sweden and I did ask my PCC for a quote for flights. It turned out the flight from New York was good for me. (Good as in well priced.) The flight to Rome was a lot more expensive than the one I had found myself. It was no problem at all just getting the return flight from New York through NCL (I'm flying into Rome early the day before the cruise and have booked accommodation in Civitavecchia. My daughter cruised out of Civitavecchia earlier this year and she arrived in Rome late at night but getting to Civitavecchia in the morning was very easy according to her.)

Wow! I'm trying to get my head around this one! I don't have small kids anymore and I do get that parenting is different now than back in the '80s with parents being more "me" oriented now. I don't think that is a bad thing. but leaving your kids on a ship with (relative) strangers for more than maybe an hour or two... Wow! What if when you get on board it turns out that the kids don't actually like Splash Academy? Or even if they do, on that particular day one of them might not be "cooperative" (3- an 5-years old don't always "cooperate"...)

So... There will be at least 11 people on that ship that HASN'T watched the video... 😄 Joking aside, for my cruise i July I only a couple of reminders. For the cruise before that... oh my!... they just kept coming!

Why would you break up with her/them??? (Disn't see that part at first soínce I only skimmed your rant) Go solo on your cruise. Shouldn't be a big deal in a new realtionship.

Did I read the exact same story from you yesterday? The general opinion in that post (that I can't find now) seemed to be that there is no reason for you to cancel your cruise. I agree.

This! (Not that I use those wipes, and if I did I certainly wouldn't flush them.) And about toilet paper: I have very old sewage drains where I live so it's hugely important that the TP dissolves easily. So I tested different brands/types some years ago (my friends were very amused when I asked for samples of their TP) and it turned out that the ones that dissolved the best (of those I tested) were soft 2/3-ply. (You's actually had to be careful when using it...) The worst was the cheap "harsh" 1/2-ply. This was i Sweden so brand names makes no sense and I have no idea what kind that "Northern" is.