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And I'm the opposite! OK, if it was relatively clean dishes neatly stacked I might accept it. But when it's half-eaten food and it's there in the hallway for hour(s) I find it disgusting! (My last two cruises were on deck 5 on Star if that makes a difference. Dishes could be in the halway for LONG times!) Having said that, I do understand it since there may be little to no space to put it in the room. I would appreciate some place, maybe a trolley or something, where people could put their dirty dishes instead of just putting them on the floor. One can dream...

I haven't looked at balconys, but when it comes to inside an oceanview it seems like it's the least desireable cabins that have been made into solos. So I'm not too impressed so far.

No. The benefits are linked to YOU via your keycard.

Once onboard you MAY be able to make arrangements. Dealing with customer service reps before the cruise is less likely to work. Good Luck! (And I don't know how anyone could have gotten the idea that you might be planning to just not appear and stay ashore. But this is CC. People can be on the confrontational side at times...)

Misunderstood! Drinks pass available for purchase but can't see FAS+

I THINK it has to do with immigration clearance. To stay in Germany instead of returning to the ship you need to be cleared by immigration. A somewhat different procedure than just visiting for the day. Something they do not plan for. If it happens by accident it happens, so to speak. I¨m not saying the CAN'T make those arrangements, but they may not be willing to.

According to the document, yes.

It's returning next week according to "people who know" (I actually saw a photo of a document stating so either here or on FB).

Since Cagney's is a la carte there won't be any charge anyway.

Oh, I see now! You don't get half price on those.

Oh my! I didn't know that the CruiseNext Haven dertificates could be used on non-Haven rooms! I see it in the T&C, but I'm wondering if this is new since it's the first I've heard of it. This would make it better to buy the $500 certificates. Anyone have experience of this? On non-Haven bookings, that is.

No, it¨s not onboard only! It's in the terms and conditons on the web. I can't link to the US site (I'm in Europe), but just check the T&C. If indeed you happen to have a balcony or above already booked and it's more than 4 months away, use the app and apply a certficate as has been describes numerous times.

Well that is hoaw it always is with CN. Buy 4, get 500 OBC. Edit: I think I misunderstood the first time I read it. I guess you say that apart from those 500 you had more from the early departure

BF=Black Friday

Oh come on! I see people daily about to go off att the wrong floor until someone calls them back. Especially between floors 4 and 5 on my most recent cruise. (Not to mention all the people asking "what deck is this?")

I am monitoring a particular cruise. The price difference between the 35 % and 50 % promos came to a few Euros. The crossed over price was increased for the 50% promo. It went from around 2200 to 2600 or something like that.

Eh... No... Wasn't charged in Alaska. AFAIK Alaska is part of USA. 😄

It's not as easy as in USA. There is a cancellation fee from day one. If you work with a NCL PCC (Personal Cruise Consultant) you can have conversations about doing cabin upgrade cheaply if price drops and you don't want to cancel/rebook. The PCC can tell you your options.

Unfortunately I don't. I have no plans to travel in that region, so I haven't done any research in a long time.

I can relate to that... 😄

I know this is something repeated a lot here at CC, but my experience is that it doesn't matter if you used any of your minutes or not. Maybe it's ship dependant (or rather Internet Manager dependent), but on both my recent Star cruises this has been the case. If it is important to you, don't risk it though! (I'll be going on another ship in December and will check it out there as well because I'm kind of curious about this and I won't upgrade either way so nothing to lose.)

It's a few years since I was in Egypt, but I think this is pretty standard for all tours. It might actually even be compulsory, at least for buses.

I have heard that it's not allowed, but I haven't heard of it being enforced. I've seen door decors on my cruises this year and they have not been removed.

I haven't been on Sky, but I suspect much is the same fleetwide. I keep a small stash of fruit (2-3 pieces) in my room. Just in case... I also keep a water bottle (refilled in the buffet) in the fridge. Also just in case...

It's true that in general people are more inclined to share their bad experiences than the good ones. So the number of bad reviews isn't necessary telling it all. I do however often read bad reviews because they can tell me SOMETHING about whatever it is (book, film, hotel, cruise...). I check out what in particular they are unhappy with to see if these are things I care about or not. The wording can also be a hint to if this is a "complainer" (In 5-star systems I often find the 3-star revies most informative. Some good and som bad. Like it so often is!)