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Thanks for the helpful information, everyone! I'll be sure to look into making my reservation soon and see about contacting the concierge.

Thanks @DorothyB and @Sand and Seas for the info! If I bring my own reusable cup (like a Yeti or something), will they fill it with soda at the bar for me, or do they only serve in glasses from the bar? Sorry for all the random questions, just trying to get my packing list sorted out.

Thanks for the advice! That's a good point about being in the Haven on the last night. On previous cruises, we were on a cruise line that did scheduled seatings at the same table with the same waitstaff rather than freestyle, and we really enjoyed having an opportunity to thank our waitstaff at the end of the cruise.

Random question, but back in the day when I used to cruise with other cruise lines, I would purchase the soda package, and it would come with a reusable cup. Does NCL give you a reusable cup if you have a soda and/or alcoholic beverage package, or do you just get your sodas in glasses from the bar?

Thanks for the advice! We get one for each traveler since it's a 5 night cruise and we have Free at Sea, not Free at Sea Plus.

Hello, fellow cruisers! I am going on my first ever NCL cruise, and my first cruise on any cruise line in over a decade. I am very excited to return to cruising! I will be staying in a Haven suite and have the Free at Sea package. I am trying to decide when to book my specialty dinner. Does anyone have thoughts about the strategy of this? For example, is it better to do it on embarkation day, on an at sea day, or on a port day? Since I'm planning to do the Haven restaurant for the other dinners, does it make sense to do a specialty dining option in the middle for variety? Or does it not matter at all? I would love to hear everyone's thoughts. I also wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all the lovely people on this message board who have passed along thousands of helpful tips. I've been scouring these boards for weeks and have already learned so much!