Disney Deb

I've been waiting for this live report to start! *Deb runs around in circles*. After reading these reports I was inspired to book the Jewel this August for a Seward to Vancouver trip after a 6 day NCL land tour. Can't wait to hear your experiences this year! My mother-in-law had dementia and we were lucky to have her for 10 years after her diagnosis. It's very hard for loved ones to go through but some of those times with her after her diagnosis are cherished memories. She wasn't the same person but there was still plenty to enjoy-up until when she started referring to my husband as her brother. I love that you are making these memories with him. I hope that you both enjoy this cruise.

@YVRteacher I am so glad that you are enjoying NCL again as you are my hero :). I've been reading your Alaska live reports as we are heading to Alaska (for the first time!) on the Jewel in August. DH and I have a land/cruise tour booked through a local trip planner. I can't wait to read about your trip on the Jewel. We have only been on NCL's Sun and Epic so far. I'm glad that your first day back at work was good and sorry about your water situation. Thanks for taking the time for all of your funny, insightful posts! (Also I'm a big reader (do some pre-reading of ARCs on the side) and I've enjoyed a number of your book recommendations as well.)

So glad that I found this thread! I too am an overplanner but I feel like it's almost as much fun as the trip itself. For this trip, our first to Alaska, my husband has gotten on board early and is researching the things that he would like to see and do. Normally, he does that within a month of the trip and does a lot of Google mapping to figure out logistics. We're part of an organized cruisetour (local travel guide) through Norwegian. We've sailed with them before. If we had booked this tour ourselves, we would have likely paid $4000 more but at the same time, I've had to give up some control which is hard lol. We were supposed to take a My Way Alpine trip through the Rick Steves tour company but since this one was such a good deal, we changed plans. The cruise portion starts August 12th southbound and beforehand we stay in Fairbanks, Denali and Talkeetna. Thanks for everyone's tips-there are so many good ones!

Thanks everyone! Yeah, those Haven cabins are a little bit more than I want to spend. 😉 Can't wait to see Alaska!

Hi-we're planning on cruising Alaska for the first time aboard the Jewel. I was wondering-do the Club Balcony Suites get the Haven perks? Or must you reserve one of the higher level suites? (I think that I know the answer, just looking to confirm).

BirdTravels-go for it! Our Thanksgiving plans dried up this year and rather than try to force something different on our kids (grown) I started looking for things to do. Looking for a really relaxing 5 days! 🙂 Our last Norwegian cruise was over New Years' in 2015/2016. So much fun!

Just booked the Sun out of Baltimore over Thanksgiving! So excited to see Norwegian have a ship here. We sailed out of Baltimore years ago on RCI's Enchantment of the Seas. This is a very convenient port for us in SE PA.