mjkacmom

I’ve never heard of there being limits to the amount of times you can rebook a cruise before final payment.

Boston is a great city, my 23 year old lives there for grad school and loves it, she’s a big NYC girl (we live 10 miles out) and actually likes Boston better. We made reservations here after getting suggestions from other BU parents, but ended up elsewhere due to a mix up on my end https://www.newburyguesthouse.com/offers?utm_source=triptease_attract&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=google_search&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAABfgVgV2ilWaLhHjKAAHXuhutYO71&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvNrFkvHChwMVCkf_AR2NWzYzEAAYASAAEgJPIPD_BwE

We’ve only sailed NCL and DCL but can drive 20 minutes to RCL and Carnival when they sail out of NYC, would love to try them

Actually on one of our NCL cruises, my 12 year old was questioned about his age in the larger MDR (he’s tall). He was allowed to enter wearing shorts because of his age. Pants required.

Taxi or ride share should be cheaper and faster.

If you definitely want to sail, book as far out as possible, you can always reprice before final payment. If you want to gamble, wait until the last minute since most lines will lower fares if they need to fill the ship. Keep in mind the most desirable cabins will have already been booked.

NCL hasn’t offered obc for price drops after final payment for a while, so not odd.

Keep in mind, since this was a solo cabin, that these balconies might’ve been the only ones left at such a late booking date. Would you have paid double for a regular balcony without the solo status?

It’s much easier to grab an Uber from Penn than EWR. I think there will be fewer kids only because kids get off from school for thanksgiving, plus a week or two for Christmas. Usually travel is cheaper the weeks in between the holidays for this reason.

It was years ago, I think a lot of stores are open on Bay Street, I found this which appears to open at 9. http://www.bristol.bs/locations/

I know there is a place to buy booze within walking distance (thanks to my kids) but I don’t know the hours.

Looks like they lowered it after renovations.

There are land based places that do this, some will even come to your house (even for groups, like a Botox party). Just drink some pedialyte (learned this from my kids when they were in college).

Yes, same drivers for Uber, Lyft, and car services these days.

I don’t know any travel agents who charge fees, and most don’t charge cancellation fees. Please find yourself a new agent.

Right? Like they still have some legal authority.

Heck no, I’m not paying extra, I ordered 2 martinis, drank some, ordered 2 martinis, drinks some, ordered 2 martinis… no 1 hour limit. There us no 1 hour limit.

I think the problem was there weren’t seats on the bus and they were told by a tour employee (not a ncl employee) that another bus was coming. Now if this was an independent excursion ncl wouldn’t have owed them anything at all, so I can see why ncl is offering compensation since they vetted the company. I think it’s possible the tour company screwed up, at least their employee.

It might be an age thing, my 21, 23, and 27 year old daughters take Ubers alone a lot (especially the 23 year old who lives in Boston with no car). Coming back from the airport or train station it’s a treat.

NCL’s gratuities seem the highest, but they all increase them on a regular basis. I don’t think they push the specialty restaurants at all, most get at least one for a very low price. On our first cruise I got scammed into a drink of the day with souvenir glass on embankment, but never saw that again and it was almost 20 years ago.

I think everyone is guessing, but I would never in a million years give out my minor kids’ phone numbers, or my parents.

I don’t think so, I remember doing a martini flight with full sized martinis.

We are a family of 7, splitting up has always been cheaper than getting a large vehicle for car service.

NCL has one of the cheapest drink packages, comes out to $21 a day, and at least one very cheap specialty dining venue. All but one ship have thermal suites with weekly passes with a pool, hut tub, heated loungers, steam room, sauna, bigger newer ships have even more options. I always get a pass, the main pools are small and crowded. No set dining times, so their my time dining seems to work better than ships with hybrid dining, reservations aren’t needed.

But what if the tour operator didn’t inform the shores team that they didn’t have all of the passengers? Sounds like the tour operator thought there was another bus.