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Yesterday we booked one cruise sailing on February 7th 2020. The agency got the information from NCL that we should pay a deposit until next Monday and then the final payment December 10th ( 60 days before). I was reading about the 120 days deadline...is it a deadline only for USA or for all the regions ( I'm in Portugal) and maybe there is a mistake? Thanks for your inputs ☺️

Always had good luck with GTY, even had upgrades when booked last minute ( couple of weeks/ days before the cruise). Actually we prefer the lower decks.

I learned today that the things are diferent when buying the cruise in diferent countries. FoR instance in Europe: "Terms and Conditions:Offer is applicable to all categories including IX, OX, BX and MX (Sail Away Categories)." and 20% gratuities on the retail value of the Premium Beverage Package ($19.80 USD per person per day) and/or Soda Package ($1.59 USD per person per day) are included. https://www.ncl.com/es/en/free-at-sea 🙂

Just now, ziggyuk said:

 

In Europe it's built into the price of the perk so you don't see it as an extra charge when booking.

Thank you! I was reading about paying 99 + 20% everywhere! This was driving me nuts 😄 So, i we buy the Premium Beverage Perk, the 99€ is the only thing that we will have to pay if we buy 15$ drinks, right? (I'm asking this because my husband drink but I don't drink, so the package will only be used by him)

hello!I don't understand the 20% gratuities regarding to the Premium Beverage Package perk. On the NCL website it says:"20% gratuities on the retail value of the Premium Beverage Package ($19.80 USD per person per day) and/or Soda Package ($1.59 USD per person per day) are included." Why do we have to pay more?

6 minutes ago, c-leg5 said:

 

Exactly this.

 

in theory you are able to retrieve your bottle to drink elsewhere (certainly other dining areas) but in practice we have found it a no-go. It takes so long to retrieve it and requires people with special access to go to the central area it is not worth the hassle. 

 

We stick to drinking it in the dining room on a consecutive night and they have managed to lose the bottle even doing that.

Thank you :) We prefer to drink after the dinner but I totally understand the hassle...i will open it in the cabin :)

12 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

Imagine how much storage each bar would need to store wine bottles for guests.

11 hours ago, cruisinfanatic said:

You would trust a bar on the ship to save your bottle? I don't think so.

We did it on other cruise line but with bottles we bought inside the ship, that's why I'm asking. On other cruise line they have all the bottles stored in the same place and we can ask for our bottle no matter where we are in the ship.

Thank you all for your inputs

22 minutes ago, Queen of Oakville said:

Pack your own corkscrew.  

Open your own bottle.

Get glasses from closest bar and take back to your cabin.

Pour your own wine in the cabin.

Take wine with you wherever you wish to drink it, even in dining room or theatre.

Store your own wine in your cabin.

 

 

 

Thanks! That's what we sometimes do, we ask the steward for a corkscrew and glasses and open it in the cabin. ☺️ But I was wondering if we could already have the bottle at the bar instead of returning to the cabin after dinner to get our wine 😉

Thank you 😉

Hello! I understand that we can bring 2 bottles of wine per cabin that are subject to corkage fee if open at the restaurants and that they will save it for us if we don't drink it. But, regarding to lounges/ bars...can we bring our own bottle to one bar? And will they save the bottle for us? Thank you😊

Hello! Is it possible to know in which days have been the theme nights aboard Oasis of the Seas since it arrived to Mediterranean? Im traveling with a big group and would like to organize some theme nights for the group but would like to coordinate with the ship theme nights.

Right now I have a different schedulle from diferent cruise compasses:

Mon: formal

Tues: White  OR  Tropical/White

Wed: Tropical + 70's   

Thu: Latin

Fri: Formal

Sat: none

Thank you :)

Thank you Biker19. We were on another cruise company where we used the laptop for the first login and we had to use the internet through the laptop until the end of the cruise ;)

Hello, we will need to use internet while onboard Oasis of the Seas and we have some questions:

- When they say one devidce does it means that we can only use the internet in one device each time (like when using the smarthphone we can't use the laptop) or does it means that we are only able to chose one device to use the internet ( like, if we use the laptop to login we can only use the lapttop)

- Is there any 24 h plan? Can we use the 15% C&A discount to buy the 24h plan?(If there is any) 

Thanks

Actually during the XV century it was common to find pigs swimming in lots of Caribbean islands, after the Spanish and Portuguese carried them on the ships. I remember to study it in History :)

Thank you @No Bananas it was helpfull, yes :)

1 hour ago, MJSailors said:

I do not understand why anyone would want to swim with pigs.

What is the appeal of this activity ?

 

If you google Exuma, you can see what is appealing, it is just fun and cute and the waters are gorgeous. From the previous answer it is not Exuma what they are selling but I believe that the feeling who books is the same ;)

Is this the pig swim of Exuma? Or is it something different?

I was thinking that the perks were only for USA sailings. Does it apply to Barcelona sails?

11 hours ago, above sea level cruiser said:

 The cruise we were on is VERY port intensive...... not really a lot of time spent on the ship.

Thank you very much. My parents have been to the Med and Italy several times, in land vacations and cruising, this time they will enjoy the ship and do only a couple of excursions ;) 

Thank you very much for this topic. My parents will be in oasis in less than a month and they are starting to pack. i have some questions if you don't mind.

-Besides the 70's and the white night is there any other theme night? We were aboard Allure of the seas last year in Caribbean and we had Tropical night.

-Is the MDR open at lunch during port days?

-Are there any craft/jewels workshop?

Thank you!

9 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

You get one for Star class on the ships that have them, but the use of (or not) the genie is up to you.

Thank you!Good to know .)

Is the genie a mandatory thing for the ones who book suites? We would love to book one suite for one special cruise, but we don't want that kind of service, we love to plan the things for ourselves and we don't want someone else to book the things for us or to be around every time (yes, I know, we are the exception  )

Oasis passing Madeira, just saw the photos in F*c*book 😉

My parents are travelling with a group of 10. I just emailed them :) The problem is, they only speak Portuguese and understand Spanish and I keep reading from English speakers only... :(  Hope we get lucky ;)

We never been charged when we bring to the dining room, but we never know.Sometimes we open it in our cabin (they provide the opener if you ask) and bring the glasses to the dining room.