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    Mini Bar Charges Post Cruise

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Same thing just happened to me. Just got off the Freedom of the Seas on Sunday, April 9th. Same day a charge of $6.19 was posted to my credit card after I received the final statement. I called Post Cruise Customer Support at (800) 256-6649 and they said it was a mini bar charge for a bottle of water. There was one large bottle of water in the mini bar on day one and it was still in there on the last day. I even made a point of telling the crew member that I never touched it. The charge was removed. We will see.

    Voom usage

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Hmmm... I put it on airplane mode and have it on my home wifi and the text didn't go through. The error message says turn off airplane mode or use wifi, which I'm doing. Weird. Time to call verizon.

    When you put your phone on airplane mode, it turns off all radio signals including wi-fi. To use just wi-fi, put the phone in airplane mode and then turn wi-fi only back on.

    How many plugs?

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    We will be on the Epic next week with 5 people staying in a 2 bedroom Haven suite. Does anyone know how many electrical outlets there are in these suites and are they American or European? We will have 10-12 devices that need charging (phones, iPads, cameras) and I need to know if I need converters.

     

    I don't remember how many outlets. Only a couple I believe. But I do know that there are both the 110 volt US style and the 220 volt round recessed European style. So you don't need a converter but you will need a power strip. Many chargers are dual-voltage. Read the fine print on the charger to see. If it is dual-voltage you can use both style outlets if you have the correct adapter. An adapter is not the same as a converter. A converter steps down the voltage from 220 to 110. An adapter just adapts the pins or prongs so they fit into the outlet. These are very inexpensive.

    Daily service charges now $18.00???

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    This is from NCL site today. Hopefully it's an error.

     

    Choose From These Five Offers When You Book

    Any Stateroom Category†PREPAID SERVICE CHARGES

     

     

    Let Norwegian take care of the stateroom services charges for the first two stateroom guests when you pick this option. Stateroom service charges are $18 per person, per day so the savings add up the longer your cruise is!

     

    http://www.ncl.com/promo/wave15

     

    It's an option that you can choose. It applies only two the first two guests. Third and fourth person in your party don't pay. If you have four people it averages out to $9.00 each. If you have three people in your party it averages out to $12.00 each. You wouldn't choose this if you only have two in your party.

    Breakaway- 7/19 thru 7/26 Docked or Anchored

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    On the Breakaway cruise to Bermuda (7/19 thru 7/26) does anybody know whether the ship will be Docked or Anchored?

     

    If you don't know, but know where I can go to get the answer ... let me know as NCL has told me three answers on three call (don't know/docked/ docked unless problem then anchored)????

     

    It will be docked at Heritage Wharf. It anchored and tendered for a half day on Wednesday because the Norwegian Dawn had to return for inspection after hitting a reef on Tuesday. After the Dawn left it docked.

     

    You can see it now on the Port Bermuda Webcam

    Dawn to Bermuda first week in may was scarey!

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    I was on the Norweigen Dawn out of Boston, sailing to Bermuda May 1st. On may 2 we hit the worse storm , like being in a hurricane!. I was surprised the ship continued on to Bermudia, and didn't take us elsewhere. There was another ship following us and it turned around, was this the Breakaway out of New York? Where did it go since it didn't show up in Bermuda? I am a seasoned cruiser and I was terrified....as were the other passengers and crew!

    We were on the Breakaway heading back to New York on May 2. I'm sure we passed each other somewhere. Seas were very rough and winds were between 50 - 60 knots. TV Navigation Channel said waves were 14.9 feet. The side to side motion varied between 1 and 2 degrees each direction from level. Didn't bother us too much, we have seen worse cruising the Hawaiian Islands.

    Norwegian Dawn - Cruise to Bermuda - Passport Question

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    If you're going to apply for a passport this close to the cruise, be sure to have an extra copy of your birth certificate. You have to submit your BC with the passport application, and it won't be returned to you until the passport issuance process has been completed. (It will be returned in a separate envelope by the way.) If there's a delay in issuing the passport, you'll need the birth certificate as proof of citizenship for the cruise.

     

    Make sure it is a certified copy with a raised seal, not just a photo copy. A photo copy will not be accepted.

    Converter/Adapter....Confused..

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    I asked this in the Italy Boards but they are pretty quiet. We will be staying in Rome for 3 days pre-cruise and I am getting confused as to what I need to keep my Apple Iphone, my Kindle and our camera battery charged. We will not be traveling with a laptop or hairdryer so from what I can understand just and adapter is necessary? Any help, input or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

     

    Check the fine print on the chargers. Most modern electronic devices are designed to operate on dual-voltage. If it says Input 100-240 volts, then all you need is an adapter that adapts the US pin configuration to theirs. If it only says Input 110 or 115 volts, then you will need a converter and an adapter. The converter steps down the voltage from 220 to 110, the adapter lets you plug the thing in as it will not fit into their sockets.

     

    Voltage is Italy is 220 Volts AC, 50 cycles per second.

    See this link for more information.

    http://goitaly.about.com/od/travelpackingtips/l/bl_electricity_italy.htm

    Price change after deposit

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    If the price goes up after my deposit but before final payment, will I have to pay the new price or am I locked in to the original price? Thanks in advance:)

     

    You will only owe the balance remaining. It will never go up. If there is a price reduction, you can call and many times they will adjust the price downward if you do it before the final payment is made. :)

    Luggage tags

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    I recently downloaded our tags for the Gem in May and they are indeed the wide ones. I had previously read on other threads here that NCL did switch to these.

     

    Here is a photo of my new tags in the Cruise Critic holders They are 3 inches wide.

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    Luggage tags

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    Is that something new? We did a cruise on the Pearl last October, and the luggage tags was the "narrow" type (the ones they have had for at least 10-12 years). Here is a photo of on of my luggage tags from a couple of years ago, and the luggage tag from last October (2014) was very similar....

     

    Yes, that is new. I don't know when they changed it as I too had the narrow tags on the Star out of New Orleans in March 2013. I have read on other posts here that all the NCL ships now use the wide ones. I just downloaded my eDocs for the Breakaway in April and they are wide.

     

    Hopefully someone else will chime in and confirm.

    Iconcierge

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    Is this wifi that we have to use the app on the one we have to buy packages of? My roll call group told me wifi is NOT free, so I'm confused?

     

    I have an 11 year old with a phone, windows, so I would like to be able to communicate with her on ship when she is in splash academy and such, but I do not want to buy a $100 internet package/minutes and $7.95 per phone to do so.

    What I have concluded by reading this and other threads about wifi and the internet is that many people seem to think they are one and the same! They are not! Wifi is the wireless connection between your device and the ships router. The ships router is whats connected to the internet via a satellite connection. The app uses the ships "intranet" not the "internet" for providing information on dinning, entertainment, bars, etc. for free. The $7.95 upgrade per device lets you talk and text with other app users on the ship in addition to the free stuff. It does not use the ships cellular equipment which is usually $2.49 per minute and 50 cents per text on most carriers. If you want to connect to the internet for email and the web, then you will need to buy an internet package.

     

    One other thing, the instructions tell you to put the phone in airplane mode to avoid cellular charges, but they don't mention you have to turn the wifi back on! Airplane mode turns off all radios on the device including wifi.

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