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I know that I have mentioned previously that we are seasoned travellers with NCL and this will be our first voyage with HA. I have a query about wifi access through “Have It All”. On NCL we are used to having a time allocation of access within NCL “Free At Sea” and we both get the allowance. I’ve watched a few YouTube videos about the “Have It All” video package and I’m not sure what access we will get. Currently I’m anticipating to send family and friends regular WhatsApp messages and photos as we make our way round the voyage. On NCL I usually bundle all my WhatsApp messages together before I go online. As soon as I’m finished I log in and off they go. Invariably someone will ask a question but I’m usually able to log out after around 5 minutes. Will I be able to do that with my “Have It All” package? Also will both my wife and myself have our own allowance or is it per cabin. Thanks for any help. Steve
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Realised that I was telling porkies when I said that we’d never missed a cruise stop. I completely forgot the here comes COVID cruise in March 19. Dubai to Cape Town. Set off to Abu Dhabi, Fujairah and Oman with no trouble at all. But then we were refused entry at the Seychelles, Reunion, Mauritius and three South African ports, Richards Bay, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Ended up anchored off Cape Town about halfway to Robbin Island for three days! 17 days drifting round the Indian Ocean. That said it did open up a new travel list, places I’ve seen but not visited. I already had a few to put in including Albania, Myanmar and Paraguay. Flying over doesn’t count. That said I’m going to claim Antarctica when we get there. In addition, that cruise convinced me that I could do a Transatlantic cruise without doing my head in as I finally proved just before Christmas.
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Great info, we too don’t like having our ears assaulted by over amplified music. It’s our one BIG GRUMP about NCL. The volume as turned up so loud that it’s often to the detriment of the singers. Some of the females sound to shrieking, but still the audience goes wild. So the Ocean Bar could become a go to but perusal of various Daily News pages shows that it’s not open that often.
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So sorry your missing the Puerto Montt excursion. Blues of a different kind, although your stoicism is most commendable. We’ve never missed a port yet in over 25 cruises, but we did have a delayed start on a Princess cruise in French Polynesia. Departing from Papeete, the captain let rip with the engines and reversed into the dock! Fortunately a thorough search was undertaken and we were cleared for embarkation in the early hours and made our first port of call easily. On another occasion we got out of Halifax only to learn that just after we set off they closed the harbour. We had a forward ocean view cabin on deck 4. 20 ft waves, boy we barely slept that night with the constant wave crashing and see sawing through them all! That balcony obstruction has us a little worried as we booked the cruise in a package and have no say over which cabin we get except that it is described as a “Deluxe Veranda Stateroom” that will be advised later (not so far!) by the cruise line.🫰 Being regular NCL cruisers (diamond level), we never need to worry about luggage storage, just slide it under the bed! We usually take two cases each on any longer cruises, and one will slip inside the other. That’s what we’ll do this time but that looks one sturdy case that you have with you, where could you stow it? Steve
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Great job TravelBluebird! We’ll be sure to keep up with your adventures as we’re picking up the OOSTERDAM as you disembark. We’ll also be switching channels to check out the adventures of NorbertsNiece. I’m assuming your first port of call will be Puerta Montt. If you do a tour that includes Petrohue Falls be ready for some amazing blues! Steve
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An Outsider’s Assessment of the Haven Experience
caneable replied to caneable's topic in Norwegian Cruise Line
Part of our problem was that for each stage the butler was changed. Apparently they take it in turns to be available as the night shift. That said we didn’t speak to anyone about it. Pity we didn’t pick up that advice before the cruise started as that would have avoided waste food. Thanks for posting that Janice 2348 as it puts the info out there for others and that’s what this board should be about if it’s got any legs! -
An Outsider’s Assessment of the Haven Experience
caneable replied to caneable's topic in Norwegian Cruise Line
Fair enough, the Joy is one of the larger ships in the fleet. I’d wondered whether your experience was on a smaller ship. Thanks for clarifying. -
An Outsider’s Assessment of the Haven Experience
caneable replied to caneable's topic in Norwegian Cruise Line
AandL2000, I’m just wondering which ship you were on. Last summer we sailed on Norwegian Star to Iceland. We weren’t travelling as Haven occupiers but we did get to experience their dining options. For reasons we don’t quite know we were invited to use the breakfast facility in Moderno and lunchtime in Cagneys. We also had access to the concierge accompaniment off ship. Once again the food and the help off ship in ports were excellent, however I did think that that left people who had paid for Haven decidedly short changed. As a smaller ship the Star had no specific areas for Haven guests only beyond the restaurant options as far as we were aware. As a much newer and larger ship Norwegian Encore is well placed to wow the Haven cruiser.