njhorseman

As I've already said, we always dine in a specialty restaurant the first night and typically the specialties are less crowded that night than on any other night of the cruise . That's why some cruise lines where there is an additional charge for specialties offer discounts or incentives for dining there the first night.

We no longer sail on cruise lines that have assigned tables and sittings. We much prefer open seating in the dining room. I have no interest in being forced to dine with people I may dislike. That doesn't mean we always dine alone because we may already know others on board or we may meet people we enjoy being with and dine with them.

I've never paid extra for a specialty restaurant meal. There are cruise lines that include specialty restaurants as part of your fare.

There is some discussion of Ritz Carlton on the "Other Cruise Lines" board.

A polo shirt has a collar so it meets the dress code requirements of every NCL restaurant, and jeans are also allowed in every restaurant.

We always go to a specialty restaurant the first night. Why fight the mobs in the dining room when you can eat in a relaxed uncrowded venue.

That's illogical . What if NCL increased salaries twice ? Wouldn't that suggest an associated increase in service charges would take place twice? Finally, something that makes sense . If you need to attract more staff you may have to increase salaries.

The key sentence in the article is "But there's no concrete answer if this actually reflected in the increase of the crew salaries." That's evidence in support of exactly what I'm saying...that you certainly don't know whether NCL is or isn't increasing salaries, so your flat-out assertion that they are not isn't based on any facts.

Yes: https://www.ncl.com/faq#!#alcohol-consumption "With the exception of Alaska and Hawaii itineraries, Norwegian permits young adults to purchase and personally consume wine and beer only while onboard and with the consent of an accompanying parent. Authorization will be given only when the accompanying parent completes the Young Adult Alcoholic Beverage Waiver form. This form can be obtained and completed at the Guest Services Desk upon embarkation of the vessel. However, passengers 18 years of age or older are permitted to consume beer and wine when sailing on round-trip European voyages without having to complete the Young Adult Alcoholic Beverage Waiver form."

Do you actually know that NCL isn't increasing staff salaries ? Do you work in NCLH's corporate headquarters in Miami? Have you seen the employment contracts that NCL crew have signed, which detail how crew are compensated ? I'm quite willing to place a big wager that the answer to the above questions is a resounding NO, in which case it appears that all you're trying to do on this thread is stir the pot.

The OP has already stated that they did not sign for any additional charges. You have to sign a charge slip if you order anything that generates a charge to your account. Having carefully read the thread and having a lot of experience with how things are done on NCL, IMO the most likely explanation is that charges from another cabin were somehow misapplied to the OP's cabin . It's happened to me a couple of times and while it's not always clear exactly how it happens, @European_CruiseGirl's hypothesis is a reasonable explanation.

You can wear tee shirts in the vast majority of NCL dining rooms. It can vary by ship, but usually there are two or three such as the aft main dining room, Le Bistro and Ocean Blue or their equivalent (I'm not sure about all the Prima restaurants) that require a collared shirt.

Your theory about how this could have happened is quite plausible. I've had the occasional erroneous charge appear on my account and I always suspected it may have happened that way.

It doesn't matter what it looks like, they are erroneous charges regardless . The OP has confirmed that they didn't have any guests dining in the Haven, nor did they sign for any charges in the Haven. Once in a while I've had erroneous charges added to my account that were apparently intended to be applied to a different cabin's account. I never knew how that happened, but it's something that's easy to resolve while you're on board and far more difficult to resolve once you've disembarked.

The OP said called the shoreside concierge line and were told to fill out a Guest Relations form, which they did. Now they're waiting for a response.

I second the recommendation of a Tarcoles River boat ride.

Yesterday I paid $7.99 for a carton of 18 large eggs, up from $6.99 two weeks ago. Where do you get eggs so cheaply??

Because they wouldn't have an excuse to troll if they actually checked the facts. Please stop making sensible comments. Unfortunately if it helped we wouldn't have the continual troll-fed tipping threads.

Please read post #12. The OP has already confirmed that they didn't have any non - Haven guests dining with them.

The Adirondack ran between Montreal and NY City, so the OP would still have to get from Quebec City to Montreal. I intentionally used the past tense "ran" in the above sentence because Amtrak hasn't offered the cross border service between NY and Montreal since the start of the pandemic . They recently resumed service using the name "Adirondack" but the train for now only runs between NY City and Albany.

The OP went to LGB, not LAX.

It's rather simple. I don't want to encourage anyone to use a driver or service that is breaking the law and I don't want anyone to get ripped off .

If you want to ignore the fact that the designated procedures weren't followed when you negotiated the fare directly with the driver and the fact that you were charged more than you would have paid for a fare on the meter it was great. If you're OK with the fact your driver broke the law by negotiating the fare directly with you and that you paid more than you otherwise might have then sure...it was a "fair fare".

Please read the page you quoted carefully. Curb and the other E-Hail apps are not permitted to be used for trips originating at the airports. They are only permitted for trips to the airports: "The Port Authority does not currently allow taxis to be E-Hailed at the airport. However, you can be dropped off at the airport." FYI, taxi fares between JFK and Manhattan in either direction are already fixed rate and have been for a number of years: https://www.nyc.gov/site/tlc/passengers/taxi-fare.page "Trips between Manhattan and John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in either direction: $52 Plus 50 cents MTA State Surcharge. Plus 30 cents Improvement Surcharge. $4.50 rush hour surcharge (4pm to 8pm weekdays, excluding legal holidays). Plus New York State Congestion Surcharge of $2.50 (Yellow Taxi) or $2.75 (Green Taxi and FHV) or 75 cents (any shared ride) for all trips that begin, end or pass through Manhattan south of 96th Street. Plus tips and any tolls. The on-screen rate message should read "Rate #2- JFK Airport." " The bottom line is that for airport trips to or from Manhattan the only change from standard fares when using Curb or another E-Hail app is for trips to LGA.

I don't know if this is correct or not. It really doesn't matter. The price was similar to what we were getting quoted from Uber and Lyft. I do know that some of the other yellow cabs were stenciled as $75 flat rate to the other airport. NYC was a mad house, and we got to our airport quickly and for no more than it would have cost to walk a block or two to catch an Uber/Lyft. Even under the NY City Taxi and Limousine Commission's E-hail pilot program that permits the use of a few apps such as Curb, based on your description the required procedures for use of the app still weren't followed because you're required to make a request through the app first, then decide whether to accept the fare quote through the app, not the passenger negotiating with the taxi driver on the street . I realize you don't care, but that's how it works and your driver didn't follow the law. I was born in Manhattan, I've been a resident of NY City and its suburbs my entire life and have taken innumerable taxi, limo and car service rides over more than 7 decades, so I'm pretty darn familiar with how the system works. I spend a lot of time answering Cruise Critic posters' transportation questions on the East Coast Departures Board and to do so accurately I try to keep up with the rules, regulations and the marketplace in general. And for bonus points I had an uncle who was a NY City taxi driver and educated me about his business from the time I was a young boy. 😁