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But it's not that simple! It involves $$$$$, re-registration, and all the legal crap, etc. NCL would not going thru that if the Spirit is being chartered by Lion Travel for only 4 months. As it turns out the name Endeavour was possibly created by Lion Travel as promotion.

Why are you off topic? 🙄 Asia, not Alaska 🙃

BTW, the family balcony cabins are the same as the regular balcony cabins, only difference is the former has one or two more berths than the latter.

The balcony cabin bathrooms are better than the Sun’s! Spirit went thru $100m dry dock refit in Jan 2020 and the ship is so lovely and new. If the cruise is a port intensive one you don’t really need Club Balcony cabin. We were on Spirit for 14 days Alaska B2B and were in deck 8 ocean view cabin - loved the cabin and location. In our honest opinion we like the Spirit a lot better than the Sun, so you should be fine, if not better, with the switch! Spirit has the best aft Spice H2O and forward Observation/Spinnaker lounge of the fleet … here are the pictures …. I would advise you to stick with balcony on the Spirit.

I'm happy to learn that Spirit will be back in NCL's hands starting Oct 2024!

I need to take that back ... just saw on NCL.com that Spirit will be back in NCL's hands next year Oct 2024, doing Asian itineraries. 😁

Looks like Spirit is going to be renamed when she gets to Asia .... Found this on Lion Travel Taiwan website.. Wonder if NCL will ever get the beloved Spirit back ever again? 😧

Norwegian Cruise Line Endeavour | (liontravel.com) Translate the page first .... and scroll own to see itineraries ....

Found this on the Lion Travel website (Taiwan) …

Tip: when taking landscape photos on your phone make sure the shutter button is on the right side of the screen. If it's on the left side, the photo is upside down so you need to turn your phone around. Enjoying your live review and photos, and WELCOME TO BERMUDA!!!

@amygutman okay, I’ll answer your questions but it’s hard …. I’ve been on all the NCL ships except the Sky and Prima. Each ship has its own pros and cons. I have a few favorite itineraries and ports so it’s difficult for me to pick. I would say our new favorite is the Spirit - we were on her for 14 days last month, and also 17 days on her in Feb 2020. Best forward Observation/Spinnaker lounge of all NCL ships, best aft Spice H2O. Best cabin: Club Balcony cabins on Breakaway Plus ships. Best port: too numerous to say.

It’s permanently bubble-#rapped. My fave is the one on the Joy ….

Hey, this is NCL boards … so your fave ship doesn’t qualify 😆🙃

The previous cruise was a 6-day chartered Sun-Sat and it stopped in Bermuda for an overnight only. This 8-day cruise was Sat-Sun(+1).

No, as I said before and as @KateQ22003 said, the platinum dining vouchers are not transferrable to anyone outside your cabin. Each of the two platinum dining coupons that you receive in your cabin must be used in different restaurant. Both cannot be used in same restaurant, even on different nights. The dinner vouchers as part of free at sea perks are in your name ... they are not transferrable to anyone else. Same with the dinner vouchers that you purchase in your name.

If you are solo in cabin (meaning no one else is in same cabin with you) the platinum vouchers are for you only, you cannot have someone sharing the dinner with you. If you have other people in cabin with you you may use the vouchers for yourself and one other from same cabin. You cannot give your vouchers to other people to use. As you hand over your voucher to the hostess you need to present your cruise card as well - this card has your latitude level printed on it - and the hostess writes your room number on the voucher. The Dining package vouchers are non-transferable meaning when you buy them they are for you only to use.

Discontinued about a decade ago.

Why? We were there last month and the shuttle buses were plentiful and there were the ‘Walmart’ shuttle buses - ideal for the crew members! Hint: get the excursion that picks you up at Ward Cove and gives you the option of dropping you off in Ketchikan or taking you back to Ward Cove. We chose the former and they dropped us off by Creek Street. We enjoyed walking that and went to waterfront and enjoyed the halibut n chips at Crabs and Go and then walked to Berth 4, enjoying the stores and stuff along the way, to catch the shuttle back to ship. We enjoyed the drive - a chance to see a bit of Alaska, lol. Also the store at Ward Cove is great, selling clothes and outdoor wear at reasonable prices.

The new itinerary for Oct 10-20, 2024 cruise is now up in NCL.com. @clojacks - care to look it up and compare the price to the one you already have. If new price is higher, consider keeping the new itinerary?

@omahabob please reread @JIMESOPUS's post .... he said an improvement TO the Prima christening. We're on the same TA as well.

Get off the ship and find local wi-fi and try to access NCL.Com.

While on the Spirit (B2B last month) we had P+ booze packages therefore whenever we asked for glasses of wine they brought a bottle to the table. When using the one platinum voucher that included a bottle of wine we selected one from the platinum menu and said we’d take it back to cabin to drink at another time. We ended up bringing both bottles back home - they were very nice.

Only the trivia that is “micced” is in Henry’s Pub. Other trivias are on the screen in Atrium. Don’t forget to go to Taste for dinner.

Here you go ... I wonder what he looks like now, 9 years later!

I did notice the name but kept forgetting to get back to him to ask him about Richard! Later I’m going to find some photos of Richard to post here so you can show it to Raymond - he’s gonna have a fit. Btw, Ray said it’s his big brother … well, I’d say his little big brother. Photos forthcoming.