grouchomarx

You can do it at guest services. On my last cruise I was at guest services and on the tv screen it said Vibe was sold out. I already had it booked but I was able to get a cabana and I will try again on my December cruise for the same. If you're two people it's a negligible uptick in price. PCC I talked to last night said something about there being a Vibe waitlist, so that if there is a cancellation you can get a reservation. I am 99% sure she put me on that list but I have to double check.

Thank you! I love your insight. I will try to enjoy it more than the first time I had it, I felt restless. I need to learn to relax!

Thank you for this! I have hope I can cope without a Vibe pass!

The cruises are 12/21-12/28 then 12/28-1/4 Miami Bliss

I’m very excited, I just turned my Christmas cruise into a b2b for new years week (traveling solo). It was not insanely expensive. Not sure what to expect upon finishing the first cruise, do I get off and do customs or something else? I got the same cabin for both cruises so I don’t have to move. I only have the Vibe for the first leg, which at first upset me but my strategy is this: spend all the first cruise hanging in the Vibe, enjoying it all. Save excursions for the second leg (same ports), so I am off the ship more and I also got the thermal suite pass and Bliss thermal suite looks really nice. This way I can avoid the psycho pool deck as much as possible. The PCC I dealt with told me get on the wait list for the Vibe for the second cruise, I might get it. But I figure time in the Vibe is a lot of drinking and partying and I might not even want that for the second cruise and want to do different stuff and explore the ship more. When I’m in Vibe I just tend to stay parked there all day and not see/do anything else. I’m so excited I never did a new years cruise! Any advice for a newbie b2b and new years, I’m all ears. My plan is to take 7 days of clothing and just wear it all over again, I cannot pack 14 days of unique stuff and still fly underweight lol.

Thanks it was quite the shock. Big ouch.

I’ve never seen conditions like that on any cruise, I agree it’s gross.

Yes you will have control. This recently happened to me, person #2 cancelled the cruise.

That is very useful as I have a Royal cruise next June. Maybe they could transfer it to that one. Thanks.

No I got broken up with, cruise cancelled by other party

Thanks for all your info. I had a boatmance. It didn’t work out. Feeling like an idiot. Had a lot of fallout, Yiikes I am a loser.

And yes, if you no longer have a car, you can get a refund on the unused part of the premium you paid on insurance because who insures something they no longer own?? I had a cruise for zero percent of the premium I paid.

What’s your point? To be mean? Thanks. Someone cancelled my cruise without my knowledge. I’m just trying to salvage things the best I can and an extra $100 would be helpful to have back in my bank account since it’s wasted on nothing now that I am not cruising.

I purchased this for a November cruise that was recently cancelled (not by me, by the person I was to sail with). Today I called to cancel this and they said you had to cancel like 10 days after buying it and I am now outside that window. Do you think there is any chance I could get my money back somehow? It’s a total loss since I’m not even cruising (I got a full refund on the cruise). The lady on the phone today was a hard no. But if anyone had an experience where they could get a refund after the expiration date passed, please let me know and how you did it.

It's offering me oceanview or balcony. It still shows me in the studio today so I will wait a few more days and keep checking.

Today I changed my cabin from a studio to a solo inside. Later on today I got an offer to bid for an upgrade, but it still says I am in the studio. Will this affect my chances and should I wait until it shows me as inside, or it makes no difference and the system will know. I do want to bid, I would like to try to an upgrade but I don’t want to do it if I am messing up my chances. It’s a December cruise so there is time.

I never had to use the customer service before. The lady on the phone was nice today but she said I have to wait a while and see if NCL will fix it before they do anything, and wants all kinds of details so I tried to put that together today but it's so complicated. I feel like I need to give a Ted talk about this screw up lol

Will they actually follow up to these online submissions, and do they do it via email or call you? I have so many details to go through I can't imagine doing it back and for in emails. And I usually don't prefer to talk on the phone but they screwed my billing up so badly I can't imagine it can be done any way but by phone.

I got mine today, just off the ship yesterday

Well, update to the saga, nothing has been resolved. I read the final statement wrong. What is really said was that I was charged for all the onboard purchases but not credited for all the things they removed. So I just spent a few hours going through my Amex statements and my docs from NCL to compile a detailed list of what is owed, which is close to $500, not $745. A couple things were recently refunded. Most were not. Now I have all the proof, Amex assured my if NCL doesn't fix this they will take care of me. What a waste of my time.

Some of you may have seen my previous post about paying for a lot of extras pre-cruise and getting them dropped from my account without warning or refund. They zeroed out my account at the end of the cruise by showing a credit for all the extras I paid for but did not get, it $745. This is clearly shown in the column of "credits/refunds" and the balance is 0. Today they CHARGED my Amex $745. Anyone know a number or email address I could use to get through about this? The general NCL number person told me there is no phone number and the only thing I could do is fill out an online form, which I did. Any advice is appreciated. I will now call Amex and dispute this charge. I thought the nightmare was over!

That makes total sense. I guess I did not know people did that, I always use a chair for long periods of time. Thanks for letting me know!

Their website frequently has problems or just doesn't work at all. About 50% of the time I go there it's not working right. Using Chrome on Windows 10. Also goes wacko on my iPad so not OS related.

I don't understand these comments that unless you are literally sitting IN your chair you may not lay claim to it. So if I want to swim I should uproot all my stuff and put in on the ground or in a locker? Of course I leave my stuff if I swim or hot tub, it's only about 15 minutes and I'm back. There is a reasonable way to use a chair, like the example I just gave, and then there are people who claim and never use it for hours (or at all ) and are nowhere in the vicinity. If you are having a quick bite after you've already been using your chair for a while I think it's totally fine to leave your stuff since you're coming right back. I would not necessarily advise just claiming the chair first, not using it, going for food and then coming back, although it's not a federal crime IMO. If your plan is to mostly be using your chair throughout the day on and off and not gone for a long time, keep your stuff there. If the staff move it then you know that is not accepted behavior.

I never really even had to deal with GS on a cruise before except once on HAL. They kept charging me for drinks I never had every single day. It was annoying to have to go there but they always just removed it without question or argument.