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You could wait always wait until the NCL Upgrade Bid Upgrade offers come out. Might be able to bid up to the Haven for less than what NCL quoted you now. You would still be able to keep the packages you originally booked with.
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35 minutes ago, SouthLyonCruiser said:
I'm just curious, but why would you want to move to a travel agent? Is the travel agent a friend or maybe you have a problem with NCL and feel that an agent could handle the problem quicker and with less hassle?
A Travel Agent usually can add extra incentives, in addition the deal you already have with NCL. If we see a good deal come up on the internet, we book it right away. Then we have 30 days to transfer it to our TA. And she has always come through for us! NCL will not match any deal from the TA. Check around with several TA, and see what they can add on after booking with NCL. You may be surprised.
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3 hours ago, JamieLogical said:
With the specialty dining package at the a la carte restaurants, if you use one of your credits, you get one entree and unlimited sides and desserts with your meal. A few items at Ocean Blue/Bayamo and Cagney's require an additional charge on top of the specialty dining credit. You can see those items listed with a "dining package supplement" charge in the photos posted above.
We were just on the Getaway 19 Day Transatlantic Barcelona to New Orleans, October 20 to November 8, 2019. With the NCL Free Specialty Dining Offer (you pay only for gratuities), you now get 3 choices of: only 1 soup, 1 salad, or 1 appetizer ; 1 entrée ; and 1 dessert. That was what we were told when ordering dinner in Cagney's, Le Bistro, Ocean Blue, and La Cucina. Also told in Le Bistro, that a couple of their entrees were an extra charge, if we chose them. That is the same 3 choices that you have always received with the 2 Free Platinum Dinners. On the entrees you may get a small side included. Things are changing on NCL Cruises! Our next cruise with NCL is in 4 months, and we chose not to take their 3 Free Specialty Dining Offer.
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On our 15 Day Epic Transatlantic Cruise from Port Canaveral to Barcelona this past spring, NCL had 4 separate Latitude Parties, starting with the Gold Members on up. The last Latitude Party was for Platinum, Platinum Plus, and Ambassador Members, and it was packed. Not a vacant seat available, with standing room only for the late arrivals. NCL announced during the party that Platinum Members and above, would each be receiving 2 free laundry bags. That came sure came in handy!
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Think they are just given to Haven Guests.
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You need to think about buying 2 Cruise Next Certificates while on your NCL Cruise. You can buy 2 certificates for $250, and they are worth $500 toward future cruises. (Don't take the OBC.) They expire 4 years from date of purchase. Normally one certificate (worth $250) can be used for booking a 6 day or longer cruise that is 6 months or more out, for an inside cabin or ocean view cabin. You can use 2 (worth $500) certificates for a balcony cabin or above, with the same conditions. Right now NCL is running a Cruise Next Double Up Offer from August 1-31, 2019, where you can apply 2 certificates for any category. You need to talk to the Cruise Next People while onboard. They will be able to help you. If you book your next cruise with them while onboard, they will usually give you a free 1 level cabin up grade. You could sell one of your certificates to the family going with you, or buy extras for them. The certificates can only be purchased while onboard.
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On NCL cruises of 15 days or longer, Platinum Members and above get 2 free bags of laundry.
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2 hours ago, Danish viking said:
I´m guessing by CPR you are talking about the central station.
The new metro has opened about 3 weeks before you arrive and the Rådhuspladsen metro station is a stones throw away from your hotel.
So take the metro from the airport to Kongens Nytorv.
Here you change from M2 to either M3 or M4 and take it 2 stops further to Rådhuspladsen and walk to the hotel from there.
When going to to cruise terminal you can either walk 10 minutes to Nørreport and catch bus 25 from there to Oceankaj.
Or you can catch M3/4 via Kongens Nytorv and get off at Østerport from where you can catch both bus 25 and 27.
https://www.rejseplanen.dk/webapp/index.html?language=en_EN
Danish Viking, I messed up again. I meant to put CPH, the abbreviation for the Copenhagen Airport, arriving Terminal 3 at approximately 13:05 pm. We should be easily be able to follow the your detailed instructions from Airport to Hotel, and Hotel to the Cruise Terminal. Thank you very much.
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On 7/21/2019 at 2:52 PM, Danish viking said:
Is it this year or next year.
very important info for your traveling plans 🙂
Danish Viking, I am sorry for not answering your question sooner. Just got back home from spending a week in Louisiana at the Casinos. We arrive in Copenhagen Airport on Oct.17, 2019 around 13:05 pm. Will be spending 3 nights at the Hotel Kong Fredrik. Our Transatlantic Cruise on the NCL Getaway leaves on Oct. 20, 2019. Looking for transportation options (train / buses / taxis) from CPR to Hotel Kong Fredrik, and from Hotel Kong Fredrik to the Copenhagen Ocean Quay Terminal 1+2. The approximate distances from the drop off points for the train / bus to the Hotel and from the Hotel to the cruise ship, would be greatly appreciated. If it is too far for us to walk, we will settle for using a taxi from CPR to Hotel, and Hotel to the Cruise Terminal. Thank you for your help.
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Hello Danish Viking! I just read through the 15 pages here looking for information, to get from the Copenhagen Airport to First Hotel Kong Fredrik. I thought someone may have already asked, but didn't see anything. We would prefer using the train, if we could just got on the train at the Airport and off at a train station close to the Hotel. An estimate of the walking distance from the train station to the Hotel would be very helpful, too. Also, is there any chance of getting a bus from around the Hotel Kong Fredrik area straight to Copenhagen Ocean Quay cruise dock? We can always use a taxi either time - if it is too complicated. Thank you for your help!
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Getaway 19 Day Transatlantic coming up 10/20 to 11/08 from Copenhagen to New Orleans. Embark at Copenhagen, Denmark and supposed to stop at Rotterdam, Netherlands; South Hampton, (London) Great Britain; Le Havre, (Paris) France; Portland, (England) Great Britain; Cork (Cobh), Ireland; Ponta Delgada (Azores) Portugal; Royal Naval Dockyard, (Kings Wharf) Bermuda; Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas; Miami, Florida; and disembark in New Orleans Louisiana. Hope we make all the Ports.
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6 hours ago, surfone said:
We will be first time platinum on our cruise next week. Will NCL use auto gratuities or do we tip ourselves for our platinum meals? Thanks
Not sure the Specialty Dining Restaurants share in the standard gratuities collected by NCL. If you enjoyed the meal and service at the 2 Free Platinum Dinners, it would be nice to leave a tip. It is totally up to you. We do for the 2 Platinum Dinners. But on the Specialty Dining Package Meals, NCL adds a 20% gratuities charge on to them. So, we feel an extra tip is not required there.
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We were recently on the Epic Transatlantic from Port Canaveral to Barcelona, and were in the Haven. The Haven key cards do get you priority service, as long as no one else has punched another deck, before you insert your key card. It only worked on the 2 outside set of the front 4 starboard elevators, and not on the middle 2 elevators in that bank of 4. There is a slot at the bottom below the deck numbers. Put your card in and press the deck you want to go to. You will see Priority Service scroll across the top screen, and elevator goes directly to deck you selected. You could get on one of these 2 special elevators and get priority service, as long as another deck had not already been punched in. It does not work on any of the other 3 elevator banks, though. Also, the Assistant Concierge was on the lower Haven floor on port days, and kept one of these special elevators locked out to transport Haven Guests down, for 1 hour after the Captain's announcement you were able to go ashore. That was a nice perk.
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You might check tour excursions through Robert's Hawaii. They have a page to put your cruise ship and dates sailing, and it shows what they offer at each port. Roberts Hawaii Tours are very similar to the NCL cruise ship yours, only cheaper. (They used to do the NCL ship tours years ago, but had a disagreement.) The more tours booked through Roberts the cheaper the price. We were well satisfied with them. Even did a Pearl Harbor / City Tour after disembarking cruise ship, and got dropped off at our hotel late that afternoon, before they took the others to the air port.
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After booking a cruise directly with Norwegian Cruise Lines, you have 30 days to transfer your booking to another Travel Agency. Contact several different Travel Agents, to see if they can add anything extra on to your NCL deal. You may be surprised, because most will be able to sweeten your deal. We have done this several times. NCL will usually be unable to match their better offer. It has to be done within 30 days of the original booking, with NCL though.
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16 hours ago, dmms said:
Sailing out of Rome on the Jade in October 2019. Sailed with NCL twice.
First time in Europe - very exciting!
Newbie question:
When we return to port in cititavecchia do we have to go through customs in the port terminal like in NY?
Or can our car pick us up at the ship?
We are using one of the car services that can drop you at the ship.
Thanks😁
We were on the NCL Spirit in August 2018, on a 11 night Mediterranean & Adriatic Cruise. I don't remember going through customs, when disembarking at the Port Of Civitavecchia. We did have to go through customs / immigration at the FCO Airport flying in and flying out of Rome. We rode the port shuttle to the cruise ship from Hotel. Noticed several private vehicles dropping off passengers outside the NCL cruise terminal, where the port shuttle also dropped us off. A short walk to enter the cruise terminal. So, I assume they would also picking up passengers there after the cruise. We rode the port shuttle back to Hotel to store our bags for the day. You might ask the car service to be sure.
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I would recommend Civitavecchia Cab Service. We took CCS from FCO to Rome City Center Hotel for a 2 night stay, from Rome CCH to Civitavecchia Port Hotel for 1 night stay, and walked across street the next day to catch the shuttle bus to ship. (I think CCS would take you directly to where you check in at your pier.) Then after our cruise we caught shuttle back drop off point across street, from the original Hotel stayed in at Civitavecchia Port. Hotel Traghetto keep our luggage, and we spent all day in the port. Arranged for CCS to pick us up at hotel later that evening and take us to FCO. A whole lot better than spending all day at FCO. We had 3 different trips with CCS and were well satisfied with all of them. On time, courteous, friendly, helpful, English Speaking, etc. We did the private service Mercedes for 2. (119 Euros for 2 of us to FCO.) Didn't want to be waiting around for another group on any of the 3 shuttles. You can go to their site, put your information in, and they will give you a price. Reasonable and highly recommended when I searched.
Boarded the port shuttle at 10 am and waited about 30 minutes in the NCL check in area. We were in a suite and got to board around 10:30. It was crowded with quite a few ships boarding at the port. I think NCL says not to be earlier than 1 hour, before your assigned boarding time.
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Sailed on the Dawn out of New Orleans on 02/26/17, the Sunday before Mardi Gras Tuesday. Suggest trying to find a hotel close by the cruise terminal - if there are any left. The city closes most of the streets in the downtown area that Sunday for the parades. There will be a couple main routes left open to get to the cruise port that morning, but it will be slow and you will encounter a lot of traffic. The taxis had problems like every one else. Talked to cruisers that flew in that Sunday morning, and weren't able to get to the port in time. They fortunately had insurance, and were able to get onboard at the first port.
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We were on the NCL Spirit last August that stopped at Dubrovnik and Split in Croatia. The taxi drivers at Dubrovnik would take Euros for trips from ship to city center and back for a set charge. Maybe 15 Euros - don't remember exactly? The small ice cream, soda, coffee, pastry shops, street vendors, etc. at both ports, wouldn't take Euros or credit cards though. Only 2 ports on the 11 night cruise that wasn't on Euros.
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The behind the scene tours are free to Platinum Members and above. The request for the tour needs to be made by 9pm on the day of embarkation, at the Cruise Next Representative Office. Sometimes, they offer behind the scenes tours to others on board for a fee.
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YELLOW BIRD !!! It was the Captain's favorite on the GEM, and ours too. Always served at the onboard parties. Sadly, on later cruises we were told that NCL stopped serving them. One ingredient Galliano, was hard to keep in stock at the bars.
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We used Civitavecchia Cab Service on our Rome cruise. Booked private transportation with CCS from FCO Airport to Downtown Rome Hotel for 2 nights, pick up from the Rome Hotel to a Civitavecchia Hotel for 1 night, and boarded ship the next morning. After disembarking from cruise, we spent the day walking around Civitavecchia, instead of sitting at the airport. Had a 7pm flight. Emailed CCS a day before arriving back and arranged private transportation back to the FCO Airport. It takes about 1 hour to get from port to the Airport. It is suggested to arrive at Airport 3 hours early for an international flight. You make your reservations with CCS, and pay the driver when you reach your destination. (In Euros.)
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We have been on 7 different NCL Cruise Ships, some more than once. The two Hotel Directors that I will always remember are Steven Jacobsen from the USA (Chicago) on the Jewel, and Armando Da Silva from Portugal on the Spirit. These two Hotel Directors do a great job and should be commended for making sure you have an outstanding cruise. We have been on Celebrity (3), Royal Caribbean (2), Carnival (3), and Princess (1) cruise lines. There was not a Hotel Director on any of them, that even came close. I will say that Capt. Kate on the Celebrity Summit, was the Best Ship's Captain ever, though.
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The NCL Epic Roll call for April 27, 2019 Transatlantic from Orlando, arriving in Barcelona May 12, 2019 has disappeared. It was started on Dec. 21, 2017. I have been keeping up with all the posts concerning this cruise. I went to the roll calls like it used to be (BEFORE THE RECENT UPDATING OF THE CRUISE CRITIC SITE), but no sailing is listed on the roll calls for April 27. It has the dates of sailings the weeks before and the weeks after, but on April 27 sailing on the roll call. I would like to keep up with it, since we will be on that 15 night cruise. I won't bother about trying to search other topics on Cruise Critic. Just need access to this 4/27/19 to 5/12/19 NCL Epic Roll Call. It seems like I am not the only person having trouble. A lot of things have changed with the Cruise Critic recent updating. In my humble opinion, it seems like the old site that was just replaced was so much better! I have been a member of Cruise Critic since July 2009.
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