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I wonder when they will modify the November sailings. I am on the Independence on the 4 day that only goes to Labadee. I am hoping it goes to Puerto Plata. Been to grand turk plenty times on carnival

they are doing this because new cabins create extra money and increases onboard spending with more people onboard. overall it is going to make the ship feel very very crowded and it will be impossible to enjoy the views in the smaller lounge now

if ncl know about the cancellations back in December, why did they wait until like now nearly 4ish months later to send out notifications about the port cancellations . thats strange

Google voice calling does not work, only messaging works on all of the ships ive been on I think it is due to a technical limitation of the current system that the ships currently have. As more ships get upgraded to starlink, that should improve connectivity for wifi calling.

2 week gap is usually due to some kind of dry dock inspection

there is no such thing as fixed dinning on NCL

this is not new, cruise lines been doing this for years. Look at the watches they have onboard the ship and compare to online prices

no, the credit is per stateroom

that usually don't mean anything. when the hostess swipes your card they will see you have the dining package in the system and will ask you do you want to use the package or al la carte . you then say package if you want to use it

it is better to cancel the soda and wifi packages first before to canceling the whole cruise. when you cancel the cruise, there is suppose to be a auto refund and auto cancellation on those package however sometimes those fail. that is why it better to cancel the package first

yes that is correct. If a ship were to tender, it will say grassy bay on the schedule

you are thinking about Bar Harbor that is limiting cruise ships. i can not find anything about Newport doing the same thing Newport is a tender port, if the weather is not right for tendering the port will be skipped

on my cruises, it is somewhat not organized at all. When you get there, they tell you where to sit. Then they call out the tours where you leave the theater. once you leave theater, you need to navigate the crowds (both the theater crowd and regular ship crowd) of getting off the ship. trying to get an elevator can be impossible. When you get off the ship, you still need to find the shore excursion people holding the sign for the excursions . it is soooo much easier and better if the tour tickets say meet on the pier like what some tours and other cruise lines do. And thats what you eventfully do once you leave the theater. there is no reason to go the theater first from what i noticed over the years my experience is just like what 9tee2Sea posted above

I am on sailing on the breakaway in the middle of October, on my cruise when I look at the various official port schedules there is a good chance that both Portland and Bar Harbor will be canceled. Norwegian has not sent out any itinerary changes emails yet.

Bermuda cruise ship schedule: http://www.rccbermuda.bm/Documents/Shipping_schedules/2024 Cruise Ship Schedule.pdf shows the ship in port 8am on Wednesday September 4 and leaving on 12pm on Friday the cruise manager may not be used to overnights so it could be glitch on the website. i seen overnights listed like Bermuda day 1 8am to 11:59pm, Bermuda day 2 12:00am to 11:59pm and so on

carnival stock no longer pays dividend like what it did back in the day. i bought my stock back in the day when it was in the highs 50's. it will take like 10+ years or longer to see those prices again

i always call for price drops because you never know if you need to make an additional payment. if you book when they was a reduce deposit and the reprice does not have that then you need to submit a payment so your booking has the correct full deposit

the last time i received tags in the mail for a regular cabin (both studio and inside) was back around 2021/2022 when cruises were slowly going to back normal. since then i no longer get any tags in the mail

how do they sniff the cabin? does security need to enter your room?

calling using google voice never worked for me, text message worked very good

wifi calling never works onboard the ship, the ship blocks it. you dont need to turn off wifi calling, it can remain on wifi calling does not use any cellular service, it uses whatever wifi it is connected to do the calling and texting. if you are in the port with decent wifi, you can use wifi calling for text and calling. make sure the phone is still in airplane mode when making calls

there is no shuttle between the terminals

Depending on the cruise director sometimes they might do their own thing with the fun squad. I don't like what marcq does in this show

you only really really need a passport if you are doing an excursion that goes into Canada like some of the white pass railroads or Yukon trips

every city/state and sometimes county does spring break on different dates . here in NYC, president day week is called mid winter break and spring break is in middle of April