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  1. It's not that bad. I cant help much because i'm going on my first NCL cruise in a few weeks, but I've been on many Carnival cruises as well as Princess and Celebrity. Carnival is definitely a lively crowd, everyone is there to have a good time, and they do! In my experience Carnival has a ton of kids, and most of the parents let them run wild, so I would pick a week that is NOT during a school break. The food is subjective, I think its pretty low quality in the MDR and buffet but the other restaurants like guys burgers, the bbq, blue iquana and all the newer ones open during lunch are pretty great, which I missed on other cruise lines. There is a good amount of entertainment on Carnival, comedy all week, piano bar, shows etc, something every night where the other lines I've gone on didn't have that. I think NCL might be comparable in that regard but don't know yet. Plenty of variety with the bars too if you're a drinker. Carnival does a lot well, but the product is definitely changing, more nickel and diming but I think that's the same of all cruise lines now. Let me know if you have any specific questions maybe I can help. (I'm also from Central CT, Manchester to be exact)
  2. Where on the beach did you sit?
  3. did you ever get your info? or did you go? curious as well
  4. Hello thank you for the report, do you recall if you could see or get to the Kon Tiki floating bar from there? Thanks
  5. Thanks, the shorter excursion says it takes you to Runaway but the description on the longer one didn't say. Maybe they are both the same! Would make sense
  6. yea I'm working on that as an alternative, but NCL gives us a $50 credit so I was trying to figure out if NCL excursion would actually save me money since it includes lunch, drinks, a chair and transportation.
  7. Does anyone know which beach they take you to for this excursion?
  8. I'm not going until April but also trying to figure out the same thing! We are in Manchester but will be dropping a dog off in Derby, CT so trying to figure out our options. So far we are leaning towards just doing an uber directly in, eliminates the hassle of parking at the train station, dealing with bags on the train and then an uber in the city from GCT to Port. Just a 15min uber in manhattan is half the cost of an uber from CT.
  9. Its been many years since we sailed from Baltimore but we drove in from CT and stayed over night at a hotel that offered a sleep and park package I believe booked through trinity reservations, then took a cab to port. (before uber existed). I believe we stayed at the Sleep Inn? We got lucky and the Orioles were playing that day so we used the lightrail to go to a game. Was a great port to sail from.
  10. We are coming in from CT thinking about just taking an uber the whole way vs train then uber. i'm so afraid to drive into the city @mking8288 Thanks for the info I have one of those mid/aft on port side 11th floor. exicited! I was hoping for the room configuration to be cough first then bed by the balcony like the one you showed but looks like mine is opposite. oh well small problems
  11. Thanks for that little tip about the search, I have never noticed that before!
  12. Thank you so much, I actually did read your review yesterday thank you for post it! I was wondering what room you had on that sailing as I also have an angled balcony booked.
  13. Hello, we booked The Getaway for April 7, a 12 day sailing. This will be our first time on NCL. Between CC, FB and Google I've been trying to answer most of my questions on my own. I can't find much information as to the entertainment. I realize it might change by April, but can anyone who has been on recently give me a run down? Or does anyone have images of the "Freestyle Daily"? We are curious about show times, are there repeats of shows, how often is there comedy, pianos etc? Is there bingo, trivia, corn hole tournaments, deck parties etc? Is there a lot of live music around the ship? How early do you need to get to events that you can't make reservations for in order to get in? My boyfriend is also looking for MDR menu's which have been surprisingly hard to find. He also wants to know if the bake shop items complementary or is there a charge? Does the bake shop serve starbucks coffee? Any other tips, tricks or advice? Thanks!☺️
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