TABG

Wei just got off the Getaway and the transatlantic cruise and if it wasn't for the travel agents who simply think they know more than anyone else and want to start trouble the issues would have just died. Mother nature does not ask the captain or NCL if is alright to have weather conditions a certain way, it just happens. The gangway was not that steep (we actually waited to enter the ship that way to see for ourselves) and we simply went right up without issue and everyone else could have done the same thing if they simply walked and with crew assisting there was no problem other than people trying to make the situation worse. Yes, a problem for passengers in wheelchairs but the majority of passengers just wanted to make the situation worse. Ports of call being cancelled once again mother nature and the captain making the decision to avoid damaging the ship. Could this be where the damage to the engine took place, possibly but things break without warning all the time. The last thing a captain wants to do is cancel a port of call so this takes a lot of time and analysis to make the decision which generally involves many people not just him.

If the big mouth TAs on board would have kept their opinions to themselves everyone would have had a wonderful time. There lack of professionalism came through and once again gives good TAs a bad name (yes, I am a certified TA).

While aboard the Dawn the future cruise representative told me there was going to be some changes in the program in the new year. I hope they are beneficial to all the long time cruisers.